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GE gets "Wells notice" in SEC accounting probe. General Electric Co said on Friday it had been notified by U.S. regulators that a civil complaint could be filed against the company following a more than three-year-long probe into its use of hedge accounting for derivatives and other accounting matters. Merrill Lynch hires mortgage executives. Merrill Lynch & Co, battered by more than $40 billion of write-downs tied largely to mortgages, said on Tuesday it hired Michael Nierenberg from JPMorgan Chase & Co to head its mortgage and securitization businesses. Fact Check: The fuller story in St. Paul. John McCain set a new tone for the Republican National Convention Thursday, with speakers abandoning many of the tough words aimed at Barack Obama that had characterized the previous night. School choice gains favor. Chris Oldenburg felt alone when she first made the decision to homeschool. After a preschool screening determined that young Alex had already developed skills that surpassed kindergarten level, Oldenburg felt.. GE says SEC probing possible securities violations. General Electric Co. says the Securities and Exchange Commission staff has notified the company it may recommend fines and other action for possible violations of securities laws. Scores reveal disturbing trend. Hidden within the positive statistic showing a 5 percent rise in the number of 2008 high school students taking the SAT is a disturbing trend. Stu's Views: The Insanity of the U.S. News Rankings. August has been a summer of circuses. We first had the circus of the Olympics. Then we have the circus of the Democratic National Convention, a glorified extended commercial that the media pretends actually.. Fla. Court Lifts Voucher Measures From Ballot. Florida's November ballot will be shorter by three proposals - one that would have traded a huge property tax cut for other tax increases and two others designed to expand school voucher programs. Global shares slide on economy fears. World stock markets tumbled Friday on a weak outlook for the global economy following further disappointing US and European data, dealers said. Use library to help home-school. YAHOO! Use library to help home-school School is officially underway. While most people send their children to public or private schools, more and more parents are home schooling their children or thinking of.. Hong Kong considers ban on fishing trawlers: report. Hong Kong is considering banning fishing trawlers in its waters to save fish stocks, a report said Thursday. The drastic proposal comes as annual catches were estimated to be 30 percent above sustainable levels, the South China Morning Post said, citing a consultation paper from the Food and Health bureau. Toronto stocks make tiny gain as resources rise. The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index just managed to end on the plus side on Friday, following a sharp three-day losing streak, as gains by resource and consumer issues offset worries over the outlook for the global economy. US stocks fall on poor retail sales figures. A battered financial sector led Wall Street into bear market territory on Thursday, as Bill Gross, manager of the bond fund Pimco, warned that a "financial tsunami" could ensue if the government failed to support markets. DC School Voucher Program Is Renewed for Another Year. In July the U.S. Congress debated the future of the DC Opportunity Scholarship program, the federal initiative helping 1,900 low-income students attend private schools in the nation's capital. On Wall Street: Bleak reality of US stock markets. One of Wall Street's tenuous beliefs is to sell stocks in May and not to return to the market until late October. MARYLAND: SAT scores still lagging in Md. Posted. Average SAT scores in Maryland are still lower than they were several years ago. ECB holds interest rates, slashes growth forecasts. The European Central Bank kept its key lending rate unchanged on Thursday and slashed its growth forecasts for this year and next, sending stock markets and the euro into tailspins. Court strikes down Amendment 5 tax swap plan. The state Supreme Court today removed a multi-billion tax swap plan from the November ballot, just hours after a majority of justices argued forcefully during courtroom arguments that the voter summary for.. H&R Block posts smaller loss. H&R Block Inc, the largest U.S. tax preparer, reported a quarterly loss that was 56 percent smaller than a year earlier on Wednesday, after shedding its money-losing mortgage operations to focus on its tax business. Obama: Secret Service is handy when you have girls - AP. Who knew Secret Service agents were so handy for parents of elementary school kids? Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, taking questions from an Indiana crowd Saturday, called on a 5th grade teacher. |
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