Archive for January, 2010
Abbott charges BlueHippo Funding with consumer finance fraud
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has charged a finance company with violating the Texas Deceptive Practices Act by failing to deliver computers and related equipment to purchasers – who were primarily customers with poor credit ratings.
Exeter voters subtract Finance Dept. positions
EXETER — The approximately 50 residents present at the annual deliberative session Saturday had their say by removing two new staff members proposed for the Finance Department — a staff accountant and tax collector — from the budget.
Congress prepares for a battle over campaign finance
The sober, sprawling State of the Union address that President Obama delivered last week was marked by one extraordinary moment. It came when the president looked down at six robed members of the Supreme Court, seated directly in front of him, and criticized their recent 5 to 4 decision that he said “will open the floodgates for special interests, including foreign corporations, to spend without …
Badal wants Finance ministry to issue coins of Sikh warrior
Chandigarh, Jan 29 Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today urged the Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to issue limited special edition coins of Rs 5 and Rs 10 denomination minted in the memory of the great Sikh warrior, Baba Banda Singh Bahadur, as a befitting tribute to his martyrdom being observed as tercentennial ‘Fateh Divas’ on May 12 this year.
Chippewa County finance director passes away
Chippewa County’s finance director, who was set to become the interim county administrator, has passed away.
Finance Ministry eyes internal reform
The Finance Ministry launched a special project team Friday in an attempt to overhaul the way its officials work. The initiative is aimed at cutting their long hours of overtime and improve the current personnel system. Finance Minister Naoto Kan joked this will enable officials to go out on a date on weekdays.
Supreme Court campaign finance decision sparks debate on foreign influence in US campaigns
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court’s decision on campaign finance has jumbled a seemingly simple rule of American politics — foreigners should play no role in U.S.
The choppers, the finance firms and the missing millions
THE RECOVERY of millions of dollars owing to investors in two failed Nelson finance businesses is turning from an ugly mess into a legal quagmire amid deepening suspicion over several transactions leading up to their collapse.
The choppers, the finance companies and the missing millions
The recovery of millions of dollars owing to investors in two failed Nelson finance businesses is turning from an ugly mess into a legal quagmire amid deepening suspicion over several transactions leading up to their collapse.
Supreme Court campaign finance decision sparks debate on foreign influence in US campaigns
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court’s decision on campaign finance has jumbled a seemingly simple rule of American politics — foreigners should play no role in U.S. elections.
