Articles tagged with money
Mon, May 21, 2012
Ohio man gets six years for plot to smuggle money to Hezbollah
By Kim Palmer
CLEVELAND (Reuters) - An Ohio man was sentenced on Monday to more than six years in federal prison after pleading guilty to ...
Mon, May 21, 2012
Early Facebook mutual fund buyers still in money
By Ross Kerber
(Reuters) - Fidelity Investments and other big mutual fund families that were early backers of Facebook Inc are likely still winners despite ...
Fri, May 18, 2012
UAW president sets goal to stem money losses by 2014
By Bernie Woodall
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers aims to break even by mid-2014, as the American union looks to bolster its ...
Fri, May 18, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce to spend big on 2012 election
By Alina Selyukh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which helped Republicans make big gains in the 2010 congressional elections, is planning ...
Thu, May 17, 2012
Jane Lynch to Republicans: "Money To be Made in Gay Marriage"
By Brent Lang
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Jane Lynch has a message for Republicans and it's all about dollars and cents.
On "The ...
Sun, May 13, 2012
Brown pushes tax hike as California's money woes deepen
By Jim Christie
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown was elected in 2010 on a promise to fix the state's chronic fiscal ...
Fri, May 11, 2012
Obama's gay marriage stance sets off money rush
By Alina Selyukh and Eric Johnson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Since U.S. President Barack Obama's declaration of support for same-sex marriage this week, messages ...
Thu, May 10, 2012
Inflation-wary Bank of England switches off money press
By Sven Egenter
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England voted on Thursday not to give Britain's struggling economy another injection of cash as ...
Thu, May 10, 2012
Insight: Super PACS: Follow the money - if you can
By Marcus Stern, Kristina Cooke and Alexander Cohen
LAWRENCEVILLE, Georgia (Reuters) - December 2011 was a busy month for supporters of presidential candidate Newt Gingrich ...
Thu, May 10, 2012
Inflation-wary Bank of England switches off money press
By Sven Egenter
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England voted on Thursday not to give Britain's struggling economy another injection of cash as ...
Wed, May 09, 2012
Inflation-wary Bank of England to halt money-printing press
By Sven Egenter
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England looks set to call a halt to its asset-buying program on Thursday, despite the economy ...
Tue, May 08, 2012
Shanna Moakler raising money for sister's cancer treatment
From WENN.com
The star, who was married to Blink-182 rocker Travis Barker, was left devastated last month (Apr12) when her sibling Michelle Tucker ...
Tue, May 08, 2012
Jockey Club raises prize money
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Jockey Club, the owner of race courses including Aintree and Epsom, plans to increase prize money this year to 16 ...
Mon, May 07, 2012
Shanna Moakler raising money for sister's cancer treatment
From WENN.com
The star, who was married to Blink-182 rocker Travis Barker, was left devastated last month (Apr12) when her sibling Michelle Tucker ...
Mon, May 07, 2012
Heiress money for Edwards wasn't political: government witness
By Colleen Jenkins
GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - A government witness on Monday supported former Senator John Edwards' claim that he didn't know about ...
Thu, May 03, 2012
Judge urges more deliberations in Android case
By Dan Levine
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A judge urged jurors to resume deliberating Oracle Corp's copyright claims against Google over the Android mobile ...
Thu, May 03, 2012
Special Report: U.S. documents allege HSBC money-laundering lapses
By Carrick Mollenkamp, Brett Wolf and Brian Grow
NEW YORK (Reuters) - In April 2003, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and New York ...
Mon, April 30, 2012
Former Mexican state treasurer target of U.S. money: laundering probe
By Jared Taylor
MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - Investigators have moved to seize millions in assets from a former Mexican state treasurer and fugitive under investigation ...
Mon, April 30, 2012
S&P 500 flirts with two-month low before rebound
By Angela Moon
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell for the fifth day in six on Wednesday as investors kept their focus on the turmoil ...
Fri, April 27, 2012
Exclusive: Chesapeake board member lent money to CEO McClendon
By Brian Grow and Anna Driver
(Reuters) - As Chesapeake Energy Corp.'s board of directors moves to distance itself from loans taken by CEO ...
Sun, April 22, 2012
Ex-aide to John Edwards details final meeting with boss
By Colleen Jenkins
GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - The campaign aide who wrote a tell-all book about efforts to hide former U.S. Senator John ...
Sat, April 21, 2012
U.S.'s Geithner welcomes new IMF money pledges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Saturday that a decision to double the International Monetary Fund's crisis-fighting war chest ...
Thu, April 19, 2012
Obama kicks off battle versus Romney with big money lead
By Alina Selyukh and Alexander Cohen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mitt Romney had his best fundraising month yet in March, but the presumed Republican nominee remained ...
Thu, April 19, 2012
Morgan Stanley bond trading unexpectedly strong
By Lauren Tara LaCapra
(Reuters) - Morgan Stanley
Tue, April 17, 2012
Asian operators give Vegas casino titans run for their money
By Farah Master and Ronald Grover
MACAU/LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Billionaire Sheldon Adelson, who became one of the world's richest men by creating ...
Thu, April 12, 2012
Lagarde says IMF may need less money for war chest
By Lesley Wroughton
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A stronger firewall is needed to protect the world economy from Europe's debt crisis, but the International Monetary ...
Thu, April 12, 2012
IMF may need less money to rebuild warchest: Lagarde
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund is considering scaling back how much money it needs to rebuild its war chest for handling financial crises ...
Mon, April 09, 2012
New app transfers money with the tap of a phone
By Natasha Baker
TORONTO (Reuters) - Splitting the bill at a restaurant or settling road trip expenses can be as simple as tapping two phones ...
Fri, April 06, 2012
RIM losing money on BlackBerry hardware: analyst
TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion Ltd likely lost money on sales of its BlackBerry smartphones and PlayBook tablet computers in the fiscal year just ...
Mon, April 02, 2012
MF Global judge weighs release of insurance money
By Nick Brown and Aruna Viswanatha
(Reuters) - An MF Global
Sun, April 01, 2012
UAW membership up in 2011, but money woes linger
By Deepa Seetharaman
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers added members for a second straight year in 2011 despite its failure to organize ...
Fri, March 30, 2012
Europe attracts money funds, but France on short leash
By Daniel Bases and Cezary Podkul
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The top 10 U.S. money market fund managers put money to work in short-term ...
Fri, March 30, 2012
Chicago, short of money, turns to private sector
By Andrew Stern
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, facing budget cuts from the debt-ridden state of Illinois and the federal government, turned to ...
Thu, March 29, 2012
Chicago, short of money, turns to private sector
By Andrew Stern
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, facing budget cuts from the debt-ridden state of Illinois and the federal government, turned to ...
Wed, March 28, 2012
Ashton Kutcher's Possible 'Two and a Half Men' Return: Is He Worth the Money?
As Two and a Half Men approaches the end of its ninth season (and first without former star Charlie Sheen), Ashton Kutcher is poised ...
Wed, March 28, 2012
Stern Advice: How to haggle for that college money
By Linda Stern
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Over the next week, most colleges will give high school seniors the good news -- who got in where -- and ...
Wed, March 28, 2012
MF Global execs ignorance, silence stymie Congress
By Sarah N. Lynch and Aruna Viswanatha
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An MF Global executive who has become a central figure in the desperate shifting of ...
Tue, March 27, 2012
Ashton Kutcher's Possible 'Two and a Half Men' Return: Is He Worth the Money?
As Two and a Half Men approaches the end of its ninth season (and first without former star Charlie Sheen), Ashton Kutcher is poised ...
Tue, March 27, 2012
Ashton Kutcher's Possible 'Two and a Half Men' Return: Is He Worth the Money?
As Two and a Half Men approaches the end of its ninth season (and first without former star Charlie Sheen), Ashton Kutcher is poised ...
Mon, March 26, 2012
Heart CT scans in ER saves hospitals money: study
By Debra Sherman and Ransdell Pierson
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Using a heart scan in the emergency room to rule out heart attacks and other problems ...
Fri, March 23, 2012
MF Global's Corzine faces new scrutiny on customer accounts
By Alexandra Alper and Ann Saphir
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional investigators released details of emails from just before MF Global's
Tue, March 20, 2012
"No more money" for F-35 cost overruns: Pentagon
By Andrea Shalal-Esa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Future cost overruns on the stealthy new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter built by Lockheed Martin Corp will reduce how ...
Fri, March 16, 2012
Oklahoma executes man who killed wife for insurance money
By Steve and Olafson
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - An Oklahoma man was executed on Thursday by lethal injection for murdering his wife, who prosecutors say ...
Thu, March 15, 2012
Oklahoma executes man who killed wife for insurance money
By Steve and Olafson
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - An Oklahoma man was executed on Thursday by lethal injection for murdering his wife, who prosecutors say ...
Mon, March 12, 2012
Nokia to shut Indian mobile money service
(Reuters) - Nokia
Fri, March 09, 2012
Billboard names Taylor Swift big money maker of 2012
By Piya Sinha-Roy
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country singer Taylor Swift, 22, was named Billboard Magazine's biggest money maker on Friday, beating powerhouses U2 ...
Fri, March 09, 2012
Taylor Swift Is #1 on "Billboard's" "Top 40 Money Makers" List
Billboard has counted up just how much cash music's biggest stars have earned over the past year to compile its "Top 40 Money ...
Tue, March 06, 2012
Kardashian donating wedding gift money to charity
The reality TV star wed sports ace Kris Humphries in a highly-publicised ceremony in August (11), but she filed for divorce just weeks later ...
Mon, March 05, 2012
Kardashian donating wedding gift money to charity
The reality TV star wed sports ace Kris Humphries in a highly-publicised ceremony in August (11), but she filed for divorce just weeks later ...
Thu, March 01, 2012
What you should know about Twitter's data sales
By Mitch Lipka
(REUTERS) - Twitter users are about to become major marketing fodder, as two research companies get set to release information to clients ...
