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| Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:52:00 GMT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc used accounting gimmicks and had been insolvent for weeks before it filed for bankruptcy in September 2008, but there was not extensive wrongdoing, a court-appointed examiner has found. In a 2,200 ... |
| Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:44:00 GMT For decades, no matter how grim the budget was, Los Angeles officials avoided laying off even small numbers of workers who had Civil Service protection. That changed Thursday. Pink slips were being issued to the first group of about a dozen such ... |
| Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:52:00 GMT Embattled Councilman Jonathan Bolar is the only Gretna City Council member to draw opposition in the March 27 election, facing three challengers, including a former city employee who temporarily represented the 1st District last summer when council ... |
| Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:44:00 GMT FORT MYERS, Fla. -- As the start of the 2010 season draws closer, and Joe Mauer remains unsigned beyond this season, the concern from Twins fans over the catcher's future will likely continue to grow. The expectation all winter has been that the ... |
| Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:52:00 GMT Mr. Paraison?s ministry has 75 employees. Two died in the earthquake on Jan. 12, and 60 are homeless. His headquarters are now rubble. This week, he visited Boston, Miami, Montreal and New York ? among the largest centers of Haitians living ... |
| Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:44:00 GMT The facts are clear: secondhand smoke is a serious health hazard. According to the 2006 U.S. Surgeon General's report, there is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke, which is why many cities in Indiana are working toward laws that protect ... |
| Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:52:00 GMT And it's not as if there are other holes on the team that need to be filled in a trade. So, barring injury, some very difficult decisions lie down the road for club officials. I guess it's better than not having enough pitching, but roster ... |
| Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:37:00 GMT ... more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center. The settlement was announced Thursday evening by the ... |
| Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:52:00 GMT The examiner in charge of investigating the bankruptcy of venerable Wall Street investment house Lehman Brothers, the most expensive bankruptcy in U.S. history, said in a report publicly released Thursday that senior officials failed to disclose key ... |
| Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:59:00 GMT TOKYO ? The Nikkei 225 stock average in Tokyo hit a seven-week high on Friday, with investors encouraged by a weaker yen amid speculation that the Bank of Japan may take additional steps to ease monetary policy. Elsewhere, stocks were mixed in ... |