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Here’s rooting for some fictional sports characters Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:17AMWith all these hot days, it’s nice to sit in one’s apartment where it is cooler — not air-conditioned but cooler — and watch some television.
GISD to receive ratings later this month Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:24PMGreenville Independent School District officials will find out how their district ranks when state accountability ratings are released later this month.
Fitch Takes Various Actions on MSDW 2000-LIFE2 Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:55PMNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has downgraded one and upgraded one class of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Capital I Trust's (MSDW) commercial mortgage pass-through certficates, series 2000-LIFE2. A full list of rating actions follows at the end of this release. The downgrade reflects an increase in Fitch modeled losses to 14.27% of the remaining pool; modeled losses of the original pool ...
Making Cents in Penny Stocks Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:36PMA low price doesn't always mean low quality.
Meredith Whitney Loses Credibility as Muni Defaults Fall 60% Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 9:03AMTime is running out on the credibility of Meredith Whitney, who has yet to acknowledge that her eight-month-old prediction of widespread defaults this year in the market for state and local government debt is proving unfounded.
Muni-Default Drop Saps Whitney’s Credibility Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 9:03AMLong after Meredith Whitney predicted widespread defaults in state and government debt, a 60 percent fall in municipal defaults has Wall Street looking for a correction—from her
Meredith Whitney Loses Credibility as Municipal Debt Defaults Plummet 60% Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:17AMTime is running out on the credibility of Meredith Whitney, who has yet to acknowledge that her eight-month-old prediction of widespread defaults this year in the market for state and local government debt is proving unfounded.
Muni Default Plunge Belies Whitney as Borrowers Shun Insolvency Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:47PMTime is running out for Meredith Whitney’s municipal-market default prediction to come true.
Real Estate Matters: Have we hit bottom in Twin Cities housing market? Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:39PMAccording to the Case-Shiller housing index, the Twin Cities housing market has been one of the worst performers in the nation for several months. Is this really true? What happened to our traditionally stable housing market? More important, what are our prospects for recovery?
Right-Wing Populists On The Rise - Austria's Freedom Party Goes From Strength To Strength Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:25AMUnder its leader Heinz-Christian Strache, the right-wing populist Freedom Party has become a force to be reckoned with in Austrian politics. It is currently neck and neck with the country's two largest mainstream parties in the polls.
Will PopCap's sale to EA hurt its games? Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 8:13PMWhat happens when a quirky independent game studio gets bought by a giant game publisher? We chat with PopCap founder John Vechey about why they sold the company to EA and why their games will continue to be awesome.
Mountain of debt Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 3:37PMS Korea's surging household debt threatens its economy
Debt mountain Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 3:37PMSouth Koreans are borrowing too much for their economy to bear
China Cities Sell Land at Winnetka Values With Bonds Seen Toxic Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:51AMWorkers toil by night lights with hoes, carving out the signs for Olympic rings in front of an unfinished 30,000-seat stadium, bulb-shaped gymnasium and swimming complex in a little-known Chinese city.
Fitch Affirms ASC 1997-D5 Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:24AMCHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings affirms eight classes of Asset Securitization Corporation commercial mortgage pass through certificates, series 1997-D5. A detailed list of rating actions follows at the end of this press release. The affirmations are due to sufficient credit enhancement after consideration for both defeased loans and expected losses from the specially serviced loan. As of ...
Some homeowners in East Marlborough want to install wind turbines on their property Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 12:18PMEast Marlborough residents may be able to generate renewable energy at their homes in as soon as six months, depending on how quickly township officials can generate a new ordinance to regulate using the technologies involved.
Single Ladies Episode 6 – Gay Is The New Black Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 9:23PMIt’s always a funny situation when the woman who used to dress like this is the moral center of the episode, isn’t it? This week on Single Ladies, the plot does some serious advancing. It’s a positive advancement for some, like Keisha and Val, ambiguous advancement for April and her junkie protege, and, well, Christina‘s [...]
Single Ladies Episode 6 – Gay Is The New Black Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 9:23PMIt’s always a funny situation when the woman who used to dress like this is the moral center of the episode, isn’t it? This week on Single Ladies, the plot does some serious advancing. It’s a positive advancement for some, like Keisha and Val, ambiguous advancement for April and her junkie protege, and, well, Christina‘s [...]
