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. It took him 10 years but he's finally certain experts the pictures were taken by Ansel ...
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. In part, this is why paper Social Security checks are on the way out. The Wall Street Journal reports the Treasury Department plans to stop issuing paper Social Security checks by 2013 and distribute monies via direct deposit or prepaid debit cards. Doing ...
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 also the trains ran on time. But thousands of confused individuals flooded the 911 switchboard following the ground rumbled and buildings vibrated for ...
Test taking to get loans from UK
Getting loans is going to be harder in the United Kingdom with the new rules they're considering. It is being considered because it was found by the Learning and Skills Council that 9 out of 10 customers could not even calculate basic formulas and numbers. Those who need loans could possibly be required to ...
