So Have I.

Here, I also have done things, ah. Just because nobody officially asked me to share, doesn't mean I'm not going to.Cue trumpet fanfare.Have I ever.. ... of photographing him for the bank's Annual Report. To smartly cover it up, I looked out of a nearby window ... to escape the hands of the CID and my parents.Had my leotard rip and expose my (then wrinkle- [more...]

Date: 2008-11-16 05:40:00

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Beware of Background Screening Checks

Employee background screening is an unregulated industry with easy money and not a huge emphasis on compliance or on hiring quality people to do the screening. The federal Fair Credit Reporting Act covers background screeners, but it hasn't ... possible accuracy." It also requires employers to give a copy of background reports to rejected [more...]

Date: 2008-06-03 17:50:00

Buck Slightly Higher

In the currency market, the dollar inched higher against the euro. Late Wednesday, the euro was trading at $1.3176 vs. $1.3187 on Tuesday ... margins.” The Fed’s Beige Book report covering early December to early January painted a sober picture ... credit standards and a drop in lending activity. Banks’ woes continued, as Deutsche Bank warned [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:10:52

Private Equity: It?s Not a Downturn, It?s a Decimation

Private-equity mavens like to describe the credit crisis as a “perfect storm” or “financial tsunami, ... . Their report’s message: take cover. The consultants expect 50% of all companies backed by private-equity ... prices. Thomson Reuters data show that the number of bankruptcy filings by pending or current financial [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 12:03:00

All About Collateralized Mortgage Obligations, Known As CMOs.

By Marcel Ford In much of this unique world of financial instruments such as MTNs, CMOs and BGs, ... declining market. This is a portion of a detailed eighteen page report covering every aspect ... and notable yield advantages over other better known fixed-income securities of comparable credit quality [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 06:02:03

Reporting War – why do they do it?

Polis has taken to the battlefield with three talks by journalists back from the frontline: ... the risks and making the extraordinary effort that conflict journalism demands. Here’s a report ... has been covering Afghanistan for three years, embedding with British, American and Canadian forces [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 16:16:38

Clearing Out the Overbuilding Hangover in California

Patrick S. Duffy is a principal with MetroIntelligence Real Estate Advisors, a division of Beacon Economics ... Building Industry Association (CBIA) (full report), the number of residential housing permits issued ... of 36 million, marking a decline of well over 50% from 2007’s already low levels. (The report covers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 11:05:00

30 Rock 3.05 - Reunion

Kenneth gives Liz her messages as she comes into work: The bike tour company in South Carolina says “No singles”, her credit card company wants to make sure she’s the one buying cream soda in bulk, her landlord ... , but that boat sank.Jack is up in his office for Kathy Geiss’s cover shoot for the quarterly report [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 02:32:00

Media Alert — Caution, Real News in DC This Weekend

We hate to disturb working reporters covering the vital Celebrity Inaugural Ball lobster-booze-caviar beat, but real news may break in Washington this weekend. Okay, real political news, but that’s as close to “reality” as most remaining Washington scribes get these days.Sleep-deprived, hung-over DC [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 21:55:32

35 Million Data Records Exposed in 2008 to Identity Theft

Last year over 35,000,000 personal data records were exposed via656 separate security breaches representing a 47% increase from2007 ... by following these simple steps:1) Get a copy of your free credit report to check for any fraudulentcredit ... 400 data sources containing your name that arenot covered by your credit report.* Criminal identity [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 21:04:00

This Week: Split Decision - FOMC & GDP on Tap

Wall Street Greek and Market Moving News cover all economic reports and financial markets daily. Please visit the sites' front pages to see current data and analysis. Down 41% and counting! From the high on October 9, 2007 through this past Friday, that's how much the Dow Jones Industrials Index is down [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 16:47:33

What’s At Stake: Life, Liberty, Happiness

The longer we delay fixing the health care system - reigning in costs, covering everyone, ... , the report said, “represents a much larger, faster-growing and more immediate problem than Social [more...]

Date: 2008-10-12 18:31:30

Three trillion dimes worth of difference

Posted by michiganredneck on October 15, 2008 From a Bob Barr email blast; ... budget. As the major media isn’t covering the NTU report, it’s critical ... to the bailouts, people who are hearing about the NTU report are getting excited [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 00:40:07

What's At Stake: Life, Liberty, Happiness

The longer we delay fixing the health care system - reigning in costs, covering everyone, ... , the report said, "represents a much larger, faster-growing and more immediate problem than Social [more...]

Date: 2008-10-12 19:27:10

Week Ahead: Not So Happy Anniversary

Wall Street Greek and Market Moving News cover all economic reports and financial markets daily ... . The Nine are now implicitly "too big to fail," just like Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE [more...]