Wed, February 29, 2012
Stanford swindle among history's worst: prosecutor
By Anna Driver
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Allen Stanford perpetrated one of the biggest thefts in history, a U.S. prosecutor said on Wednesday as the ...
Wed, February 29, 2012
Second cheap money round hard to resist for Europe banks
By Gabriella Bruschi and Steve Slater
MILAN/LONDON (Reuters) - A feeding frenzy on cheap European Central Bank funding, led by Italian banks such as ...
Mon, February 27, 2012
Cemex eyes debt exchange that would save it money
(Reuters) - Mexico's Cemex said on Monday it plans to exchange some of its debt for longer maturities in a deal that could help ...
Fri, February 24, 2012
G20 to Europe: Show us the money
By Gernot Heller and Glenn Somerville
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Leading economies told Europe it must put up extra money to fight its debt crisis ...
Thu, February 16, 2012
Money flows into Wisconsin governor recall fight
By Nick Carey
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Political money has poured into Wisconsin in recent months - not for the presidential or Senate races but for a ...
Tue, February 14, 2012
Attorneys say honeymoon death fueled by money or misfortune
By Verna Gates
BIRMINGHAM, Ala (Reuters) - Prosecutors say greed and deception led an Alabama man to kill his new wife during their honeymoon in ...
Mon, February 13, 2012
Insight: Obama, politicians decline to return Stanford money
By Murray Waas
(Reuters) - National fundraising committees for the Democratic and Republican parties, President Barack Obama, and other major politicians have declined to return ...
Mon, February 13, 2012
Obama eyes more money for China trade enforcement
By Doug Palmer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, on the eve of a high-level Chinese visit to the United States, proposed $26 million in ...
Fri, February 10, 2012
Top court urged to undo Montana campaign money ban
By James Vicini
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Corporations and a political advocacy group asked the Supreme Court on Friday to allow them to spend freely before ...
Wed, February 08, 2012
Russell Not Interested in Katy’s Money
Katy Perry earned $44 million between May 2010 and May 2011, according to Forbes magazine, but she doesn’t have to worry about giving ...
Wed, February 08, 2012
Senator urges lobbying against money market reform
By Sarah N. Lynch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Pat Toomey is urging businesses to push back against efforts by U.S. securities regulators to impose ...
Tue, February 07, 2012
Obama proposes money for math, science education
By Samson Reiny
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed $80 million in new government funding for a program to boost science and ...
Tue, February 07, 2012
Fidelity money fund clients sour on SEC proposals
By Tim McLaughlin
BOSTON (Reuters) - Adding to the outcry against new rules for money-market funds, Fidelity Investments has warned regulators that more than half ...
Tue, February 07, 2012
SEC weighs two money market fund proposals
By Sarah N. Lynch
(Reuters) - The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission is eyeing two potential plans to bolster the stability of money ...
Fri, February 03, 2012
Traffic-related asthma costs two cities big money
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Traffic pollution may cost two California cities millions each year in managing children's asthma, a new ...
Thu, February 02, 2012
Super Bowl rematch fuels rivalry of the NY-Boston money-set
By David Gaffen
(Reuters) - Wall Street traders and fund managers have opinions on almost everything - from politics to religion to the price of a ...
Thu, February 02, 2012
Woman who stole mortgage money and gambled it away, gets prison
By Neale Gulley
BUFFALO, NY (Reuters) - A former foreclosure counselor who gambled away more than $300,000 she stole from her upstate New York ...
Wed, February 01, 2012
Exclusive: JP Morgan adds muscle to metal warehousing money
By Josephine Mason and Susan Thomas
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Investment bank JP Morgan
Wed, February 01, 2012
MF Global's missing money traced: report
(Reuters) - U.S. investigating authorities have traced more than 90 percent of the customer money which disappeared from MF Global around the time of ...
Tue, January 31, 2012
California women sentenced in toys for drug money scheme
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two sisters were sentenced to over three years in prison on Tuesday after a California judge found they laundered money for ...
Fri, January 27, 2012
Romney, in comeback, has narrow Maine caucus win
By Ros Krasny
PORTLAND, Maine (Reuters) - Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney grabbed back some momentum after midweek losses in three states, scoring a narrow ...
Fri, January 27, 2012
Katherine Heigl goes for "Money" in new caper film
By Zorianna Kit
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Katherine Heigl has headlined several romantic comedies such as "27 Dresses" and "The Ugly Truth," but for her ...
Fri, January 27, 2012
Gingrich allies ready "Blood Money" anti-Romney film
By Alina Selyukh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The bitter media war between Republican presidential candidates Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney intensified on Thursday when Gingrich's ...
Thu, January 26, 2012
Tigers Fielder signing assures major money early, monster incentives
DETROIT, MI (WKZO) -- It's official. The Detroit Tigers announced in a release this morning that Prince Fielder is now a member of their ...
Thu, January 26, 2012
Exclusive: More public money likely for Greek bailout: EU's Rehn
By Paul Taylor and Axel Threfall
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - The European Union's top economic official said on Thursday that more public money will ...
Wed, January 25, 2012
Insight: Today it pays to owe money, while U.S. savers suffer
By Karen Brettell and Steven C. Johnson
(Reuters) - Sometimes Maggie Smith worries that she may outlive her savings.
"It's an uncomfortable feeling to ...
Wed, January 25, 2012
Exclusive: Senate investigating HSBC for money laundering
By Carrick Mollenkamp, Brian Grow and Brett Wolf
(Reuters)- HSBC Holdings PLC is under investigation by a U.S. Senate panel in a money-laundering ...
Wed, January 25, 2012
Iran's Ahmadinejad ups rates to stem money crisis
By Mitra Amiri and Robin Pomeroy
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran increased bank interest rates on Wednesday and indicated it would further restrict sales of foreign ...
Sat, January 21, 2012
Prize money battle a high-stakes game for fringe players
By Ian Ransom
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The debate over fair pay at the grand slams comes into sharp focus on court eight at Melbourne Park ...
Fri, January 13, 2012
Banks start playing games with your money
By Linda Stern
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new video game has gotten its hooks into Brian Kealer, a 26-year-old San Francisco software engineer. He's ...
Thu, January 12, 2012
ECB sees "substantial" effect from cheap money
By Sakari Suoninen
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank's flood of cheap three-year money is helping the euro zone's banking system substantially ...
Wed, January 11, 2012
CFTC adds protections to customers' money
By Christopher Doering
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The futures regulator on Wednesday adopted new protections for customer collateral posted in swap trades, and said it plans ...
Tue, January 10, 2012
Michigan Treasurer says Detroit to run out of money by May
By John Stoll
Lansing, Michigan (Reuters) - The struggling U.S. city of Detroit is on track to run out of money in May instead ...
Sun, January 08, 2012
Penta to return outside money in Asia hedge fund: report
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Penta Investment Advisers Ltd, the Asia-focused hedge fund set up by former Soros Fund Management LLC trader John Zwaanstra, plans to ...
Sun, January 08, 2012
China loan growth quickens
By Kevin Yao and Judy Hua
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's banks ratcheted up lending in the last month of 2011 on the back of ...
Tue, December 27, 2011
For Iowa, campaign brings more attention than money
By Samuel P. Jacobs
DES MOINES (Reuters) - Late on a recent Wednesday afternoon, Rick Perry walked into De Brito Baking Bistro in Mount Pleasant ...
Thu, December 22, 2011
Stern Advice: The top 10 money stories of 2011
By Linda Stern
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Remember way back in January, when Washington was arguing about taxes, homeowners were having trouble getting refinanced and investors ...
Wed, December 21, 2011
Kansas man abandons plans for X-Mas money drop, citing safety
KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - Money won't be floating like snow over Wichita, Kansas, this Christmas season.
The city council was considering a man ...
Wed, December 21, 2011
Analysis: Money managers forge ahead despite volatility
By Caroline Valetkevitch
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It is a good time to be a U.S. stock investor for the long term - if you ...
Tue, December 20, 2011
Insight: Pharma asks the money question earlier for new drugs
By Lewis Krauskopf
NEW YORK (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc executive German Pasteris is in charge of an Alzheimer's treatment that is years from reaching ...
Tue, December 20, 2011
Analysis: Money managers forge ahead despite volatility
By Caroline Valetkevitch
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It is a good time to be a U.S. stock investor for the long term - if you ...
Mon, December 19, 2011
Many Rhode Island cities can't escape money woes
(Reuters) - The coming year will not bring much relief from the financial woes dogging cities and counties in Rhode Island, primarily because of a ...
Sat, December 17, 2011
Christian group struggles over Gingrich endorsement
By Todd Melby and Sam Youngman
DES MOINES/MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Newt Gingrich's marital problems have come back to haunt him in Iowa where ...
Fri, December 16, 2011
MF Global prober: much to do before money returned
By Nick Brown
(Reuters) - There is still a lot of work to do before hundreds of millions of dollars can be returned to customers ...
Fri, December 16, 2011
Analysis: More euro zone banks risk money markets freeze
By Marius Zaharia
LONDON (Reuters) - Even the safest euro zone banks could start queuing up at the European Central Bank for cash in the ...
Mon, December 12, 2011
MF Global execs say don't know where the money is
By Alexandra Alper
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top-ranking executives at MF Global will tell lawmakers on Tuesday that they do not know what happened to hundreds ...
Fri, December 09, 2011
Chicago broker shows 'em the money post MF Global
By Jeanine Prezioso
NEW YORK (Reuters) - As former MF Global chief executive Jon Corzine prepared to testify this week before a U.S. Congressional ...
Thu, December 08, 2011
MF Global's Corzine: I did not intend to break rules
By Sarah N. Lynch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A contrite Jon Corzine, in his first public defense of his leadership of now-bankrupt futures brokerage MF Global ...