10 Ways Major League Baseball Can Improve All-Star Weekend Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 3:16PMThey've already made strides, to be sure. It was only nine years ago that Major League Baseball settled its Midsummer Classic with the most un-American, un-capitalist and un-sweet of things: a tie. Commissioner Bud Selig, seeing both the AL and NL teams facing the society-shattering possibilities of having position players pitch, called the game a [...]
10 Ways Major League Baseball Can Improve All-Star Weekend Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 3:16PMThey've already made strides, to be sure. It was only nine years ago that Major League Baseball settled its Midsummer Classic with the most un-American, un-capitalist and un-sweet of things: a tie. Commissioner Bud Selig, seeing both the AL and NL teams facing the society-shattering possibilities of having position players pitch, called the game a [...]
The Killing (Forbrydelsen): Complete Season 1 (PAL) Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 11:09AMHighly Recommended "If you really want to make a difference, you have to hold on to your power." The Series Really, AMC? That's your plan for maintaining the momentum of a hot new series? Leaving viewers annoyed and angered after a season-long mystery was left completely unsolved by the end of its 13-episode run on June 19? So now, viewers--at least those who return--will have to wait perhaps ...
The Killing (Forbrydelsen): Complete Season 1 (PAL) Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 11:09AMHighly Recommended "If you really want to make a difference, you have to hold on to your power." The Series Really, AMC? That's your plan for maintaining the momentum of a hot new series? Leaving viewers annoyed and angered after a season-long mystery was left completely unsolved by the end of its 13-episode run on June 19? So now, viewers--at least those who return--will have to wait perhaps ...
Optimum Homes, 'HGTV Design Star' Build Sweepstakes Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 8:14AMThe sixth season o f HGTV Design Star is in the house with Cablevision's interactive residential service. The programmer and the New York metro area's predominant cable operator have fashioned a sweepstakes offering around the hit series and Optimum Homes.
Massachusetts Couple Walking Across Country; Enter Connecticut On Sixth Day Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 2:55PMFollow Your Town News On The Courant's West Hartford Facebook Page On the ninth day walking his Adventure Access Trail, a journey that will take him across the country, Evan Burchard said he misses one thing: "A chair."
Fitch Upgrades Wachovia 2003-C4 Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 4:13PMNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has upgraded three classes of Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust's (WBCMT) commercial mortgage pass-through certificates, series 2003-C4. A full list of rating actions follows at the end of this release. The rating upgrades are a result of increased credit enhancement due to pay down, minimal Fitch expected losses, and defeasance. As of the June 2011 ...
Dictator puts on a good show Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 1:25PMTanks and missiles rolled through the streets, military aircraft roared in the sky and thousands of troops marched past the podium saluting the President. Later, columns of costumed schoolchildren stretching as far as the eye could...
Italian Yields Reach 9-Year High as Crisis Spreads; Bunds Gain Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 12:49PMItalian bonds slid for the fifth straight day, driving yields to a nine-year high, as contagion from Greece’s fiscal crisis intensified in the region’s biggest government-debt market.
Political turmoil puts Italy in spotlight Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 7:51AMItalian government bond yields and the cost of insuring Italian sovereign debt against default both jump, putting renewed pressure on the euro as concerns over the future of Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti mount, analysts say.
Government sees leaky homes as too hard, says lawyer Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 4:09PMThe Government seems to have put leaky homes into the too-hard basket with an assistance package that excludes apartment owners, a leaky homes lawyer says.
Ex-NBA player Armen Gilliam dies at 47 Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 7:55AMArmen Gilliam, who led UNLV to the Final Four in 1987 and later played for several NBA teams, has died. He was 47. The Allegheny County (Pa.) Medical Examiner's Office said Wednesday that Gilliam died Tuesday night at...
Anthony trial captivated audience Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 1:34PMJury finds Florida mom not guilty in death of 2-year-old daughter The facts of the case were as awful as they were compelling: a little girl, first reported missing by her grandmother, then found dead months later. A young mother accused of murder, sitting silently behind the defendant's table as prosecutors described her partying lifestyle.
'Teen Mom' Recap: Season 3 Returns With Amber Portwood, Maci Bookout, Catelynn Lowell and Farrah Abraham Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 9:32AMTHR Staff MTV's highly-rated reality show premiered Tuesday night. read more
How the Casey Anthony case came apart Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 7:02AMORLANDO, FLA. — All summer, the case against Casey Anthony in an Orlando courtroom had audiences discussing her life as if she were the star of a reality television show.