Date: 2008-10-20 13:13:19

previous post). However, in the November-December 2008 issue of Agronomy Journal, scientists from Michigan State University show that with 'carbon augmentation' practises, even corn fields can become carbon sinks. They report on the effectiveness of the integration of cover crops [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 01:31:11

Fox News spotlights Homeschooling

by Susan Ryan Special Report with Brit Hume covered homeschooling last night as "part of the America's Future series airing on FOX News Channel, looking at the challenges facing the country [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 17:38:43

A conservative’s view of the Republicans’ problems

This article appeared in the November 7 issue of The Lone Star Report. It was written by Will Lutz, who has covered state government for ten years ... they are losing ground in Texas and why they will continue to do so under the current leadership. It is reprinted ... and in Texas — that they’ve had enough. The voters sent the same message in 2006 and it [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 17:55:41

Palin-Palooza!

Obsessed with the media obsession with Sarah Palin? So is Amanda, who covers it this week. Also, a 30 year report of abortion in America, and pledging your virginity one year at a time. Subscribe to RealityCast: RealityCast iTunes subscription RealityCast RSS feed Links [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 13:33:34

Are All Low-Income Students Alike?

When the Daily Howler's Bob Somerby speaks on education, we listen, as he exposes so much of the way the press mis-covers the story ... I could.The authors of a report pointing to how Washington DC charters performed so much better than public [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 23:34:00

America’s Secret war in Pakistan-MSNBC uncovers Marines with long beards and without uniforms

Technorati Tags: Afghanistan,Pakistan,USA,Under cover,special OPs پاکستاان لیجر | PAKISTAN LEDGER | پاکستاني کھاتا  |Sept ... into Pakistan. This report clearly discusses the good, the bad and the ugly MSNBC: JALALABAD, Afghanistan – ... t receive much attention or credit in the media, but they’re leading America’s secret war inside Pakistan [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 03:12:35

"No Blank Check" or "No %$#!*@ Check"

By David Swanson The last time the Democrats all started bleating "No blank check - No blank check" it meant only one thing. They were signing a check and scribbling a bunch of nonsense in the memo line. If history is any ... make a report to Congress within three months on all areas covered by the legislation [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 11:35:24

Repair A Bad Credit Report - Is it possible to have it done for you?

A credit report is an important piece of paper. Lenders look at it closely when basing their decision on whether or not to give you a loan. Insurance companies can use it to determine your rates or whether they will consider covering you at all. Employers can make use of this report and use it [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 12:09:42

Desitnation Manakamanana

Date : January 11, 2009 Route : Kurintar-Manakamana-Kurintar Duration : Around 8 Hrs. Distance covered : 15 KM (Approx.) ... , SameerT, PrajwalS, KapilP, RameshwarY, RajendraB, RajendraS Report : RoshanG and DeepakL Photo ... call from work limited the hikers’ number to twelve of an otherwise massive twenty-two. Wonder how [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 13:03:54

COSMETIC IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED FOR RYDER CUP

The dire impact of the credit crunch upon Newport's regeneration programme has left the City Council to prepare cosmetic improvements to cover up the ... be an antiques centre but have no other ideas. The report offers a bewildering view of the City's ... many empty sites, half finished developments and eyesores prior to the Ryder Cup. A report to next [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 17:54:05

JPMorgan profit slumps on writedowns

NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co’s quarterly profit fell 76 percent as it wrote down underperforming loans and set aside more money to cover credit losses after it acquired the banking operations of failed thrift Washington Mutual ... : report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 12:23:44

Neighbors To The North

I was sitting in our work trailer on the campus of Hosftra University early Thursday morning after finishing a long Wednesday covering the final ... . My photographer, Willie Dixon, was in a satellite truck sending back our morning newscast report ... the Canadian elections last week. One paragraph in particular was of interest: (Prime Minister [more...]

Date: 2008-10-19 20:57:36

Gordon's G20 Plan

Gordon is going to Washington with a few key spin objectives: ... his own. There is obviously an international angle to the credit crunch, but there are also domestic ... covering fire to return to Westminster to cut taxes and bugger the deficit. The Pre-Budget Report [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 08:39:16

Keepin' it Classy: New Time Mag Cover Features Star of David in Concentration Camp....

