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Briefing.com: Hourly In Play (R) - 17:00 ET Insurance Newsnet | Aug 31, 2010 (Briefing.com via COMTEX) -- Hourly In Play (R) | Updated: 31-Aug-10 17:00 ET | 16:56 | CWBS Commonwealth Bankshares announces sale of non-performing loans and purchase of performing residential mortgage loans (2.25 +0.15) | Co announced that on August 25, 2010, Bank of the Commonweal...
BP spill costs hit $8 billion as crews unearth clues The Times Of India WASHINGTON: British oil giant BP has spent eight billion dollars to battle the Gulf of Mexico disaster, the company has revealed as its crews retrieved key evidence from the seabed. | Robotic submarines recorded the delicate operation as engineers ra...
A Crash. A Call for Help. Then, a Bill. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | ABOUT a year ago Cary Feldman was surprised to find himself sprawled on the pavement in an intersection in Chicago Heights, Ill., having been knocked off his motor scooter by the car behind him. Five months later he got another surprise: a bill fro...
Calls for answers in platform fire draws scrutiny Houston Chronicle | A day after a Mariner Energy oil platform burst into flames and forced 13 workers into the Gulf of Mexico, the Houston oil and gas company that owns it focused on possible causes, while regulators and lawmakers began demanding answers. | The nation...
Court tells Skilling he can't get out on bail Houston Chronicle | Ex-Enron CEO Jeff Skilling was denied a request to be released from prison on bail while he appeals his 2006 fraud convictions. | The U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans Friday denied Skilling's request in a one-sentence ruling that didn't provide...
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Obama widens U.S. sanctions on North Korea The Star | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama broadened financial sanctions on North Korea on Monday and froze the U.S. assets of four North Korean citizens and eight firms in pa...
EXCLUSIVE - Obama to widen sanctions on North Korea The Star | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday plans to impose fresh financial sanctions on North Korea by blocking the assets of three North Korean state-owned ent...
Risk-Taking Rises as Oil Rigs in Gulf Drill Deeper The New York Times | In a remote reach of the Gulf of Mexico, nearly 200 miles from shore, a floating oil platform thrusts its tentacles deep into the ocean like a giant steel octopus. Mike Duhon/Roy...
Feds investigating Mariner platform fire Business Journal Send this story to a friend | Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Add a brief note: | Enter words from the security image above: | Get new image | Audio verification | reCAPTCHA™ Print Reprints...
What now for Gulf? Fire complicates drill debate Houston Chronicle | WASHINGTON - What now for the Gulf? | News of another oil rig fire in the Gulf of Mexico, so soon after the BP oil spill, has set off a wave of anxiety along the Gulf Coast and prompted calls for the government to extend its six-month ban on deepwa...
Anxiety in the Gulf: Latest fire leaves oil industry wondering when it can get back ... Star Tribune | WASHINGTON - What now for the Gulf? | News of another oil rig fire in the Gulf of Mexico, so soon after the BP oil spill, has set off a wave of anxiety along the Gulf Coast and prompted calls for the government to extend its six-month ban on deepwa...
Obama and His Family Tied to CIA for Years Scoop Friday, 3 September 2010, 10:59 am | Opinion: Sherwood Ross | Obama and His Family Tied to CIA for Years | By Sherwood Ross | President Obama---as well as his mother, father, step-father and grandmother---all were connected to the Central Intelligence Agency---possibly explaining why the President praises the “Agency” and declines to ...
