Entire wolf pack killed near Hall
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008Federal trappers have killed the entire Willow Creek wolf pack near Hall because of chronic livestock depredations.
Federal trappers have killed the entire Willow Creek wolf pack near Hall because of chronic livestock depredations.
U.S. mortgage giants Fannie, Freddie bolstered by gov’t
Monday, July 14th, 2008Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson announces that the U.S. Treasury Department and Federal Reserve will lend money and buy stocks if necessary to aid embattl ...
IndyMac Bank to reopen on Monday
Monday, July 14th, 2008IndyMac Bank, the largest bank in California ever to be taken over by regulators, will reopen on Monday as IndyMac Federal Bank, and will be "as safe and sound a bank as any in the country," the bank's new CEO said Sunday. IndyMac, ...
Dow Jones average below 11,000 for 1st time since 2006
Saturday, July 12th, 2008U.S. stocks recovered from steep losses Friday after the reports that the Federal Reserve may help the two largest mortgage companies. The Dow Jones industrials, which briefly fell below 11,000 for the first time since July 2006, wa ...
PPP: Pakistan’s Sharif party to rejoin federal cabinet soon
Saturday, July 12th, 2008A spokesman of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) said on Friday that the coalition party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz(PML-N) would rejoin the federal cabinet soon. "PML-N colleagues will rejoin the cabinet as their resignatio ...
Brazilian police search house of mining billionaire
Saturday, July 12th, 2008Brazilian Federal Police searched the home and offices of the country's mining billionaire Eike Batista on Friday for evidence of suspected fraud and tax evasion. In an operation code-named Midas Touch, the federal police were inves ...
Retailers cash in on rebate checks
Friday, July 11th, 2008Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Costco Wholesale Corp said June sales rose more than expected as shoppers facing soaring gasoline and food costs used federal tax rebates to buy discounted clothes and groceries. Sales at stores open at least a ye ...
Bernanke, Paulson call for new regulatory powers
Friday, July 11th, 2008U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Thursday told Congress that regulators should gain greater powers in oversight of financial market. "Cooperation between the Fed and the SEC (Securities ...