Free ride on late-night TV ending for ‘08 contenders
Miami Herald - (AP) — Attention, presidential candidates: Not to disrupt your holiday plans, but if you have any cringe-inducing mistakes, insensitive jokes or outright hypocrisy yet to engage in, there’s no time like the present. That is, no time like until early

Bonds picked as AP Story of the Year
Miami Herald - Barry Bonds got what he wanted. So did the feds. What should have been a year of fame and adulation for Bonds had equal parts of shame and condemnation. As always, though, Bonds handled it his way: From that first day in spring training when he

Bank of Baroda to raise 25 bln rupees - source
Reuters India - Indian banks with offshore branches and foreign banks in India are expected to meet Basel II stipulations by March 2008 that aims to match capital reserve needs to the risks faced by banks. BOB Capital Markets, the merchant banking arm and a wholly

50 worshipers killed
Miami Herald - Hours after a suicide bomber killed at least 50 people inside a mosque packed with holiday worshipers at the home of the former interior minister, Pakistani police raided an Islamic school and arrested seven students Friday. The bombing, which left

WestJet Posts Higher November 2007 Load Factor - Update
RTT News - And we are continuing to downsize our exposure to the housing and mortgage market, shrink our national real estate businesses, and focus on growing our Tennessee banking franchise.” FHN is currently trading at $19.00, up $0.65 or 3.38% on a volume

Group OKs UN budget over US objections
Miami Herald - A key U.N. committee approved a two-year budget of $4.17 billion Friday night, with the United Says casting the only “no” vote because it included $6.7 million for a follow-up to a conference the U.S. considered anti-Israel. U.S. Ambassador Zalmay

Price controls lifted on banking for SMEs
The Independent - The Competition Commission has rejected the protests of small businesses by lifting price controls on banking for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) at Britain’s biggest four banks. The commission stated yesterday it would remove the controls on

Bank fraud suspected in Ramsey’s Town Center plan
MSNBC - Bill Sandison has enjoyed a 34-year career in banking that the government now attempts to ruin without giving him a trial or even a single day in court,” William Sandison’s attorney, Mark Larsen, said Friday. Sandison and Martinson have been under

Just Like the Large Boys
American Banker On the web - Wachovia’s Small Business Banking has added some new treasury service features that it says will put cash management for mom-and-pops “on par” with national and regional corporations. The new online deposit service is similar to the remote

Mad dashes and massive price slashes
Chicago Tribune - After a surprisingly strong start to the holiday shopping season on Thanksgiving weekend, sales have slowed to a crawl for most of December and have left retailers banking large on this last weekend. Sales at stores open at least one year, a key

Ledger reveals Jones’ doping regimen
Miami Herald - Marion Jones used several different performance-enhancing drugs over a substantial period of time, according to a detailed doping calendar that was part of several pages of court documents released Friday. Jones’ alleged doping regimen was part of a

Koreas expand cargo rail to passengers
Miami Herald - A cargo rail service between North and South Korea will be expanded to take passengers starting next year, but only South Koreans will be granted to cross the border by train, the Unification Ministry stated Saturday. The service, which is now limited

Your Money Jessica Investigates Personal Finance National Newspaper of
Daily Telegraph - Scottish Equitable restores £6,241 to reader after bungling Jessica Gorst-Williams ensures that AXA pays out an extra £1,362 after a pension transfer, finds that Abbey muddles through, advises that vigilance is needed in the banking

Another Miami bridge closing
Miami Herald - As if it isn’t hard enough getting around Miami, the Southwest First Street bridge will be closed for a month starting Jan. 7. The reason: repairs to the trunnion assembly, the device that helps raise the drawbridge. The bridge, which runs over the

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