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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:15:02 -0600

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Good, bad and ugly ways to raise some quick cash...

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:15:07 -0600

While I would love to start 2009 with some rosy predictions, one theme sticks in my mind: Cash will never be more important. You need to find it, save it and use it as your cushion in what will be another rocky year.

Let’s dispatch the ugliest kinds of cash-raising first. The seemingly easy money that almost anyone has access to is often outrageously expensive.What about those check...

Stimulus package to create 400000 jobs: Think-tank...

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:15:02 -0600

OTTAWA — A one-year fiscal stimulus package worth almost $33 billion that bolsters employment-insurance benefits, municipal infrastructure, training and post-secondary education, and promises to create more than 400,000 jobs, is being proposed Tuesday by an economic think-tank.

The $32.9-billion package, proposed for the Jan. 27 federal budget, is equal to 2.1 per cent of gross dome...

Five Local Massage Parlors Shut Down...

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:15:01 -0600

John Travolta's 16-year-old son died Friday while vacationing in the Bahamas, according to a family lawyer.

On the day that Donald Peters died, heunknowingly provided financial security for his wife of 59 years and their family.

A memorial service will be held Sunday for Majel Barrett Roddenberry, the actress who played Nurse Chapel on the Star Trek television series and wife of th...

Obama heads to Washington as inauguration looms...

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:15:02 -0600

WASHINGTON (AFP) — Barack Obama was starting a new life in Washington Sunday, with his top priority an economic rescue plan that allies said could pass soon after his presidential inauguration in two weeks.

Flying in to Andrews Air Force Base, the president-elect was to join his wife Michelle and their two daughters here later in the day as Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, prepare to start...

Why we need same-gender marriages...

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:15:00 -0600

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Reading family copes with losing mother, possessions...

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:15:02 -0600

An account has been set up at Wachovia Bank to defray Esther Santiago's funeral expenses.

Knowing death was imminent, Esther Santiago placed her family's future in the hands of her 22-year-old son, Alex Aviles.

"Alex," he recalls her saying, "be strong for everyone."

With that entreaty, in the presence of a Compassionate Care Hospice caseworker, Esther, 44, entrusted the you...

Alex Ramos and the Retired Boxers Foundation...

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:15:01 -0600

Since I started into the media end of boxing, I have met a lot of great people. People like Edner Cherry, Danny Batchelder, Brian Minto, Lamon Brewster and Benny Henderson Jr (ok, scratch that guy) have shown me that fighters truly do care about the guy that they are fighting against and the fans. Giving that boxing is a violent sport, what shines more then anything else is the respect and hone...

The son died; the mother balked...

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:15:02 -0600

Eryn Allegra told police that she checked into a hotel on Christmas Eve after treating herself and Tristan to a last meal at a nearby restaurant. She said she had been contemplating killing herself and her son for several months.

But it wasn't Eryn Allegra's last meal; just her son's.

Early Christmas morning, after giving her son what she assumed to be an overdose of eig...

Plan B for retirees who counted on home equity...

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:15:01 -0600

The safety net is almost gone, the nest egg is cracking.

Many Americans have recently found themselves changing retirement plans after losing a substantial amount of home equity as the housing market and the overall U.S. economy struggle. These folks face years of living on fixed incomes from pensions, 401Ks or IRAs, and Social Security, but don't have the time to recover their losses.

'Death counter' exhibit unveiled...

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:15:01 -0600

A giant LED counter which will show the number of people who die around the world this year has been unveiled in London.

The work, called Death Counter, by Spanish artist Santiago Sierra has been loaned to insurers Hiscox. In return they have given him an insurance policy of 150,000 euro (£143,000) payable in the event of his death and valid for the duration of the exhibition.

Elli...

AIG seeks change on loan terms...

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:15:02 -0600

American International Group Inc. is preparing to ask the Federal Reserve to relax rules on how bidders pay for assets as it tries to repay a $60 billion loan, according to a report in the Financial Times Wednesday.

The New York–based insurer wants to boost competition for the assets by allowing bidders to pay using a greater portion of shares, or through installments, the newspaper...

TSX down 35% in 2008...

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:15:03 -0600

Canada's stock market endured one of its worst years on record in 2008, losing 35 per cent of its value or about $700 billion, and investors should be prepared to ride out further troubles in the new year as the wounds continue to fester.

The energy, mining and financial services stocks that make up most of the TSX composite index saw their values eroded badly as the recession weakened d...

First Bancshares, Inc. Reports Increase in Its Provision for Loan ......

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:15:03 -0600

First Bancshares, Inc. Reports Increase in Its Provision for Loan Losses and Tax Provision on Cashing out BOLI First Bancshares, Inc. Announces Appointment of President and Chief Executive Officer and Results of Annual Meeting First Bancshares (FBSI) Approves Stock Buyback Plan First Bancshares (FBSI) Appoints Daniel P. Katzfey as CEO First Bancshares (FBSI) Appoints Ronald J. Walters as CFO Mo...

Carlson laments closing of real estate company offices...

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:15:15 -0600

It will be a New Year, and with it will come more local economic turmoil, as one of the biggest, longest standing real estate companies in Marblehead will close its doors this week amid a poor economy and an unprecedented, industry-wide decline in sales.

Carlson GMAC Real Estate, 10 Atlantic Ave., is one of five company-owned North Shore GMAC offices that will shut down. Offices in ...