Breathtaking Stupidity Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 10:55PMAnd here we go again. The ratings agency Moody's has taken a decidedly negative outlook on the sovereign debt of Portugal. The ratings agency published its findings yesterday. Europe's slow-motion fiscal meltdown ought to be a negative for "risk assets" like the Aussie dollar.
Family Time: What to know before adopting a cat Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 7:14AMPeople are social and we all highly value our interactions with friends and family. While you might not think the same of cats, people who have more than one can attest that having multiple cats can make everyone in the household - two-legged and four-legged - a little happier.
Truth behind the pageantry: jail for dissidents in Europe's last dictatorship Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 6:05PMTanks and missiles rolled through the streets, military aircraft roared in the sky and thousands of troops marched past the podium saluting the President. Later, columns of costumed schoolchildren stretching as far as the eye could see danced in formation to the tinny refrain of "Belarus! My homeland!" coming from the loudspeakers.
NY Times: Principal Reductions for some Option ARMs Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 8:15AMTwo of the nation’s biggest lenders, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, are quietly modifying loans for tens of thousands of borrowers who have not asked for help but whom the banks deem to be at special risk.
TV highlights for Mon, July 4 Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 8:21PMNational TV highlights for Monday, July 4.
'America's Most Wanted' instrumental in East Valley cases Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 8:31AMFor 24 years, viewers of the Fox network’s television show, “America’s Most Wanted,” stayed glued to the couch to see if they would recognize any of the fugitives on their television screen.
Critic's Notebook: Glenn Beck says goodbye Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 8:12PMNow-former Fox News personality Glenn Beck closed "The Glenn Beck Program" Thursday night with what amounted to an hour-long monologue. Now-former Fox News personality Glenn Beck closed "The Glenn Beck Program" Thursday night with what amounted to an hour-long monologue.
Fitch Rates Essex Portfolio L.P.'s $115MM Sr. Unsecured Notes 'BBB' Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 1:15PMNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'BBB' rating to the $115 million senior unsecured notes issued by Essex Portfolio L.P., the operating partnership of Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESS; collectively, Essex). The notes were issued at par and consist of two tranches: $40 million 4.50% notes due 2017 and $75 million 4.92% notes due 2019. Essex expects to use the net ...
Historic inn receives top award Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 11:14AMThe 1840 Inn on the Main has been awarded a 2011 Certificate of Excellence by TripAdvisor.com.
Allies hope for Strauss-Kahn political return Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 8:20AMPARIS: Doubts cast on the Dominique Strauss-Kahn sex assault case raised hopes among France's opposition Friday that he may return to help them fight Nicolas Sarkozy for the presidency next year.
The Cubs’ Woes Increase, and Wrigleyville Feels the Pain Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 12:23AMThese are not happy times at and around Wrigley Field. Ticket sales are weaker now than when the Cubs were seen as lovable losers, and businesses in the surrounding neighborhood are suffering.
Movies’ Biggest Midlife Meltdowns Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 7:50PMTom Hanks’ 'Larry Crowne' character is latest of many with movie midlife crises.
SDCC: BBC Bringing Doctor Who & Bedlam to Comic-Con Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 4:12PMBBC America announced today it is returning to the San Diego Comic-Con with the stars and creators of their hit series "Doctor Who" and "Bedlam" for panels, signings and exclusive merchandise at the BBC America booth (#3629).
Rakon, Infratil lead gainers on NZX 50 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 7:54PMRakon led gainers on the NZX 50 Index, as the local bourse joined a global rebound in equity markets on optimism Greece will avoid default after the first of two votes approving new austerity measures. PGG Wrightson declined.
Royal wedding aims to revive glamour days Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 1:27PMGrace Kelly has been dead for nearly three decades, but her shadow still falls across Monaco - and this week, as her son marries, her ghostly pull will seem stronger than ever.On the heels of Britain's royal wedding, where Diana...
Promoting new trends in EU economies Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 10:35AMBRUSSELS - On June 23-24, the traditional annual conference named Regions for Economic Change (this year its title had the distinction “Fostering Smart and Sustainable Growth in Regions and Cities”) was held in the Charlemagne Building in Brussels.
Walker to sell $280m Canberra office Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 9:00AMBILLIONAIRE property developer Lang Walker has put a $280 million Canberra office building on the market.