Miscellaneous

• TVA - Business Before Regulations

  Pete Mackey | January 04, 2009 6:55 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Two weeks after the area around the Kingston, Tn. steam plant was inundated with fly ash sludge after a holding pond ruptured, news has surfaced a TVA Inspector General had issued a report in...

• The Ticking Mortgage Bomb

  Bruce Bierhans | January 04, 2009 12:46 PM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA

  Well; it seems as if the feds are just beginning to understand the meaning of predatory lending. Recently, the NY Times reports (nytimes.com/reckoning) on the investigation by the SanFran US...

• Duty of Care on Board Holland America

  Michael Myers | January 04, 2009 9:43 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  A lot of people go on cruises over the holidays. Many of these people will cruise on Holland America. Holland America is one of the “high end” cruise lines. Passengers develop the...

• Damage from the Madoff Scandal Grows

  Pete Mackey | January 02, 2009 3:54 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  By now, if you do not know who Bernie Madoff is, chances are you have been hibernating in a cave for the winter. This self professed financial scammer has been front page news world wide for his...

• A New Year to Give One of America’s Top 10 Healthiest Diets A Try

  David Mittleman | January 02, 2009 2:27 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Although two of the most popular New Years Resolutions are to lose weight and exercise more, most people find it increasingly difficult to drop pounds as the weeks in January pass, and come March or...

• In This Season Of Giving: Give Blood for National Blood Donor Month

  Mike Bryant | January 02, 2009 12:22 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  All reports are that the National store of blood are severely depleted. Across the nation the Red Cross asking for donations. I started giving blood as a Senior in High School and have been doing my...

• Philadelphia Mayor Tries to Close City Libraries – Common Pleas Judge Says No

  Camryn Hansen | January 01, 2009 6:11 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  New Year’s Eve, Common Pleas Judge Idee Fox put a stop to Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter’s plan to shut down 11 of the city’s library branches, as part of his proposal to...

• Security Breach Compromised Data at RBS WorldPay

  Jamie Sheller | January 01, 2009 1:29 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  The RBS WorldPay security breach affected 1.5 million cardholders and their personal information. RBS WorldPay is an electronic payment processing service, based in Atlanta. In addition to...

• New Year Greetings

  Mike Bryant | January 01, 2009 9:34 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Each New Year brings with it, the challenges created by the past and the hope of something new. We have incredible changes coming with the new leadership of America. At the same time, we face what...

• California Sues Bush Administration Over Midnight Regulation.

  Wayne Parsons | January 01, 2009 12:43 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  The AP (12/31, Young) reports, California is suing the Bush administration to block last-minute endangered species regulations that are intended to reduce input from federal scientists, state...