Barkley: The Round Mound of Gambling Debt Posted May 15th 2008 1:05PM by TMZ Staff The Wynn Las Vegas has filed suit against former NBA star Charles Barkley claiming he owes the casino $400,000 in gambling markers. Heck, he spends that at the buffet…
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Judge Says Countrywide Officers Must Face Suit by Shareholders
Directors and officers of Countrywide, the beleaguered mortgage lender, will have to answer shareholder accusations of insider trading and a failure to monitor lending practices.…
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Strands Absorbs Another Personal Finance Company
Strands has made a second recruitment in its effort to develop a Mint competitor called moneyStrands that leverages the same recommendation engine behind its video and music products. Just over two weeks ago Strands acquired Expensr, and now the company is announcing its acquisition of NetworthIQ. …
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Extra Credit, Thursday Edition
Why H-Ps Stock Is Stuck: "It??s a well-run, slow growing giant of a company" The New Peak Oil: Peak Demand Chicago Overturns Foie Gras Ban Is "the X-word" Dead? First it was XFRML. Then it was XBRL. Now it's ID, or Interactive Data.…
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ABC: Americans 'Soon' Paying $1000 to Fill Up Their Gas Tank?
ABC's "Nightline" on Monday continued the network's trend of hyperbolically, and in this case, apocalyptically, fretting over high gas prices in America. Anchor Martin Bashir introduced a segment by wondering if $4 a gallon gas might result in…
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Is Debt Thaw on Borrowed Time?
A big improvement in credit markets is emboldening more companies to seek financing of acquisitions and buybacks largely with debt.…
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Too good to last
A global slowdown, dearer oil, a strong euro and the credit crunch all start to biteFOR a while, the euro-area economy seemed to make light of global gloom. Rising food and petrol prices crimped consumer spending, but firms in the euro area were…
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Maverick oilman Pickens puts $2B bet on wind power
HARTFORD, Conn. _ Maverick oilman T. Boone Pickens' plan for a mammoth wind farm in the Texas Panhandle is a $2 billion bet that Congress will extend a tax credit critical to the environmentally friendly industry. Pickens' company, Mesa Power, is purchasi…
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