  Worthless, fucking rag...... As Israel's third week in Gaza marches on, the media coverage is beginning to go sour ... between the Gaza war and the Holocaust, presumably not to Israel's credit. The cover is a lead ... for Time competitor The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, a Jewish journalist who has spent time reporting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 06:30:31

The Group of Twenty & the Evolution of Global Governance

By Joan Veon News With Views | In 1994 when I covered my first global meeting, there was a press briefing by the Commission on Global Governance on their forthcoming report, Our Global Neighborhood . The man giving the briefing was one of the co-chairs, Sir Shridath Ramphal who was not only president of Guyana but also president of the (British) Commonwealth Association. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 11:41:34

THE GROUP OF TWENTY & THE EVOLUTION OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

By Joan Veon September 28, 2009 NewsWithViews.com In 1994 when I covered my first global meeting, there was a press briefing by the Commission on Global Governance on their forthcoming report, Our Global Neighborhood. The man giving the briefing was one of the co-chairs, Sir Shridath Ramphal who was not only president of Guyana but also president of the (British) Commonwealth Association. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 11:59:38

News Of The Day

As governor, David Paterson finds himself at war with his former allies, ... unemployment report. Councilman Charles Barron joined the chorus that is calling Paterson's ... ' finance chairman, a powerful Texas lawyer, tried to cover up the ex-candidate's affair. John McCain [more...]

Date: 2008-08-15 13:08:41

Samoa Coverage Update

Since nobody seems to be covering the coverage of the Samoa Tsunami (wrist slaps to TVNewser, Mediaite, and the TV writers at The Washington Post and NY Times) here’s who has sent their people over to Samoa… NBC News/MSNBC – Lee Cowan (arrived mid-day yesterday) CNN – Ted Rowlands (arrived last night) BBC – Phil Mercer (arrived yesterday) FNC – I can’t tell if FNC has sent anyone to the region. A search of website video has proven inconclusive and I missed The Fox Report tonight. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-02 00:09:10

Bank Bailout Puts Taxpayers At Risk

ABC News' Betsy Stark reports: It all feels less frantic than the government's rescue of the financial system a couple of months ago -- and we can ... , it is reasonable to expect more loan defaults on everything from mortgages to credit cards. And if banks are forced to use their cash to cover losses rather than make loans, well, how does the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:01:22

Anything That Could Go Wrong Did Go Wrong

The Gazette Times reports from Oregon. “After a months-long struggle to move through the city’s planning department and overcome objections by wetlands advocates, Ashwood Preserve is up for sale. The 9.52-acre parcel, which became a test case for a provision which allows a land owner to build on property even if it is mostly covered by natural [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 17:24:14

Sleazy, Slimy and Creepy! Politics and Military Ops

Karl Rove writes what we all know happened but the press and media continue to provide cover for Democrats who were too busy getting 'sweetheart low interest deals' from Fannie and Freddie, to do their job. Now that the Housing Bubble has burst they are on board and pointing fingers at others and doing what they can to avoid reports of coziness [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 18:13:00

Dark Horse Preview Review for March

A little editorial prerogative to get out of the way first and that is a big THANK YOU to Gwen and Lee in covering the extra days this week. I was on both a business and mini vacation and with being as busy as I have been I could ... its 2007 Graphic Novel of the Year, and legions of devoted fans consistently report that it makes them [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 05:01:00

People Got This Imaginary Gift And Borrowed It All

The North County Times reports from California. “On the 3400 block of Hollencrest Road, the real estate bust has turned this neighborhood of 1970s, single-story houses into a checkerboard of browned lawns and plywood-covered windows. Every other house entered foreclosure over the last year [more...]

Date: 2008-08-23 18:19:09

Wallets - Ducti Undercover Wallet Glow

If you are wanting the best gift for someone close or just want to get something special for yourself, ... to report that no one recognised us. Keep it Together. View Current Specials Wallets - Ducti Undercover ... all those up to the limit credit cards you have plus a flip out ID cover that will be the envy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 16:43:07

Apocalypse 2009

This post is covered by the "January License" which allows a journalist to prognosticate freely about the coming year without being called a doofus ... reports.In 2005 the US Central Intelligence Agency produced a report, Mapping the Global Future, in which ... , and that of the United States in the 20th. The report projected that by 2010 the Chinese [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 10:25:00

2008 Debt

Our homeowners insurance company decided to cover all our expenses for the new A/C unit at our house ... that I hope to get this weekend, best news of all NO CREDIT CARDS! All paid with CASH! Click ... I have some bad news to report, the balance on the CITI Premier Pass card is up this month. The current [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 06:27:58

[IMG London Stock exchange traders,]

London Stock exchange traders, Stock market report: Friday close 17 ... CPI and RPI? ALL NEWS DEBATES A full list of latest money news posts. What credit crunch? 'My £5,000 credit card cheques' School fees 'Should we remortgage to cover the cost?' » « click to reveal [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 22:04:14

Sustainable Sites Initiative Releases Guidelines and Performance Benchmarks Draft 2008

http://www.sustainablesites.org/report/SSI_Guidelines_Draft_2008 ... on a new report that offered what they claim is the most comprehensive set of voluntary, national ... , it provides more than 50 prerequisites and credit options that cover everything from initial site [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 01:23:12

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