Former Representative William J. Jefferson, who was convicted of corruption after federal agents found cash in his freezer, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation.
Tagged bankruptcy-liquidation-, chapter, corruption-after, credit, federal-agents, former-representative, found-cash, freezer, has-filed, his-freezer, img-alt, jefferson, william j, louisianaWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Many of President Barack Obama’s top advisers on Afghanistan agree with military commanders that more troops are needed to reverse Taliban gains in the country’s east and south, U.S. officials said on Monday. Continue reading here: Obama aides see need for more troops in Afghanistan
Tagged advisers-on-afghanistan, agree-with, country, monday, monday-continue, officials-said-, taliban, the-country, top-advisers, troops-areWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facing a September 17 deadline on whether to restrict tire imports from China, President Barack Obama Monday met with U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk over a game of golf. Continue reading here: Obama golfs with trade envoy as China case looms
Tagged a-case-looms, a-golfs-with, case-looms, china, deadline-on-whether, golfs-with, imports-from, met-with, obama, president-barack, reading-here, representative, september, trade-envoyA pair of La Grande businessmen were sentenced today to six years in prison for running a phony investment scheme that separated millions of dollars from about 8,000 North American investors. U.S Go here to read the rest: Two La Grande businessmen get prison for investment fraud
Tagged a-phony-investment, dollars-from, for-investment, get-prison, grande, north, phony-investment, prison-for, read-the, read-the-rest, rest, separated-millions, six-years, were-sentencedBOSTON (Reuters) – Democrats pushed Monday to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Edward Kennedy, with the Massachusetts governor throwing his support behind a proposal to name an interim successor and help Democrats retain a critical margin in the chamber. Read the rest here: Massachusetts governor …
Tagged and-help, critical-margin, death, democrats, edward-kennedy, fill-the, support, the-rest, with-theReaders across the country are touched by the 83-year-old’s plight. Experts offer advice on how to protect your elderly relatives from fraud and abuse. Read the rest here: Elderly fraud victim amazed and pleased at outpouring of good wishes and offers of help
Tagged across-the, across-the-country, advice-on-how, amazed-and, and-offers, elderly, elderly-relatives, fraud-victim, good-wishes, offer-advice, pleased-at-outpouring, read-the-rest, rest, the-83-year-oldHere’s another reason to have a sit-down with your elderly relatives and make them promise that if they ever, ever find out they’ve won some money in a lottery they didn’t enter, they should tell family members immediately. This octogenarian sent $60,000 to scammers in the Dominican Republic while …
Tagged a-sit-down-with, elderly, ever-find, octogenarian, reason, relatives-and, sit-down-with, won-someCitigroup sells $1.3 billion in credit card assets from 3 card portfolios Read the original post: Citi Sells $1.3 Billion in Credit Card Assets
Tagged 1-3-billion, assets, assets-from, billion-, card-portfolios, credit, credit-card, original, read-the-original, sells, the-originalNEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices fell nearly 4 percent to below $70 a barrel on Monday as fear of a curb in Chinese bank lending dented optimism about the pace of economic recovery and a potential rebound in global energy demand. Visit link: Oil drops nearly 4 percent on …
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