Wed, December 07, 2011
Newspaper companies put their money where the clicks are
By Soham Chatterjee and Sruthi Ramakrishnan
(Reuters) - Media companies McClatchy Co and Media General Inc, which are seeing their focus on online content starting ...
Tue, December 06, 2011
Slim hopes of money list title, says sick McIlroy
By Bernie McGuire
DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy's 'slim hopes' of overhauling world number one Luke Donald and capturing the ...
Tue, November 29, 2011
Goldman raises money to invest in start-up hedge funds: report
(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs
Tue, November 29, 2011
Nintendo wants to keep up Black Friday momentum
By Liana B. Baker
NEW YORK (Reuters) - After a strong Black Friday showing, Nintendo now has to focus on maintaining the momentum for its ...
Tue, November 29, 2011
KPMG recovers $500 million of MFG client money
By Luke Jeffs
LONDON (Reuters) - MF Global UK administrator KPMG said it had recovered about $500 million of client assets frozen at the defunct ...
Tue, November 29, 2011
ISU Athletes Raise Money for Needy Families
ISU athletes stepped off the fields Monday night and stepped on stage for a good cause. The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, comprised of student athletes ...Sun, November 20, 2011
U.S. money funds seen at risk from Europe's debt storm
By Mark Felsenthal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008 and shattered the belief that U.S. money market funds would never "break ...
Fri, November 18, 2011
U.S. to name Iran area of "money laundering concern"
By Arshad Mohammed and David Lawder
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department plans to designate Iran as an area of "primary money laundering ...
Fri, November 18, 2011
Even chance ECB to start printing money: Reuters poll
By Ana Nicolaci da Costa
LONDON (Reuters) - The European Central Bank could soon bow to pressure to print money to prevent a further escalation ...
Thu, November 17, 2011
UK sells bailed out bank Northern Rock to Virgin
By Myles Neligan
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has agreed to sell nationalized lender Northern Rock to Virgin Money, the banking arm of Richard Branson's ...
Wed, October 26, 2011
Rare early Smurf drawings on sale in Paris
By Anna Maria Jakubek
PARIS (Reuters) - Rare original drawings of the Smurfs, blue-skinned cartoon characters created by Belgian artist Peyo, are set to fetch ...
Wed, October 26, 2011
Exclusive: Jason Statham Counts His Money in '13' Clip
I wonder if there's ever been a moment in Jason Statham's where he has not been the toughest guy in the room ...
Mon, October 17, 2011
Tucker jokes about money woes in stand-up show
The Rush Hour star was hit with a staggering $11 million (£6.88 million) tax bill from America's Internal Revenue Service (IRS) last ...
Sun, October 16, 2011
Tucker jokes about money woes in stand-up show
The Rush Hour star was hit with a staggering $11 million (£6.88 million) tax bill from America's Internal Revenue Service (IRS) last ...
Sat, October 15, 2011
Tucker jokes about money woes in stand-up show
The Rush Hour star was hit with a staggering $11 million (£6.88 million) tax bill from America's Internal Revenue Service (IRS) last ...
Tue, October 11, 2011
Exclusive: Executives doubt U.S. support on money fund plan
By Ross Kerber
(Reuters) - U.S. regulators are not likely to adopt a high-profile plan to protect money market mutual funds with an emergency ...
Tue, October 04, 2011
Christie money backers may go to Romney
By Kim Dixon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least one well-heeled backer of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie shifted support to former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney ...
Tue, October 04, 2011
Some big-money donors double down on Romney, Obama
BOSTON (Reuters) - Many wealthy donors who gave the maximum allowable amount to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign have doubled down with big donations to ...
Fri, September 30, 2011
Ignore big money campaign to free Knox, prosecutor says
By Deepa Babington
PERUGIA, Italy (Reuters) - Italian prosecutors on Friday made a final plea to keep Amanda Knox in prison for life, urging a ...
Wed, September 28, 2011
Donald aims to win money lists of both sides of Atlantic
By Norman Dabell
ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - World number one Luke Donald is aiming to achieve something that no golfer has done before - win ...
Wed, September 28, 2011
U.S. watchdogs target tax-exempt campaign money
By Patricia Zengerle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. campaign finance watchdogs challenged the tax-exempt status on Wednesday of four political groups raising millions of dollars ...
Wed, September 28, 2011
Exclusive: More money flowing to targeted media
By Paul Thomasch and Nadia Damouni
(Reuters) - U.S. companies will spend nearly $200 billion this year on targeted media such as direct mail ...
Sat, September 24, 2011
Obama West Coast swing shows fundraising strength
By Alister Bull
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - President Barack Obama topped up his re-election war chest with a string of successful West Coast fundraisers that ...
Wed, September 21, 2011
Bank of England set to pump more money into economy
By Sven Egenter and Keith Weir
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's economic prospects are deteriorating so swiftly that the Bank of England signaled on Wednesday ...
Wed, September 21, 2011
BoE set to pump more money into UK economy
By Sven Egenter and Fiona Shaikh
LONDON (Reuters) - The outlook for the British economy is weakening so quickly that the Bank of England on ...
Tue, September 20, 2011
Poll woes don't slow Obama's campaign money train
By Eric Johnson and Patricia Zengerle
CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is raising millions of dollars for his re-election campaign, keeping the support ...
Tue, September 20, 2011
Wins and player accolades the lure for Donald, not money
By Mark Lamport-Stokes
ATLANTA (Reuters) - World number one Luke Donald is spoilt for choice when it comes to incentives at this week's Tour ...
Tue, September 20, 2011
Local Students Raise Money for K-9 Unit
Fri, September 16, 2011
Analysis: Volatility stymies even smart money
By Edward Krudy
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Volatility in equity markets is burning smart-money players, and even experienced traders are finding it hard to keep ...
Wed, September 14, 2011
Obama Work Plan Includes Money for Education
President Barack Obama’s plan to put people back to work includes money for teachers. That’s why Dr. Brenda Pike, the executive director ...
Wed, September 14, 2011
Kate Gosselin Believes Money Makes You A Good Parent
When I found out that poor Kate Gosselin was going to be out of work and her reality TV show Kate Plus 8 got ...
Mon, September 12, 2011
BlackRock's CEO says money managers have been hurt
(Reuters) - Tumultuous markets and financial problems in Europe are hurting profits in the asset management industry, according to Laurence Fink, chief executive of BlackRock ...
Mon, September 05, 2011
Money matters resolved, race to Super Bowl begins
By Simon Evans
MIAMI (Reuters) - With the bitter wrangling over money now resolved and the charade of pre-season games over, the NFL finally gets ...
Thu, September 01, 2011
Boy who made amazing hockey shot will not get prize money
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A boy who made an amazing hockey shot last month into a small hole from center ice while standing in for his ...
Wed, August 24, 2011
David frustrated with money gossip
The Curb Your Enthusiasm star is rumoured to have made a fortune from the rights to the hit show, which has been syndicated around ...
Tue, August 23, 2011
David frustrated with money gossip
The Curb Your Enthusiasm star is rumoured to have made a fortune from the rights to the hit show, which has been syndicated around ...
Fri, August 19, 2011
Strauss-Kahn accuser mulls dropping case for money: report
By Joseph Ax
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers for the woman who accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault have explored a deal ...
Fri, August 19, 2011
Super rich still making money in crisis
By Christopher Vellacott
LONDON (Reuters) - Financial advisers to the world's richest people report some of their top clients have continued to make money ...
Thu, August 18, 2011
Analysis: When Google+ gives Facebook a run for its money
By Sarah McBride
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook finally has a serious competitor. At least, that's what social-media investor Sergio Monsalve thinks.
Venture capitalists ...
Wed, August 17, 2011
Prize money for amazing hockey shot still up in the air
By Todd Melby
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Just three days before whacking a hockey puck into a tiny target in an unlikely shot that captivated America ...
Wed, August 10, 2011
Florida gator farmers shed crocodile tears over loss of money
By Michael Peltier
TALLAHASSEE, Fla (Reuters) - A tough economy and a governor's campaign promise have Florida alligator farmers shedding more than crocodile tears ...
Wed, August 10, 2011
Money markets: FX market shows banks scrambling for dollars
By Richard Leong and Karen Brettell
NEW YORK (Reuters) - European banks are relying more on the foreign exchange market to obtain dollar funding, as ...
Fri, August 05, 2011
Morgan Stanley executives pour money into stock
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top Morgan Stanley
Thu, August 04, 2011
Eating healthy food costs more money in U.S.
By Anna Yukhananov
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Eating healthier food can add almost 10 percent to the average American's food bill -- and that is just ...
Thu, August 04, 2011
Missouri man charged with stealing baby's charity money
By Kevin Murphy
KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - A Kansas City man was charged on Wednesday with stealing an oversized baby bottle containing about $400 ...
Tue, August 02, 2011
Analysis: After the debt deal: 5 money moves to make now
By Linda Stern
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Now what? If you're confused by the debt deal and what it means for your own wallet, you ...
Thu, July 28, 2011
Goldman's new money machine: warehouses
By Pratima Desai, Clare Baldwin, Susan Thomas and Melanie Burton
LONDON/DETROIT (Reuters) - In a rundown patch of Detroit, enclosed by a cyclone fence ...
Thu, July 28, 2011
Special report: Goldman's new money machine: warehouses
By Pratima Desai, Clare Baldwin, Susan Thomas and Melanie Burton
LONDON/DETROIT (Reuters) - In a rundown patch of Detroit, enclosed by a cyclone fence ...
Tue, July 26, 2011
Money shortage delays federal protection of gopher tortoise
By David Beasley
ATLANTA (Reuters) - The gopher tortoise deserves protection in several states in the U.S. Southeast under the Endangered Species Act, but ...
Tue, July 26, 2011
U.S. looks to "Village Post Offices" to save money
By Emily Stephenson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Grocers, gas stations and general stores could become "Village Post Offices" as the U.S. Postal Service looks to ...
