Social Security freeze means seniors must scrimp
PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. - If her check were bigger, 76-year-old Agnes Conti might be able to spring for a better cut of meat for her pot roast. She could afford to send her nine grandchildren more than $20 for their birthdays and Christmas. She'd be able to buy some nice new clothes, like she sees on QVC, not what she settles for at Walmart.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-10-16
IBM in talks to buy Sun Microsystems: sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) - IBM is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems Inc, sources with knowledge of the matter said, a move that could bolster the technology giant against rivals in the high-end computer server and software markets.
Nations:India
2009-03-18
UBS says had 47K accounts for Americans
WASHINGTON - UBS AG now says it had about 47,000 accounts held by Americans who didn't pay U.S. taxes on their assets, but Switzerland's biggest bank is providing the names of only 300 American clients to the U.S. government in a showdown over secrecy.
Nations:Switzerland U.S. People:Timothy Geithner Carl Levin Barack Obama Source:(AP)
2009-03-04
UBS official to face Senate questioning
WASHINGTON - An official of UBS AG on Wednesday will face questions from a Senate panel for the first time since Switzerland's biggest bank formally acknowledged responsibility for helping tens of thousands of American clients hide assets from the U.S. government.
Nations:Switzerland U.S. People:Timothy Geithner Carl Levin Source:(AP)
2009-03-04
Airlines close the books on turbulent 2008
ATLANTA - The meteoric rise and fall of the price of oil was the story for the airline industry for much of 2008, but as the year that brought big losses and hefty stock declines for many carriers drew to a close the erosion of demand for seats due to the recession was the main headline.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2008 Airlines Downturn 2008 Global Oil Crisis
2009-01-01
More Americans stay home for the holidays
CHICAGO - Travelers breezed through airport terminals Wednesday and drivers cruised open roads, the effects of a sour economy blamed for keeping people closer to home at the start of the annual Thanksgiving rush.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2008 U.S. Recession
2008-11-26
U.S. foreclosure rates up 25 percent year-over-year
MIAMI - The number of homeowners caught in the wave of foreclosures in October grew 25 percent nationally over the same month in 2007, data released Thursday showed.
Nations:U.S. People:Henry Paulson Activities:2008 U.S. Real Estate Crisis Source:(AP)
2008-11-13
'Boomerang' Fay gains strength over Florida
NAPLES, Fla. - Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in southwestern Florida on Tuesday without much fanfare, but stubbornly hung around like an unwelcome houseguest, gaining power and threatening -- once again -- to become a hurricane.
Nations:U.S. Australia Source:(AP)
2008-08-19
Fay hits Florida, but doesn't become hurricane
NAPLES, Fla. - Tropical Storm Fay moved inland Tuesday after making landfall in southwest Florida, never growing into the hurricane that forecasters had feared.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-08-19
Massive power outage hits millions in Florida
A massive power outage struck parts of Florida on Tuesday, knocking out electricity to millions of people, snarling traffic at intersections and trapping residents in elevators.
Nations:U.S.
2008-02-26
Detroit had top foreclosure rate in '07
The Detroit area, hit hard by the double-whammy of unemployment and a slumping housing market, had the highest foreclosure rate in the nation last year, with several cities in California ranked close behind, an analysis of foreclosure activity in the country's largest 100 metropolitan areas shows.
Nations:U.S. Activities:Global Financial Crisis
2008-02-13
Chief: Smith died of accidental overdose
Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith died of an accidental overdose of a sleeping medication and at least eight other prescription drugs, and she had recently had a bacterial infection from injecting drugs into her buttocks, authorities said Monday.
Nations:U.S. People:Anna Nicole Smith Activities:Anna Nicole Smith Saga
2007-03-26
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