July, 2010
$ 200 million from a $ 45 investment with Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams would be happy if he were still alive to see how investments have paid off. Rick Norsigian found a couple of dusty old boxes of glass negatives at a garage sale and bought them for a song. After 10 years of persistence, he has finally convinced some experts that the photos were taken ...
Tony Hayward not resigning, but BP send him to Siberia
Embattled BP CEO Tony Hayward defied expectations and didn't resign Monday. Instead, he's being shuffled off to Russia, where he will direct BP's role in TNK-BP, a joint venture considered one of BP's plum projects . After cultivating a reckless culture that led to the oil spill within the Gulf of Mexico 2010 and then ...
Banks have personal loans to take Social Security
People on Social Security generally aren't amenable to giving away their benefits. That's why there is a plan on the table to eliminate paper Social Security checks entirely. The Treasury has plans to phase the checks out by 2013 and send funds via direct deposit and prepaid debit cards, writes The Wall Street Journal. The ...
Nation shocked to the core by mild Maryland earthquake
Panic and confusion was triggered in Washington D.C. Friday morning by a mild earthquake in Maryland that would make Californians yawn. The D.C. earthquake caused no property damage or traffic delays, and the trains ran on time. But thousands of confused people flooded the 911 switchboard after the ground rumbled and buildings vibrated for about ...
Test taking to get loans from UK
Getting loans is going to be harder in the United Kingdom with the new rules they are considering. After the Learning and Skills Council found that 9 out of 10 customers could not calculate basic financial numbers, ministers took note. Now, new regulations may require customers that need loans to take a test.
Many lack financial ...