Tue, July 26, 2011
Soros to return outsiders' hedge fund money
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss
BOSTON (Reuters) - Billionaire investor George Soros, whose stock-picking career has spanned nearly four decades, said he will manage money only for ...
Tue, July 26, 2011
Exclusive: Fed president hints at broad money-market fix
By Ross Kerber
BOSTON (Reuters) - A senior Federal Reserve official is prescribing sweeping medicine to stabilize the $2.5 trillion money market mutual fund ...
Tue, June 28, 2011
Campbell Soup to cut jobs, save money
By Martinne Geller
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Campbell Soup Co
Mon, June 27, 2011
IMF proposes risk-based money laundering assessments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Monday it was weighing a shift in the way it assesses countries' efforts to combat money ...
Mon, June 13, 2011
Chicago and Cook County outline ways to save money
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois' biggest county and biggest city could save up to $140 million a year through collaboration, joint purchasing and shared services, according ...
Mon, June 13, 2011
Insight: Got money? The Kremlin can help
By Douglas Busvine, Megan Davies and Dinesh Nair
MOSCOW (Reuters) - On an overcast day in May, a clutch of the world's most powerful ...
Mon, June 13, 2011
China May loans slow, money growth at 30-month lows
By Koh Gui Qing and Aileen Wang
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's money growth slowed to a 30-month low in May and banks extended fewer ...
Fri, June 10, 2011
Fed prepares for last spurt of easy money flood
By Richard Leong
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The flood of Federal Reserve money that has supported Wall Street and the rest of the U.S ...
Fri, June 10, 2011
Governor Daniels Seeks Federal Money For Tornado Damage
TERRE HAUTE, IN (WIBQ) -- Governor Mitch Daniels is asking for federal help for 45 counties that were hit by severe weather in southern Indiana ...
Wed, June 01, 2011
Smart Money: Promise, drama in Yahoo's Asian assets
By Alexei Oreskovic
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz is known as a strong-willed and straight-talking leader, but some top money managers are ...
Wed, June 01, 2011
Smart Money: Hedge funds sell faltering U.S. banks
By Maria Aspan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The recovery of Citigroup
Mon, May 30, 2011
Australia senator demands FIFA "refunds" bid money
CANBERRA (Reuters) - An Australian lawmaker has demanded FIFA "refunds" the A$45.6 million ($48.8 million) the country spent on its unsuccessful bid ...
Thu, May 26, 2011
HSBC, Goldman, SocGen managed Libyan money: report
LONDON (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs and HSBC together held $335 million of the Libyan oil fund's assets, while Societe Generale held $1 billion in ...
Tue, May 24, 2011
Stimulus money recipients owe billions in taxes: government
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Contractors and businesses that received money through the 2009 federal economic stimulus plan owe billions in unpaid taxes to the government, a ...
Mon, May 23, 2011
City To Save Tax Payers Money
TERRE HAUTE, IN (WIBQ) -- The city of Terre Haute hedged on this one, and won. City officials say because of the Motor Fuel Hedge ...
Fri, May 20, 2011
States cut money sent to cities, counties
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - To balance their budgets, states are cutting funds they send to local governments, worrying many in the $2.9 trillion municipal bond ...
Thu, May 19, 2011
Two top Fed officials say easy money still needed
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. labor market is improving, but not at a fast enough pace to require the Federal Reserve to reverse its ...
Thu, May 19, 2011
Fed's Evans says no need to alter easy money policy yet
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. economy is on a firmer footing after a deep and lengthy recession, but still-high unemployment is keeping inflation under ...
Wed, May 18, 2011
McCord's sister dives in to raise money at Spears bash
The Toxic hitmaker hosted An Evening of Southern Style at a private residence in Beverly Hills, California to benefit the St. Bernard Project, an ...
Mon, May 16, 2011
Putting a price on blood tests can save money
By Frederik Joelving
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Letting doctors know how much money they spend ordering blood tests may help rein in unnecessary healthcare ...
Fri, May 13, 2011
California to close up to 70 parks to save money
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California will close up to 70 of its 278 parks to help narrow its budget gap, officials said on Friday just ...
Sat, May 07, 2011
Florida reforms health care for the poor to save money
By Michael Peltier
TALLAHASSEE, Fla (Reuters) - Florida lawmakers passed a sweeping Medicaid reform package that places most recipients into managed care in a closely ...
Fri, May 06, 2011
Supermodels making more money than ever
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - U.S. unemployment might still be hovering near 10 percent, but don't worry about the supermodels.
The world's ...
Mon, May 02, 2011
Lawyer for money manager Ken Starr pleads guilty
By Carlyn Kolker
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former lawyer for a large U.S. law firm pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiring to launder ...
Tue, April 26, 2011
Money Could Go To Struggling Schools
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (WIBQ) -- An amendment added to last weeks two-year, $28 billion budget bill would let struggling schools refinance long-term debt. It would also ...
Tue, April 26, 2011
UBS sees money pour back as it rebuilds trust
By Emma Thomasson
ZURICH (Reuters) - UBS looked to put the financial crisis behind it on Tuesday, with money pouring into its core wealth management ...
Wed, April 20, 2011
States in budget paradox: more money, more gaps
By Lisa Lambert
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many states are facing a paradox as they prepare for a new fiscal year: their revenues are improving but ...
Wed, April 13, 2011
Denmark scientist accused of stealing autism research money
ATLANTA (Reuters) - A scientist in Denmark has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta for allegedly stealing $1 million in grant money ...
Tue, April 12, 2011
Hospital safety plan may save lives, money: government
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A hospital patient care and safety initiative aimed at preventing medical errors and hospital-acquired infections could save thousands of lives and billions ...
Mon, April 11, 2011
IMF says sluggish U.S. growth requires easy money policy
By Glenn Somerville
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The economic recovery is so sluggish that the Federal Reserve needs to keep easy money policies in place while ...
Fri, April 08, 2011
Investors fear end of Fed cheap money more than earnings
By Doris Frankel
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The end of super-cheap money from the Federal Reserve is trumping corporate earnings results as a key risk to ...
Thu, April 07, 2011
Knowing Buffett's moves not always a money-maker
By Ben Berkowitz
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Knowing what Warren Buffett is going to do a few weeks before he does it is not the ...
Thu, April 07, 2011
Associated Repays Nearly Half of TARP Money
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin’s second-largest bank has paid back about half the money it received from the federal government in the 2009 ...
Fri, April 01, 2011
Matthew Weiner Says 'Mad Men' Delay Isn't About Money
With the clusterfuck of issues surrounding the return of Mad Men sometime in 2012, it's very easy for many of us television lovers ...
Fri, April 01, 2011
"Jumpers" offered big money to brave Japan's nuclear plant
By Terril Yue Jones
TOKYO (Reuters) - It's a job that sounds too good to be true -- thousands of dollars for up to an ...
Tue, March 29, 2011
Gov. Walker Seeks Fed Train Money
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - After he gave up federal money for a new high-speed train, Governor Scott Walker now wants some of that money back ...
Fri, March 25, 2011
Money spent on recall efforts unknown
UNDATED (WSAU) We may never know the full amount of money being spent to try and recall 16 Wisconsin senators for their actions on ...
Wed, March 23, 2011
Money manager gets 3-9 years prison in Ponzi case
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A money manager who claimed ties to Belgian royalty was sentenced on Wednesday to 3 to 9 years in prison after ...
Sun, March 20, 2011
States may cut 2012 primaries to save money
By Mary Wisniewski and James B. Kelleher
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Skimpy budgets are cutting into the way U.S. states pay for schools, healthcare -- and ...
Sun, March 20, 2011
Some states consider cutting 2012 primaries to save money
By Mary Wisniewski and James B. Kelleher
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Skimpy budgets are cutting into the way states pay for schools, health care, and now ...
Sat, March 19, 2011
States look to shrinking legislatures to save money
By Kevin Murphy
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - State. Rep. Eric Burlison of Missouri thinks government is a little too representative in his state.
Burlison ...
Wed, March 16, 2011
Pakistan frees CIA man after "blood money" paid
By Zeeshan Haider and Mubasher Bokhari
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A CIA contractor was acquitted of two murder charges and released by a Pakistani court ...
Sun, March 13, 2011
Japan brings money home to rebuild
By Burton Frierson
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shaken by the prospect of nuclear meltdown after a devastating earthquake and tsunami, Japanese investors will dump overseas ...
Wed, March 09, 2011
Mexico arrests money man tied to U.S. agent killing
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities have arrested a suspected paymaster of the Zetas drug gang linked to the murder of a U.S. customs ...
Tue, March 08, 2011
Madoff trustee: Lawsuits delay money for victims
By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The trustee seeking money for investors hurt by Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme said he hopes to begin ...
Tue, March 08, 2011
Icahn to return his clients' money
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Aaron Pressman
BOSTON (Reuters) - Billionaire hedge-fund manager Carl Icahn is returning capital to outside investors, marking the end of an ...
Tue, March 08, 2011
Love of money endangering game: Pele
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Pele, Brazil's greatest footballer, said he believed high salaries and greedy players were a danger to the modern game.
Former New ...
Mon, March 07, 2011
Smart Money: Top hedge funds betting on plastics
By Jennifer Ablan and Al Yoon
NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Just one word ... plastics."
That well-known line from the classic 1967 movie "The Graduate" may ...
Fri, March 04, 2011
Regulators battle Wall Street for brains, money
By Rachelle Younglai
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Long outgunned by Wall Street's big brains and big budgets, U.S. financial regulators are hoping to close ...
Thu, March 03, 2011
Fed officials argue easy-money policy should stay
By Ann Saphir
ST. CLOUD, Minnesota (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve is right to carry on with its cheap money policy to fight ...
Wed, March 02, 2011
SEC seeks to wean money market funds off ratings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Market regulators on Wednesday proposed to reduce money market mutual funds' reliance on credit-ratings.
