The hefty 2009 pay package of Andrew J. Hall, leader of Citigroup Inc.’s lucrative Phibro energy trading unit, may spark a showdown between the New York-based bank and government pay czar Kenneth Feinberg.
Hall’s division generates a substantial chunk of Citigroup’s profit, which the bank sorely needs to get back on its feet and eventually repay [...]
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Citi exec’s pay package may spark gov’t showdown
July 26th, 2009 |
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Early exposure to ultrafine air pollution linked to lung disease in adulthood
July 23rd, 2009 |
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A new study has revealed that early exposure to environmental factors such as allergens, pollutants, and respiratory viruses might put infants at an increased risk of lung disease in adulthood.
It can lead to pulmonary inflammatory diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma later in life.
The researchers from Louisiana State University, New Orleans [...]
Peter Dreier: GOP Liars on Health Costs
July 21st, 2009 |
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“Democrats’ government-run plan will make health care more costly than ever,” Ohio Representative John Boehner, the House Republican leader, told the Wall Street Journal…
Michael Markarian: Obstructionist Lawmakers Harm Animals and the Economy
July 18th, 2009 |
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If they were truly concerned about the economy, self-described fiscal conservatives like Boehner, Bishop, and King should have been the first to line up today in support of the mustang legislation.
Regulators Shut Banks In Calif., Georgia And South Dakota
July 18th, 2009 |
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WASHINGTON — Regulators on Friday shut two banks in California and two smaller banks in Georgia and South Dakota, boosting to 57 the number of federally insured banks to fail this year.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was appointed …
America’s 10 Cushiest Prisons
July 18th, 2009 |
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It’s looking like a lifetime sentence at one of the nation’s cushiest prisons for world-class fraudster Bernard Madoff. The record-setting scammer is now at the Federal Correctional Complex at Butner, N.C. It’s no Club Fed–the U.S. Bureau of …
Man Calls 911 To Report He’s Robbing A Bank
July 18th, 2009 |
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WAYNESVILLE, N.C. — A man insisted on being arrested after he walked into a western North Carolina bank while on the phone with a 911 operator to report that he planned to commit a robbery. The Asheville Citizen-Times reported the man in…
Former GOP Congressman Demands Bush Investigations
July 17th, 2009 |
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A former Republican member of House of Representatives demanded on Thursday that Congress launch an investigation into possible crimes committed under Bush administration.
Former Rep. Mickey Edwards (R-Okla.) argued, in a brief interview with…