Bernanke: Banks need to bolster risk management Chicago Tribune WASHINGTON - Commercial banks and other financial institutions need to beef up their ability to detect and protect themselves against risks like the credit and mortgage debacles, Chairman said Thursday. | The trio of crises -- housing, credit and financial -- have exposed weaknesses in financial fir...
Motor scooters popular in efforts to save on gas San Diego | Associated Press Johnny Scheff of Motoworks Chicago sits on a Vespa scooter in the dealership's showroom in Chicago. Scheff said high gas prices are prompting consumers to find alternative means of transportation. Scooters can pay for themselves in fuel savings over one to three years, he said. Re...
Edwards endorses Obama campaign for presidency Belfast Telegraph Barack Obama has picked up another influential endorsement as he moves ever closer to securing the Democratic nomination for this year's presidential election. | Former North Carolina Senator and 2004 vice-presidential nominee John Edwards has come o...
John Edwards backs Obama as top Democrats rally round The Times Of India | WASHINGTON: Democratic front-runner Barack Obama scored a coup Wednesday in his White House nominating battle against Hillary Clinton by winning the high-profile endorsement of blue-collar champion John Edwards. | Edwards, the party's...
Clinton wins West Virginia, but Obama way ahead The Times Of India | NEW YORK: Hillary Rodham Clinton saved her best for too late. The former first lady soundly thumped rival Barack Obama in West Virginia on Tuesday just as the Illinois senator well ahead in the popular vote and among pledged delegates...
Obama courts labor vote in Michigan, though some absent The Examiner WARREN, Mich. (Map, News) - Vivian Johnson proudly wore her United Auto Workers jacket to hear Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama speak on Wednesday. | She was one of the only people outwardly representing one of the largest unions in North...
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Bank of America exec ready to integrate LaSalle Bank Newsday | CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Liam McGee, 's president of global consumer and small business banking, chatted with The Associated Press about his thoughts on leading his bank's retail growth...
Grain prices good for speculators, not farmers Business Report | By Jeff Wilson | Commodity-index funds control a record 4.5 billion bushels of maize, wheat and soya beans through Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) futures, equal to half the amount...
United-US Airways proposal has better chance than in 2001 San Fransisco Chronicle | (05-04) 04:00 PDT Chicago -- | United Airlines and US Airways saw their first attempt at marriage foiled in 2001 by the deal's high cost coupled with stiff opposition from lawmak...
SIU dental school receives $1.5M grant from Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation Business Journal > Metro East organizations share in children's health-care grants [St. Louis] SIU's dental school receives $500,000 gift [St. Louis] SIU Dental School receives $600,000 gift [St. Louis] Delta Dental gives $250,000 to SIU Dental School [St. Louis] | T...
Cardiac surgeon to join Jewish Hospital, U of L Business Journal > Agents Ben Dogra, Tom Condon score big, represent 12 NFL draft picks [St. Louis] IU, Ivy Tech announce agreement on programs, degrees [Louisville] Joerke works to clear the air about KC-area environment [Kansas City] Eddie George developing landsca...
Delta/Northwest merger likely to be approved- U.S. Rep San Diego WASHINGTON - A proposal by Delta Air Lines to buy Northwest Airlines is likely to be approved by the U.S. government, an influential lawmaker on aviation affairs said Wednesday. | Rep. John Mica, a Florida Republican and former chairman of the House ...
In lean times, shoppers see extra fat in food bill Kansas City Star Charles Rex Arbogast A customer shops in the refrigerated section of a Chicago supermarket Monday, May 12, 2008. Shoppers say they're being gouged on food prices, but retailers say suspicions that they are taking advantage of consumers are unjustified and that, if anything, they have been reluctant to raise prices. | Forced to pay for once-free san...