The proposal by the Securities and Exchange Commission ...
Mon, February 28, 2011
Make money and do good is the new corporate buzz
By Michelle Nichols
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Admitting you are making money by doing some good in the world is no longer a dirty little ...
Mon, February 28, 2011
Make money and do good is the new corporate buzz
By Michelle Nichols
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Admitting you are making money by doing some good in the world is no longer a dirty little ...
Tue, February 22, 2011
Government sends home healthcare money to states
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - States stand to gain billions of dollars as provisions in the U.S. healthcare plan to move Medicaid patients out of institutions ...
Fri, February 18, 2011
So much data, so little money for mobile operators
By Nicola Leske
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Telecom operators can hardly curb their enthusiasm about surging mobile data usage while at the same time casting around ...
Fri, February 18, 2011
Bernanke: Don't blame easy money for capital swings
By Rie Ishiguro and Gui Qing Koh
PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke defended easy money policies in advanced economies against ...
Fri, February 18, 2011
Duffy wants to return unobligated stimulus money
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WSAU) – A freshman congressman from Wisconsin wants to return an estimated $5 to $45 billion in unobligated economic stimulus dollars to ...
Wed, February 16, 2011
'Californication' Recap: Lawyers, Guns and Money
S4E6: For Californication to be successful, it relies on one thing: Hank Moody. Sure, there are often funny and sweet moments with supporting characters ...
Fri, February 11, 2011
Lebanese bank denies U.S. money-laundering charge
By Dominic Evans
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The chairman of a Lebanese bank accused by the U.S. of laundering profits from a drug-smuggling ring linked ...
Thu, February 10, 2011
Fans rally to raise money for RoboCop statue in Detroit
DETROIT (Reuters) - Like RoboCop himself in the cult classic movie, plans for a statue of the mechanized crime fighter in Detroit may not be ...
Wed, February 09, 2011
Lawmaker wants SEC details before money decided
By Sarah N. Lynch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A key House lawmaker said on Wednesday she wants to see a job description of every employee at ...
Tue, February 08, 2011
Can money motivate weight loss? Perhaps at first
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Obese people may be more likely to slim down if they have money riding on their success through financial incentives -- but ...
Tue, February 08, 2011
Pounds for dollars: Can money motivate weight loss?
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Obese people might be more likely to lose weight if they have money riding on their success ...
Fri, February 04, 2011
Hedge fund Shumway says to return investor money
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss
BOSTON (Reuters) - Hedge fund manager Chris Shumway told investors on Friday that he is returning all of their money in a ...
Wed, February 02, 2011
PIMCO's Bill Gross blasts U.S. culture of money and greed
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire bond maven Bill Gross in a February report says America needs new priorities and blasts a culture that worships money ...
Mon, January 31, 2011
Large money funds meet first $1 "shadow price" test
By Ross Kerber and Sarah N. Lynch
BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The largest U.S. money-market funds reported "shadow prices" at $1 per share or ...
Mon, January 31, 2011
Affluent women worry about outliving money
By Helen Kearney
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Affluent women expect to be more active than their male counterparts in retirement, but they are also more ...
Fri, January 28, 2011
Nelson felt 'disrespected' by Modern Family money offer
Producers for both shows wanted the veteran to lead their casts but Nelson went for the best deal, leaving Ed O'Neill to replace ...
Mon, January 17, 2011
Blockbuster asks bondholders for more money: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Video rental chain Blockbuster Inc has asked bondholders for an additional $200 million to $250 million to help with its exit ...
Tue, January 11, 2011
Federal money kept states from cutting Medicaid: survey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Public healthcare programs for those with low incomes and for children stayed steady or expanded in almost all U.S. states in ...
Tue, January 11, 2011
Audley Harrison to receive money despite dismal Haye display
LONDON (Reuters) - Former Olympic champion Audley Harrison will be paid for his dismal defeat against WBA world champion David Haye in November after the ...
Fri, December 17, 2010
Special Report: For Wall Street, dumb money pays
By Jonathan Spicer
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yan Qin is a freelance consultant and do-it-yourself stock trader who works out of her apartment in Queens ...
Fri, December 17, 2010
Wahlberg lost money making The Fighter
The Hollywood actor took a massive pay cut to play real life boxing star 'Irish' Micky Ward in the biopic and he blew his ...
Fri, December 17, 2010
Dillon's money mix-up
The Entourage star was buying dog food at Hows Market in Malibu but realised he had left his money at home when he got ...
Thu, December 09, 2010
Union official who blew stolen money at strip clubs sentenced
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former trade union official who spent $65,000 of embezzled union funds at New Jersey strip clubs was sentenced to ...
Thu, December 09, 2010
Veteran money floods for-profit schools: U.S. senator
By Diane Bartz
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For-profit schools, already subject to a government crackdown over academic standards, got a nearly eight-fold increase in veterans' education ...
Thu, December 09, 2010
Customers Of Riverbank Family & Fitness Could Be Out Money
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WIBQ) - The aftermath of the sudden closing of the Riverbank Family & Fitness center may affect more than employees who lost their ...
Mon, December 06, 2010
Possible Coyotes owner willing to lose money on purchase
By Steve Keating
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Chicago financier Matthew Hulsizer knows a good investment when he sees one but admitted on Monday ...
Mon, December 06, 2010
Microsoft offers Salesforce users money to switch
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is offering customers of Salesforce.com Inc thousands of dollars in rebates to switch over to its own customer relationship ...
Tue, November 30, 2010
Bob Dylan lyrics seen fetching big money at auction
By Chris Michaud
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bob Dylan's hand-written lyrics to the 1960s anthem "The Times They Are A-Changin" will hit the auction ...
Fri, November 26, 2010
Winstone too mellow to worry about money
The Sexy Beast star's career stalled in the 1980s and he was forced to file for bankruptcy twice as he spiralled into debt ...
Wed, November 24, 2010
Ex-House leader Tom DeLay guilty of money-laundering
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas jury on Wednesday found former Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, dubbed "The Hammer" for his hard-driving style, guilty ...
Wed, November 24, 2010
PBOC gets ready to slow China money, loan growth
By Zhou Xin and Alan Wheatley
BEIJING (Reuters) - The People's Bank of China will use all the policy tools at its disposal to ...
Sun, November 14, 2010
China must cap yuan gains to fight hot money: official
BEIJING (Reuters) - China must keep a firm grip on the yuan exchange rate in order to keep speculative capital at bay, a senior official ...
Fri, November 12, 2010
Asia and Europe giving U.S. science a run for the money
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States still leads the world with its scientific clout, armed with highly respected ...
Thu, November 11, 2010
Stiglitz urges capital controls to curb "hot money"
By Lee Chyen Yee
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Emerging economies will need capital controls to manage flows of "hot money" and ensure economic stability in ...
Tue, November 09, 2010
Goldman lost money on two trading days: filing
By Maria Aspan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc <GS.N> lost money on only two trading days during the third quarter, despite ...
Mon, November 08, 2010
BP, firms did not shirk safety for money: panel
By Ayesha Rascoe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House oil spill commission said on Monday it found no evidence to support accusations that the largest ...
Fri, November 05, 2010
Activists pressure U.S. companies on political money
By Ross Kerber
BOSTON (Reuters) - Two social activist investment groups said this week they have begun pressuring major U.S. companies, including Pfizer Inc ...
Sun, October 31, 2010
Politics of the Fed's easy money
By Emily Kaiser
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While voters cast ballots on Tuesday in an election expected to shift Congress to the right, the Federal Reserve ...
Fri, October 29, 2010
Rio Grande Student Organizes Dance To Raise Money For Riley Hospital
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WIBQ) - Students at Rio Grande celebrate Halloween with a Disco Thursday evening and also helped raise money for Riley Children's ...
Thu, October 28, 2010
Special report: Tech money flows to Whitman, bypasses Fiorina
By Peter Henderson and Dan Whitcomb
SAN JOSE/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Valentine's Ball thrown by venture capitalist Alan Salzman and his wife ...
Thu, October 28, 2010
Local School Raises Money For Children's Museum
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WIBQ) - Students from Saint Patrick's School in Terre Haute celebrated a big accomplishment Wednesday. The students raised $2,400 through ...
Tue, October 26, 2010
Fiorina catches up in California money race
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After trailing Democratic rival Sen. Barbara Boxer for months in fund-raising and spending, California Republican Senate hopeful Carly Fiorina is closing the ...
Tue, October 26, 2010
UBS stops bleeding client money in Q3
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's biggest bank UBS has stopped bleeding client money for the first time since early 2008, meeting a key turnaround goal ...
Mon, October 25, 2010
Do specialist doctors make too much money?
By Lynne Peeples
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Primary care physicians earn as little as half what their colleagues who specialize in areas such as ...
Mon, October 25, 2010
Bratt sues over film money
The former Law & Order star appears in the movie - written and directed by his brother Peter - as a father who struggles to come to ...
Sun, October 24, 2010
Devils pull surprise by yanking big-money Kovalchuk
NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - Ilya Kovalchuk, who signed a 15-year, $100-million deal with the New Jersey Devils in the off-season, was mysteriously yanked from ...
Fri, October 22, 2010
Money flows into Nevada's tight Senate race
By Mark Hosenball
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate race in Nevada, which late polling suggests is a dead heat, has become a central battlefield in ...
Mon, October 18, 2010
Somali militants ban mobile money transfers
By Ibrahim Mohamed
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A Somali rebel group has banned the transfer and receipt of cash by mobile phone, a move the government ...
Thu, October 14, 2010
Terre Haute Mayor Talks Money During Neighborhood Summit
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WIBQ) - During Mayor Duke Bennett's last Neighborhood Summit of the year Wednesday night, the main topic was money. Over the ...
Thu, October 14, 2010
Wall Street makes money at U.K. box office
Oliver Stone's sequel to his Oscar-winning 1987 movie, with Michael Douglas reprising his role as greedy Gordon Gekko, made big bucks at the ...
