ANALYSIS-Auction-rate buybacks add to bank writedown worries - Forbes
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global banks may have to write down up to $10 billion of auction-rate securities after buying them back from retail customers. Eight banks have agreed to buy back more than $55 billion of auction-rate securities from investors at …
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What’s next for Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick - Chicago Tribune
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–On Thursday, attorneys for Kilpatrick and the Detroit City Council will meet via teleconference with Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s legal staff to finalize procedures for next week’s removal hearing. –On Sept. 3, Gov. Jennifer Granholm will consider the …
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SOUTH AFRICA: The less shiny side of platinum - IRIN
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RUSTENBERG, 27 August 2008 (PlusNews) - South Africa’s mining houses have received kudos for being among the earliest industries to adopt workplace policies and corporate social responsibility programmes mitigating the impacts of HIV/AIDS. Besides …
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New York probes Fidelity, Goldman ties — sources - Guardian Unlimited
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NEW YORK, Aug 27 (Reuters) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s office said on Wednesday it is probing the relationship between Fidelity Investments and Goldman Sachs Group Inc in connection with the discount brokerage’s sales of auction-rate …
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Inventor sues Google, Verizon and others on voicemail - International Herald Tribune
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SAN FRANCISCO : Emboldened by settlements with Apple Inc and AT&T Inc , inventor Judah Klausner filed a voicemail patent lawsuit on Tuesday against Google Inc , Verizon Communications Inc and others. The inventor’s company, Klausner Technologies Inc …
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Surge in Israeli settlements in the West Bank - Daily Telegraph
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Israel has dramatically increased settlement construction and planning in the occupied territories, even though this violates undertakings it has made as part of the peace process, an Israeli human rights group said today. In parts of the West Bank …
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Rice: Israeli settlements damage peace talks - MSNBC
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JERUSALEM - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday urged Israel to stop expanding settlements on disputed territory hours after a new report came out saying the Jewish state has nearly doubled such activity in the past year. Rice is …
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Israel ‘almost doubles number of homes being built in settlements’ - Guardian Unlimited
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Israel has nearly doubled the number of homes under construction in Jewish settlements in the West Bank this year, according to a report published today. The report, by Peace Now , an Israeli organisation, said the housing ministry had begun work on …
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Rice: Settlements unhelpful to peace talks - Seattle Post Intelligencer
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In this photo released by the US Embassy in Israel, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, speaks with Israel’s Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni during a press conference in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008. Making another Mideast trip to prod …
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Many school districts without contracts - Philadelphia Daily News
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As the first day of school approaches for most Philadelphia-area school districts, 18, including Philadelphia, have unsettled teachers’ contracts, with the possibility of a strike looming in Montgomery County’s Souderton Area School District. The …
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