Srikkanth appointed as chief selector of indian cricket team

" Former India batsman Kris Srikkanth, who was dropped as captain after seeking better payments for his peers in his playing days, was named chief selector by the Indian cricket board on Saturday. Srikkanth, who...

Sex & Drugs for Oil Contracts & Royalties at US Interior Department

"(CBS/ AP) Government officials handling billions of dollars in oil royalties engaged in illicit sex with employees of energy companies they were dealing with and received numerous gifts from them, federal investigators said Wednesday. The allegations of bad behavior...

Gordon Brown rules out UK energy bill payments

There has been speculation in the UK that Gordon Brown would give families a payment to pay their heating bills as fuel costs rise, but today he ruled that out."Government sources have now said that they are focusing...

Berlin's Electronics Trade Fair stormed by Customs officials

"220 German customs agents swarmed through the IFA consumer-electronics fair, hunting for non-payers of royalties, shortly after the expo opened Friday in the German capital of Berlin.   German customs agents swarmed through the IFA consumer-electronics fair shortly...

Start Planning your taxes...NOW!

" Taxes. That dreaded word. We don’t like to think about it, but it’s something we have to think about all the time, actually, if we own our own businesses. Taxes don’t just happen on April 15. In fact, you need to plan for them throughout the year; think ahead so...

There’s Lots of Money in Those Old iPhones

"I was walking by the lengthy iPhone line outside the Apple Store in Soho on Sunday when I heard someone call out: “Turn in your old iPhone and get the new one free!” I turned around and saw a bearded guy handing...

Chavez loosens terms of oil-supply pact

The admirer of fidel castro's cuba and anti-globalist dealing with oil-supply problems."Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez touted a pact delivering fuel to Caribbean nations and loosened the financing terms to aid...

Cutting Medicare, Funding the War

First you go to the war, a noble sense of duty on defense of our Country, then you get old, retires, and now you can't go to the doctor. What kind of budget administration is that?   " With a veto-proof margin, the Senate passed legislation Wednesday blocking a Bush...

EU rules ban sale of 'too small' kiwis

In a ridiculous story which comes at a time when everyone is feeling the pinch of rising food costs, a wholesaler in the UK has been banned from selling a consignment of kiwi fruits because EU laws have declared that...

New Dubai mortgage options will keep house prices moving up « Peter J. Coope...

" Now we have Amlak Finance’s Easy Start mortgage which offers lower payments over the first four years of a home loan with increased payments from year five. On a Dhs1 million loan this cuts payments from Dhs9,500 on the normal finance rate of 7.75 per cent to Dhs6,458,...

Big Credit Cards Need to Change Practices, Says New Report - Progressive Grocer

"NOVEMBER 14, 2006 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. - Backed by findings of a new report, the Merchants Payments Coalition (MPC) said "merchants get nothing" out of programs that constitute nearly half of the $30.7 billion in credit and debit card interchange fees that Visa and MasterCard...

First Nations Chiefs: Screwing the Screwed?

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorIt is certainly distressing to find out financial  misappropriations of Casino Funds by Chiefs of First Nations Casinos.  Who would have imagined First Nations...

Unfair Credit Cards Get Regulated by Fed

"(CBS/AP) The Federal Reserve and other regulators initiated steps Friday to end "unfair and deceptive" credit card industry practices assailing consumers who are already struggling to cope in a bad economy.The...

U.S. Foreclosure Filings Double in First Quarter, Led by Nevada

More bad news for the US subprime crisis. It may not be a total shock that the number of US home forclosures increased in the first quarter, but the number is truly staggering."U.S. foreclosure filings more thandoubled in the first quarter as payments rose for...

Birmingham deny wrongdoing despite arrests

"The corruption probe which led to the arrest of Birmingham City executives Karren Brady and David Sullivan is focused on payments to a football agent and two players, the club revealed today."

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