Mon, October 11, 2010
BlackRock sees capital controls on hot money
By Faith Hung
TAIPEI (Reuters) - BlackRock Inc <BLK.N>, the world's biggest asset manager, expects many countries to impose capital controls on "hot ...
Thu, October 07, 2010
Sullivan County Non-Profits Receive Grant Money
SULLIVAN, Ind. (WIBQ) - Some will get to stay open while others will get to expand. Whatever they do with it, 14 Sullivan County non-profits ...
Wed, October 06, 2010
World Bank and IMF at odds over hot money flows
By Stanley White and Leika Kihara
TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Emerging economies should consider steps to contain fund flows that could cause currency rallies and ...
Sun, October 03, 2010
Court decides who owes "Nash" money to Don Johnson
By Paul Bond
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Among those who must pay Don Johnson his $51.7 million in "Nash Bridges" money are billionaires ...
Fri, October 01, 2010
LaBeouf's money saved his drug-dealing father
The Transformers actor was determined to succeed as a movie star so his dad Jeffrey would be able to stop selling cannabis to fund ...
Fri, September 24, 2010
Wall Street insider looks into "Money Never Sleeps"
By Ryan Vlastelica
NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 20 years after the release of hit film "Wall Street," director Oliver Stone again looks at ...
Fri, September 24, 2010
Grigorieva's lawyer denies she made money from Gibson tapes
The couple, parents to baby daughter Lucia, split in April (10) and the break-up turned nasty, with Grigorieva accusing the actor of beating her ...
Thu, September 23, 2010
Ferlito lost voice before Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps premiere
The star, who appears as Shia LaBeouf's colleague in the new movie, admits she went a little too wild when she attended a ...
Wed, September 22, 2010
"Money Never Sleeps" faces hard time on Wall Street
By Christine Kearney
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gordon Gekko, the archetypal villain of iconic 1980s movie "Wall Street" has a new mantra: greed is not ...
Sat, September 18, 2010
Report: Ron Johnson Interested in Stimulus Money
OSHKOSH, Wis. (WTAQ) - An Oshkosh newspaper reports Republican candidate for Senate Ron Johnson called to ask about federal stimulus money in March of last ...
Sat, September 18, 2010
Senate Agency Calls Michigan Film Credits A Money Loser
(Lansing, MI) -- Tax credits for the film industry are costing Michigan taxpayers millions of dollars, according to a report released today. The Senate Fiscal ...
Wed, September 15, 2010
Walker Enters Nov. Push Behind Barrett in Money
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Republican Scott Walker easily won his primary for governor Tuesday – but he only has less than half as much campaign money ...
Wed, September 08, 2010
Can money buy happiness? Maybe, up to $75,000
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Can money really make you happy? Not really, but up to about $75,000 a year can ease the pain of life ...
Fri, September 03, 2010
Report: Senate Candidate Johnson Has Half As Much Money As Feingold
OSHKOSH, Wis. (WTAQ) - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson has about half as much campaign money on hand as incumbent Democrat Russ Feingold ...
Thu, September 02, 2010
Over 50 Companies Getting Fed Money to Keep Retirees Insured
APPLETON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Over 50 Wisconsin companies will get money from the national health reform law, so they can keep giving insurance to their ...
Wed, September 01, 2010
Dockett signs up to new big-money deal with Cardinals
MIAMI (Reuters) - Arizona Cardinals' defensive lineman Darnell Dockett has signed a lucrative four-year contract extension which will keep him with the NFC West team ...
Wed, September 01, 2010
Michele's rep denies Glee money troubles
The musical show has spawned a number of CDs which have dominated the charts in recent months, and reports have surfaced suggesting some of ...
Tue, August 31, 2010
FDIC: 1 in 6 State Banks Lost Money Last Quarter
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - One of every six Wisconsin banks lost money in the last quarter. But that’s better than a year ago, when ...
Thu, August 26, 2010
Counterfeit Money Found On ISU Campus
TERRE HAUTE (WIBQ) - Federal investigators have joined area police after counterfeit money was found at Indiana State University. Fake hundred dollar bills began showing ...
Tue, August 24, 2010
Michael Douglas, ex-wife fight over "Wall Street" money
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers for Michael Douglas and his ex-wife Diandra squared off in court on Tuesday over rights to the earnings of the ...
Tue, August 24, 2010
Minnesota legislative leaders urge use of Medicaid money
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Minnesota legislative leaders urged Governor Tim Pawlenty on Tuesday to apply for enhanced federal funding for Medicaid that was passed by the ...
Fri, August 20, 2010
Hedge fund manager Pellegrini to return money
BOSTON (Reuters) - Disappointed with heavy losses this year, hedge fund manager Paolo Pellegrini plans to return his investors' money next month, a source familiar ...
Fri, August 20, 2010
Britney Loses Love, Money
It's been a rough few days for Britney Spears -- not quite shave-your-head rough (hopefully!), but still.
First came the news that she's ...
Wed, August 18, 2010
The Tigers Continue To Spend Big Money On Future Prospects
The Tigers are hoping 18-year old infielder Nick Castellanos plays up to his potential. The 6-foot-4 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida high school star signed with ...
Mon, August 16, 2010
Federal Money Coming To Indiana For Education
INDIANAPOLIS (WIBQ) - Indiana's share of 26 billion dollars contained in an education and jobs bill recently signed by the President, will go to ...
Mon, August 16, 2010
Money Offered As Incentive To Plant Trees
INDIANAPOLIS (WIBQ) - Indiana wildlife officials are hoping that $122,000 in grant money to Indiana cities, towns and nonprofit groups will help with tree ...
Thu, August 12, 2010
MS Gov. Raises Money For WI Gov's Association
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour was in Milwaukee Thursday at a high-dollar fundraiser for the Republican Governors Association.
The event is not ...
Mon, August 09, 2010
Stallone made no money from Rocky Balboa
The Hollywood legend boosted his dwindling popularity by revisiting his most famous franchise for a final installment, Rocky Balboa, in 2006.
The bold move ...
Fri, August 06, 2010
Feingold Behind Bill to Limit Fed Money for Farm Programs
WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - U.S. Senator Russ Feingold has introduced a bill to limit federal payments for farm programs.
The Wisconsin Democrat is ...
Thu, August 05, 2010
Funny Money Showing Up In Southern Indiana
VINCENNES (WIBQ) - Phony money is showing up in Southern Indiana. Police in Vincennes say they now have at least 10 cases open on counterfeit ...
Wed, August 04, 2010
Candidates Raise More Money Than Ever
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Legislative hopefuls raise more money than ever before.
Wisconsin legislative candidates raise about $3.5 million in campaign contributions in the ...
Wed, August 04, 2010
Vikes Tempt Favre With Money, Favre Responds to Story
MANKATO, Minn. (WTAQ) - Will more money keep Brett Favre from retiring? We could soon find out.
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune says the Vikings have offered ...
Wed, August 04, 2010
Will more money get Favre to return?
MINNEAPOLIS (WSAU) Will more money keep Brett Favre from retiring? We could soon find out. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune says the Vikings have offered an ...
Wed, August 04, 2010
HSBC says subject of U.S. money laundering probe
LONDON (Reuters) - American authorities are investigating the U.S. division of global banking group HSBC <HSBA.L> <0005.HK> over its compliance with anti-money ...
Wed, August 04, 2010
Vikes May Offer More Money To Bring Favre Back
(Minneapolis, MN) -- In the wake of Tuesday reports that star quarterback Brett Favre [[ Farv ]] has elected to retire, the Vikings may be upping the ...
Tue, August 03, 2010
Special Report: Smart money in real estate is on smart growth
By Helen Chernikoff and Al Yoon
ROCKVILLE, Maryland (Reuters) - This suburb of Washington, D.C. inspired R.E.M.'s 1984 song about the ...
Mon, August 02, 2010
In Canada, money may matter for cancer survival
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite Canada's universal healthcare system, poorer Canadians with cancer are more likely to die early than ...
Mon, August 02, 2010
Biel's money worries
The girlfriend of pop superstar Justin Timberlake stars in the new The A-Team blockbuster - but she admits she worries about paying the bills because ...
Fri, July 30, 2010
Monjack's mother dismisses 'missing money' claims
The Brit died in May (10) just five months after his Hollywood actress wife passed away..
Murphy's former business manager, Jeffrey Morgenroth, has ...
Tue, July 27, 2010
Women taking control of money, lack confidence: poll
By Michelle Nichols
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly all women in the United States are involved in household finance decisions and one-fourth of them are ...
Tue, July 27, 2010
U.S. can't account for $8.7 billion of Iraq's money: audit
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Defense was unable to account properly for $8.7 billion of Iraqi oil and gas money meant ...
Tue, July 27, 2010
State Increasing Apprenticeship Support Money
(Lansing, MI) -- The state is set to increase the pay for some apprenticeship programs in Michigan from one-thousand to five-thousand dollars per apprentice. Department ...
Wed, July 21, 2010
Actors want money from "America's Most Wanted"
By Eriq Gardner
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Has any "America's Most Wanted" viewer ever stopped to ask whether the actors portraying serial rapists ...
Mon, July 19, 2010
Bill Clinton and Bill Gates want value for money in AIDS fight
By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent
LONDON (Reuters) - Bill Clinton and Bill Gates urged AIDS activists on Monday to squeeze value out of ...
Sun, July 18, 2010
Money worries and "broken promises" at AIDS conference
By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent
VIENNA (Reuters) - The United Nations and the world's largest backer of programs against HIV/AIDS said ...
Tue, July 13, 2010
Report Shows How Tight Money is For U.S. Senate Candidate
WATERTOWN, Wis. (WTAQ) - A new report reveals how much of a shoestring U.S. Senate candidate Dave Westlake is running on, compared to his ...
