floridabased bankunited financial corp huge in the option arm biz in south fl is down 83 percent ytd. the office of thrift supervision its hilariously named regulator may lower its capital rating. the humidity in miami is unbearable this time of year. all signs point to fail. david bishop however refuses to come out and say it. the stifel nicolaus analyst instead downgraded the firm to sell a...
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this is amazing. californias largescale efforts to curb smoking have saved the state 86 billion in healthcare costs. and the kicker is they only invested 1.8 billion in the program. heres more via reuters the benefits of the program accrued very quickly and are very large stanton glantz director of the university of california san francisco center for tobacco control research and education said in...
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with four months and a few days left i have little faith that the bush administration will achieve its stated goal of negotiating peace in israelpalestine by the end of 2008. rice finishing up her 17th trip to the region in the last two years says that peace is still possible. but with israels settlement activity in the west bank doubling recently according to the israeli group peace now major iss...
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retailers sales slump but not its stock stayathome diners hurts darden oils dollar jump on weather and political unrest fdics bad bank list bulges hp closes deal with eds citi pays restitution gt solar swings to profit rio digs record results u.s. retailer american eagle outfitters aeo announced yesterday tuesday that secondquarter earnings fell to 59.8 million or 29 cents a sha...
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filed under before the bell analyst reports analyst upgrades and downgrades deals microsoft msft apple inc aapl hewlettpackard hpq pfizer pfe bristolmyers squibb bmy federal natl mtge fnm conocophillips cop mattel inc mat amr corp amr lilly eli lly analyst initiations economic data oil housingu.s. stock futures were lower this morning on fear tropical storm gustavs path may pose a threat to refine...
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by warner todd huston on august 25 patrick donahue of bloomberg breathlessly informed us that a recent poll showed that germans love barack obama. in a week where obamas soft polling numbers with americans who will do the actual voting youd be excused if you wondered who cared but apparently bloomberg thinks this obama puffing news is worth reporting. its more reason to be suspicious that the old...
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wojna o oseti poudniow zakoczya si wczoraj symbolicznym uznaniem niepodlegoci tej prowincji oraz abchazji przez federacj rosyjsk. nie zakoczyo si natomiast wycofywanie rosyjskich wojsk z terytorium gruzji. wrcz przeciwnie rosjanie nadal kontroluj m.in. port w poti wok ktrego tocz si teraz niezwykle interesujce manewry. na morzu czarnym znajduje si teraz dziewi natowskich okrtw w tym 4 tureckie ...
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a video take a load off fannie youtube has case details subprime litigation a glimpse of the end game kevin lacroix the 2007 settlement of an ontario securities class action may suggest the eventual direction of many of the lawsuits in the current subprime and credit crisisrelated litigation wave. even though the lawsuit was filed in a canadian court and involved a company fmf capital group ...
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...hread the needle passing through the yucatan channel into the gulf of mexico it could intensify to category 4 or 5 strength over the warm water in the gulf private forecaster accuweather said.......
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filed under transportation its not clear what the exact problem is but every major airport in the country is currently experiencing flight delays because of an faa computer problem at a facility south of atlanta. all thats being said is that the system that processes flight plans is having troubles but that all flights currently in the air are fine and should land safely. given that a single faa ...
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survey shows parents best intentions out of step with expert chiropractic economicsflu vaccination awareness campaign addresses knowledge gap educates americans that electing a president is not the only important choice to make this fall gaithersburg md prweb august 21 2008 a new survey of parents of eightto17year olds new flu vaccine approach hopeful novavax says reuterswashington reuter...
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caseshiller data advocates worst may be over for american housing daily telegraphthe american housing market may slowly be turning the corner after 18 months of gloom with test data showing that the rate of monthly house price declines slowed markedly in june. data from the respected standard poorscaseshiller index showed in housing market hints of a bottom msnbcthough home prices continu...
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air traffic at some major u.s. airports was returning to normal on tuesday after many planes were delayed due to a glitch in the computer system for filing flight plans the federal aviation administration said. the department of homeland security said there was no link to terrorism and the faa said the computer glitch did not affect its ability to safely track planes in the air. an faa official to...
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filed under cellphones handhelds reuters reports that a market source has confirmed that apple has finally sealed a deal to bring the iphone 3g to russia in an official capacity launching on mobile telesystems likely in nnnn october that is. neither mts nor apple would agree to comment on the situation no surprise there but seeing how russia is one of the remaining gargantuan markets where the ...
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moscow reuters russia will face increased western pressure on wednesday when a senior british official flies to ukraine to build a coalition to counter russias conflict with exsoviet georgia. the united states nato and european powers condemned as unacceptable russias recognition on tuesday of two breakaway georgian regions as independent states and demanded moscow recognize georgias territorial ...
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lifetime whips up a new cooking show posted aug 26th 2008 705pm by monika bartyzel filed under televisionfilm wanting to get in on the unscripted programming action reuters reports that the lifetime network is cooking up 3 new shows one on weight loss yawn one on clairvoyance and one on cooking. the latter called moms cooking will be a halfhour weekday series that focuses on moms teaching their...
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dr. dre photo advance rap twenty year old andre young jr. the son of rapper dr. dre was found dead this past saturday of unknown causes. young jr. who was named after his father was found dead saturday by his mother at their home in suburban woodland hills county coroners lt. john kades said. an autopsy was performed monday but the cause of death wasnt likely to be determined for eight weeks whil...
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we cant believe what we are reading evidently it appears that people are up in arms because the mad men twitter feeds are to be put out of their misery. cable network amc has angered online fans of its critically acclaimed drama mad men by asking social networking site twitter to shut down feeds inspired by the show. full story huh first who cares about a twitter feed other than old media and s...
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so i was sitting in a comfy couch in the blogger tent i lean back look up and think ... that looks like rep. jim mcgovern. not ever having seen him from upsidedown and below i had to ask him. it was jim. weve been meaning to interview you i said. he says how about right now good man. lucky id been thinking of my questions already.cochair of the house hunger caucus mcgovern has been a critic of cor...
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its a miracle im a strong believer i think she must have had a guardian angel. im so happy. 60 year old widows cat found bricked up under bath tub after 7 weeks monika hoppert a batty old german lady from stadthagen germany lost her cat and couldnt find it for seven weeks. what had happened is that her neighbour was redecorating her bathroom and the poor little kitty cat had crawled in under the b...
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heath winners losers biogen idec elan street.comafter a nice rise early in the day health stocks settled back into neutral territory on tuesday. the nasdaq biotechnology index landed up 0.2 while the amex index gave up 0.2. a few regulatory items peppered otherwise light news. amylin amln and study could aid bird flu drugs post chronicleuniversity of texas and rutgers researchers have report...
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german audience measurement firm gfk appears to be withdrawing its bid for british research company taylor nelson sofres according to reuters which cited a story in germanys manager magazine based on unidentified sources. gfk is said to be dropping its bid because apax the pe firm that agreed to help back it in the deal began making demands for extensive control over the merger. the german company...
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