Thu, July 08, 2010
Scorsese sued by receiver for celebrity money man
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese was sued on Thursday for $600,000 for bookkeeping costs and other services provided by jailed financial ...
Thu, July 08, 2010
Chrysler launches money-back guarantee
By Soyoung Kim
DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler Group LLC will offer consumers a 60-day, money-back guarantee on new vehicles and also make the first two ...
Sun, July 04, 2010
Some "hot money" flowing to China: official
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's high economic growth and expectations of a stronger yuan are luring global speculative funds into its stock and property markets ...
Thu, July 01, 2010
House approves money for Afghan troop surge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives approved funds on Thursday to pay for President Barack Obama's Afghanistan troop increase, despite growing unhappiness with ...
Thu, July 01, 2010
House approves money for Afghan surge
By Susan Cornwell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives approved funds on Thursday to pay for President Barack Obama's Afghanistan troop increase but ...
Tue, June 29, 2010
U.S. charges 18 in Colombian money-laundering case
By Chelsea Emery
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prosecutors have charged 18 people in an international money-laundering conspiracy that they said moved millions of dollars of ...
Tue, June 29, 2010
Supreme Court upholds political party money limits
By James Vicini
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday reaffirmed the limits on contributions that political parties can raise, and rejected a challenge ...
Wed, June 16, 2010
Calpers asking California for more money
SACRAMENTO, Calif (Reuters) - The board of Calpers, the biggest U.S. public pension fund, voted on Wednesday to ask California's government for an ...
Fri, June 11, 2010
Celebrity money man Kenneth Starr pleads not guilty to fraud
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An investment adviser to celebrities and wealthy New Yorkers pleaded not guilty on Friday to defrauding clients of at least $59 ...
Thu, June 10, 2010
NY celebrity money man indicted for $59 million fraud
By Grant McCool
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kenneth Starr, an investment adviser to celebrities and other wealthy New Yorkers, defrauded clients of at least $59 ...
Thu, June 10, 2010
Police: Money Exchanged in Underwood Case
LAKE DELTON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Police in Lake Delton confirm money was exchanged between Packers cornerback Brandon Underwood and 2 women who accuse him of ...
Thu, June 10, 2010
Unclaimed Money Available
Indianapolis (WIBQ)-If you could use some extra cash you may want to hit the web today and go to www.indianaunclaimed.com to ...
Mon, June 07, 2010
Donor Wants Money Back From Neumann, Drop Out Of Race
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A key Republican insider who gave $10,000 to Mark Neumann’s campaign for governor now says he wants his money ...
Fri, June 04, 2010
Belmont celebrations mask racing's money troubles
By Julian Linden
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The connections of the horse that wins Saturday's $1 million Belmont Stakes may not be the only ...
Tue, May 25, 2010
Money managers go for the gold in market rout - and beyond
By Jennifer Ablan and David Gaffen
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gold is one of the more mysterious assets in the financial markets. It's volatile ...
Fri, May 21, 2010
FDIC: 1 in 7 WI Banks Lost Money in Q1
WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - 1 of every 7 Wisconsin banks lost money in the first quarter of this year. But that’s better than ...
Mon, May 17, 2010
U.S. recovers $1.9 billion in Chrysler loan money
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has recovered about half of the initial $4 billion in bailout money that was extended to Chrysler Group ...
Thu, May 13, 2010
Senate panel approves money for Afghan, Iraq wars
By Susan Cornwell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate committee on Thursday approved another $33.5 billion for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq this year ...
Mon, May 10, 2010
Obama has harsh words over corporate campaign money
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama blasted "unscrupulous corporations" and "special interests" that seek to influence U.S. elections on Monday as he nominated Solicitor ...
Sat, May 08, 2010
Money can't buy happiness, but helps: Bernanke
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Economic growth is not an end in itself, but policy makers pursue it because richer countries are better able to provide health ...
Fri, May 07, 2010
Less drama, more money in TV dealmaking season
By Paul Thomasch
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Television networks could bring home at least $1 billion in extra advertising sales for the upcoming prime-time TV ...
Thu, May 06, 2010
Oil lobby money unlikely to quell storm over BP
By David Morgan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Big Oil's ability to spend huge sums of money lobbying Congress may not deflect the election-year spotlight on ...
Thu, May 06, 2010
ISU Gets Money For Adult Education
Terre Haute (WIBQ)-Indiana State University is awarded $1-million for adult education.
The endowment comes from the Bernard Osher Foundation.
The money goes toward ...
Sat, May 01, 2010
Obama calls for limits on corporate campaign money
By Jeff Mason
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Warning of a potential "corporate takeover of our elections," President Barack Obama increased pressure on Congress on Saturday to ...
Fri, April 30, 2010
ISU Makes Changes to Save Money
Terre Haute (WIBQ/WTWO)-Indiana State University is saving money by combining two administrative positions.
It's part of ISU's 5-Year Strategic Plan ...
Thu, April 29, 2010
Democrats push to stem corporate campaign money
By David Morgan and Thomas Ferraro
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers on Thursday introduced legislation to blunt the impact of a recent Supreme Court ruling ...
Wed, April 28, 2010
NASA may stretch out Mars missions to save money
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA is considering a plan to get around limited budgets set in Washington by stretching ...
Wed, April 28, 2010
Goldman stock "dead money" at best, Calamos says
By Paritosh Bansal and Megan Davies
BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) - Calamos Investments sold its Goldman Sachs Group Inc <GS.N> holdings when the news ...
Mon, April 26, 2010
Iran seeks to woo foreign money as sanctions loom
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran is cutting red tape and easing ownership rules to encourage foreign investment in stocks and bonds, state television reported on Monday ...
Tue, April 20, 2010
Some Paulson clients mull withdrawing money: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some of John Paulson's clients are indicating they may withdraw money from the billionaire's hedge fund firm, after it ...
Mon, April 19, 2010
High Court Hears Case of State Gov't Moving Medical Malpractice Money
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - We’ll find out this summer whether it was okay for the governor and Legislature to take $200 million from a ...
Thu, April 15, 2010
Pimco's McCulley calls for money market fund reform
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A top executive at the world's largest bond fund said on Thursday that money market mutual funds should not exist ...
Wed, April 14, 2010
U.S. Senate Candidate Wall Put $1.2M of Own Money Into Campaign
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Madison developer Terrence Wall has put $1.2 million of his own money into his Republican campaign for the U.S ...
Wed, April 14, 2010
Twitter snags over 100 million users, eyes money-making
By Alexei Oreskovic
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microblogging sensation Twitter. which has now signed up more than 100 million users, outlined on Wednesday several revenue-generating ...
Wed, April 14, 2010
Madison Firm Will Get More Money For Cancer DNA Test
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A Madison biotechnology firm says it will raise more money than expected to develop a DNA test for colon cancer. Exact ...
Tue, April 13, 2010
Texas man pleads guilty to hiding money at UBS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Texas man has pleaded guilty to hiding assets and related income from accounts at giant Swiss bank UBS AG, the U ...
Thu, April 08, 2010
Proescutor's Office Raising Money for March of Dimes
TERRE HAUTE (WIBQ/WTWO)-Teams across the Valley are working hard to raise money for the upcoming March for Babies on April 24th.
Vigo ...
Wed, April 07, 2010
Brewer Owner Puts Money Where His Mouth Is
Milwaukee, Wi (WSAU) When Brewer owner Mark Attanasio bought the team he said he would spend the money to make them a contender. Well ...
Tue, April 06, 2010
U.S. bank investors: Show me the money
By Maria Aspan and Joe Rauch
NEW YORK/CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc <C.N>, JPMorgan Chase & Co <JPM.N> and Bank of ...
Mon, April 05, 2010
NY state masks deficit by "shuffling" money
NEW YORK (Reuters) - For over a decade, New York state has papered over budget deficits and over-spending by "shuffling" money among accounts, siphoning cash ...
Sun, April 04, 2010
Wilbur Ross backing Virgin Money in RBS branch bid
By Megan Davies
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross said on Sunday he is prepared to commit up to 500 million pounds ($760 ...
Fri, March 19, 2010
Court says no oil money for Anna Nicole's heirs
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that the estate of late model Anna Nicole Smith was not entitled to one ...
Wed, March 17, 2010
Wachovia pays $160 million to settle drug money probe
MIAMI (Reuters) - The Wachovia Bank unit of Wells Fargo & Co has agreed to pay $160 million to settle U.S. allegations that it laundered ...
Wed, March 10, 2010
GM CEO says U.S. will make money on bailout
By Jim Forsyth
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - General Motors Co will pay back roughly $8 billion in debt to the United States and Canada before ...
Mon, March 08, 2010
Coaches Raise Money for Athletes
TERRE HAUTE (WIBQ)-A few valley coaches grilled some burgers and dogs to help their athletic program.
The Terre Haute North Athletic Booster Club ...
Sat, March 06, 2010
Firms get U.S. money despite Iran work: report
By John O'Callaghan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government, while pushing for tougher sanctions against Tehran, has given $107 billion in the last ...
Wed, March 03, 2010
Florida governor defends using Obama stimulus money
By Michael Peltier
TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) - Florida Governor Charlie Crist, citing a tough economy, has defended his support for federal stimulus and a push to ...
Wed, March 03, 2010
Mobile transfers save money and lives in Somalia
By Sahra Abdi
NAIROBI (Reuters) - About a year ago, Muqtar Ali's brother was shot dead by gunmen in the busy Bakara market of ...
Tue, March 02, 2010
Eyes turn to "value for money" London 2012
By Avril Ormsby
LONDON (Reuters) - Organizers of the 2012 Olympics will be hoping to emulate the street-party atmosphere of Vancouver now that the curtain ...
Fri, February 26, 2010
Smart money moves to Washington
By Karey Wutkowski and Rachelle Younglai
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On Joe Jiampietro's first day at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp last year, he walked ...
Thu, February 25, 2010
Swiss shun untaxed cash, seek fix to "black money"
By Sven Egenter
BERNE (Reuters) - Switzerland said it would no longer accept untaxed money into its banks as it tries to ease pressure on ...
Wed, February 24, 2010
Jobless aid, state money in next jobs bill: Reid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate's next jobs bill would extend unemployment insurance for a full year, help cash-strapped states pay for rising healthcare costs ...
Tue, February 23, 2010
FDIC: 1 In 4 Wisconsin Banks Lost Money In '09
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - About 1 of every 4 Wisconsin banks lost money last year. That’s according to the FDIC, which reports that 71 ...
Sun, February 21, 2010
Toyota saw '07 U.S. floormat recall as money-saving win
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> believed it had saved over $100 million by convincing U.S. regulators to end a 2007 investigation ...
Tue, February 09, 2010
Greece says not seeking EU taxpayers' money
By George Georgiopoulos and Dina Kyriakidou
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said on Wednesday his debt-stricken country was not seeking European taxpayers ...
Mon, February 08, 2010
Study shows why it is so scary to lose money
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People are afraid to lose money and an unusual study released on Monday explains why -- the brain's fear center controls the ...
Wed, February 03, 2010
Colts Tight End Raises Money For Scholarships
Indianapolis Colts Tight End Dallas Clark's successful year has resulted in raising more than $11,000 for a scholarship fund benefiting Indiana high ...
Tue, February 02, 2010
Walker Leads Money Grab In Gov's Race
MADISON, Wis. (Midwest Communications) - If money was the only thing that decides elections, Republican Scott Walker would be leading the governor’s race. State ...
Mon, February 01, 2010
Report: Kagen Far Out In Front Of Money Race In 8th District
APPLETON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin’s tightest U.S. House race is no match when it comes to money. Democratic incumbent Steve Kagen of Appleton ...
Mon, February 01, 2010
Obama seeks money for terrorism trials, prison
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday proposed spending $73 million to prosecute the five accused September 11 conspirators and one ...
Fri, January 29, 2010
Microsoft's Bing will make money: executive
By Bill Rigby
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's 10-month-old search engine Bing, which has struggled to make headway against Google, can be a viable ...
Thu, January 28, 2010
Election Money Race To Be Updated Next Week
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - We’ll find out early next week how state election candidates are doing in the so-called money race. Candidates, parties, and ...
Mon, January 25, 2010
Bill Gates worries climate money robs health aid
By Bill Rigby
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Bill Gates, the world's richest man and a leading philanthropist, said on Sunday spending by rich countries aimed ...
Thu, January 21, 2010
State Gets Money For Green Jobs Training
The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded the Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD) a $6 million grant to help train Hoosier workers ...
Wed, January 13, 2010
China keeps focus on property; markets fear tighter money
By Langi Chiang and Ken Wills
BEIJING (Reuters) - China renewed its vow to curb runaway property prices and keep a watch on excessive lending ...
Sat, January 09, 2010
China vows to keep "hot money" out of property market
BEIJING (Reuters) - China vowed on Sunday not to let foreign speculative investment affect the property market, the latest expression of official concern that real-estate ...
Fri, January 08, 2010
Twitter hiring workers to turn Tweets into money
By Alexei Oreskovic
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter, the popular but money-losing microblogging service, is hiring engineers and specialists who can help turn it into ...
Wed, January 06, 2010
Schwarzenegger wants more federal money for California
By Peter Henderson and Jim Christie
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday vowed to pry more dollars from the federal government ...
Tue, January 05, 2010
Matt Holliday and Cardinals agree big money contract
MIAMI (Reuters) - Free agent left fielder Matt Holliday has agreed a long-term contract with the St. Louis Cardinals, the Major League Baseball team said ...
Wed, December 23, 2009
Citi, Wells Fargo repay TARP money
By Elinor Comlay and Dan Wilchins
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co <WFC.N> and Citigroup Inc <C.N> repaid a total of $45 ...
Sun, December 20, 2009
Wisconsin Right to Life challenges Supreme Court money
MADISON, Is. (WSAU) - Wisconsin Right to Life files a federal lawsuit challenging a new state statute.
The new law was passed by the legislature ...
Mon, December 07, 2009
TARP money may be used to cut deficit, boost jobs: Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday that money not spent under a controversial $700 billion bank bailout package could be used to ...
Tue, November 24, 2009
FDIC: 1 In 4 WI Banks Lost Money Last Quarter
MILWAUKEE (WRN) - 1 of every 4 Wisconsin banks lost money in the last quarter – about the same as the national ratio.
The FDIC said ...
Tue, November 24, 2009
Twitter eyes acquisitions, sees making money in 2010
By Steven Scheer
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Micro-blogging site Twitter is interested in making more acquisitions as it continues to grow in popularity, co-founder Biz ...
Thu, November 19, 2009
Phantom House Districts Land Stimulus Money
MADISON (WRN) - 6 Wisconsin House districts that don’t exist are listed as getting over $2 million from the federal stimulus package. The state ...
Thu, November 19, 2009
Wal-Mart cuts money transfer fees for holidays
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc <WMT.N>, which has already cut prices on everything from toys to turkeys to TVs to win holiday ...
Wed, November 18, 2009
Exclusive: GM must pay debt, make money before IPO
By John Crawley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors <GM.UL> should focus on making money and repaying U.S. Treasury loans before turning to public ...
Tue, November 17, 2009
Canada money launderer shows holes in Vegas casinos
By Dan Whitcomb and Deena Beasley
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Las Vegas has cleaned up since its days as a magnet for ill-gotten mobster gains ...
Mon, November 16, 2009
Anti-Castro money shifts to Democrats: report
By Susan Cornwell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Anti-Castro Cuban-Americans are donating more money to Democratic lawmakers in hopes of blunting momentum in Congress to lift the ...
Tue, November 10, 2009
Feeling guilty? Give the money back, Safin tells Agassi
PARIS (Reuters) - Marat Safin has come up with an instant remedy to help Andre Agassi clear his conscience after his admission that he lied ...
Mon, November 02, 2009
Serena sets WTA single-season prize money record
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Serena Williams has set a single-season prize money record on the women's tour by earning $6,545,586 in 2009, according ...
Mon, November 02, 2009
Leno says NBC making money with show's new time
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jay Leno has shrugged off low ratings for his new prime-time nightly TV talk show, saying NBC is making money with ...
Sun, November 01, 2009
Pneumonia vaccine could save money in flu pandemic
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A more protective form of Pfizer's vaccine for pneumococcal disease would be highly effective at preventing deaths from ...
Wed, October 21, 2009
Web series will give consumers money-saving tips
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A new Web series will show consumers creative ways to save money.
The series is a partnership between production company ...
Mon, October 19, 2009
U.S. money manager admits stealing $7 million from clients
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. money manager accused of stealing $7 million from investors for his personal use, pleaded guilty on Monday to ...
Mon, October 19, 2009
Less money for AIDS research, treatment?: experts
By Tan Ee Lyn
PARIS (Reuters) - The global financial crisis and a loss of interest in the AIDS epidemic may translate into less money ...
Mon, October 05, 2009
IOC's choice for 2016 not motivated by money: Rogge
By Karolos Grohmann
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The decision to elect Rio de Janeiro as the host of the 2016 Olympics was not driven by money ...
Mon, September 28, 2009
Trichet: ECB won't keep money market support forever
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Central Bank cannot maintain its current strong support of money markets forever, the bank's President Jean-Claude Trichet said on ...
Fri, September 25, 2009
"Fame" remake rides money-spinning musicals wave
By Jill Serjeant
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A family-friendly remake of the 1980 movie "Fame" swings into theaters on Friday, riding a lucrative wave of ...
Thu, September 24, 2009
Fed's exit strategy may use money market funds: report
LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve is studying the idea of borrowing from money market mutual funds as part of eventual steps to ...
Mon, September 21, 2009
Problems managing money may foreshadow Alzheimer's
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Problems with basic money management may serve as a sign that an older adult with mild memory ...
Mon, September 21, 2009
Less money to be pledged at Bill Clinton's summit
By Michelle Nichols
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The international financial crisis will result in less money pledged to tackle global problems at former U.S ...
Sat, September 19, 2009
Fidelity, Vanguard discuss money fund backstop: report
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Fidelity Investments and Vanguard Group Inc. are among those discussing the creation of a cash reserve to blunt a run on money ...
Thu, September 17, 2009
U.S. Treasury to keep $1.2 billion money fund premiums
By Ross Kerber
BOSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. federal government will keep about $1.2 billion in payments collected to backstop money market funds ...
Tue, September 15, 2009
Facebook makes money, tops 300 million users
By Alexei Oreskovic
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook is making enough money to cover its costs and now has 300 million users, the world's ...
Thu, September 10, 2009
Obama student loan plan may save more money
By Kevin Drawbaugh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Congressional Budget Office said on Friday that a student loan reform plan backed by Sallie Mae and other ...
Thu, September 10, 2009
White House: stimulus money added jobs, GDP growth
By Jeff Mason
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's $787 billion stimulus package created or saved about 1 million jobs in the ...
Thu, September 10, 2009
NHL Panthers deal dies over control, money issues
By Ben Klayman
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A deal to sell the Florida Panthers to a publicly held company has collapsed as the hockey team's ...
Tue, September 08, 2009
Asian social networking sites profit from virtual money
By Brenda Goh
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - By selling an array of virtual products from avatar clothes to e-furniture, Asia's social networking sites appear to ...
Tue, September 08, 2009
U.S. says NY Ponzi operator diverted money for porn
By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York money manager has been arrested and charged with running a $40 million Ponzi scheme over ...
Thu, September 03, 2009
No thumbprint, no money, bank tells armless man
MIAMI (Reuters) - A bank in Florida refused to cash a check for an armless man because he could not provide a thumbprint.
"They looked ...
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