Monthly Archives: January 2011

Gerova Financial Group An NYSE-listed Shell Game: Report

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Image via Wikipedia It seems I’m not the only close student of Gerova Financial Group to  smell something rotten wafting from the company. As I mentioned in a recent blog post on Gerova, the company has close ties to Westmoore Capital, a $53 million Ponzi scheme shut down by the Securities and Exchange Commission and to Jason Galanis (photo), a financial fraudster fined and sanctioned by the same government body. Now comes a detailed report from Dalrymple Finance LLC,, an investment firm that’s Read more [...]

UC-Davis professor-author is short-listed for the Story Prize

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By Allen Pierleoniapierleoni@sacbee.com University of California, Davis, English professor and author Yiyun Li has been named as one of three finalists for the prestigious Story Prize for outstanding short fiction. Li's nine-story collection, "Gold Boy, Emerald Girl" (Random House, $25, 221 pages), is set in her native China and was released Sept. 14. It joins "Memory Wall" by Anthony Doerr and "Death Is Not an Option" by Suzanne Rivecca in competition for the $20,00 Story Prize. Read more [...]

New taxes not in list of priorities

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Story tools Send story Print story Today’s HeadlinesPosted on 11:13 PM, January 10, 2011 SOME 30 priority measures have been identified by Cabinet officials as priority measures needing action by Congress, a Malacañang official yesterday said. The list, which the official said does not include new tax legislation, will be further trimmed to 25 before being submitted to President Benigno S. C. Aquino III for approval.A Cabinet Read more [...]

Confused.com reveals Britain’s unluckiest houses

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Confused.com has revealed that 243 is the unluckiest door number in the UK in newly conducted research. The price comparison site found that people with the house number 243 have made more claims on their home insurance than those with any other door number, with 45% having made a claim since January 2007.   Seven of the door numbers in the top 10 unluckiest are in the two hundreds, with 201, 240, 241, 221, 217 and 218 all appearing in Confused.com's league Read more [...]

Confused.com reveals Britain's unluckiest houses

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Confused.com has revealed that 243 is the unluckiest door number in the UK in newly conducted research. The price comparison site found that people with the house number 243 have made more claims on their home insurance than those with any other door number, with 45% having made a claim since January 2007.   Seven of the door numbers in the top 10 unluckiest are in the two hundreds, with 201, 240, 241, 221, 217 and 218 all appearing in Confused.com's league table of house numbers most Read more [...]

Kenmore uncovers history with survey of mid-20th century buildings

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The City of Kenmore is conducting a survey during January and February of historic buildings, primarily residential structures built during the mid-20th century. The project is funded by a national park service grant administered by the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation. Approximately 100 properties, most of which are located in the Uplake Terrace Plat, will be documented. The area, which borders Lake Forest Park on the west and 61st Avenue N.E. on the east, contains Read more [...]

Events listed for Jan. 12

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Wed, January 12, 2011 Soup kitchens: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Immanuel Baptist Church, 1615-2nd St. SE, and from 5 to 6:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 1000-3rd St. NE. Faith United Methodist Church's food and clothing pantry is open Wednesdays from 2 to 4 p.m. The church is located at 801 W. University Ave. Mark Boren will present a lecture, "Australia Bound" 7 p.m., Minot State University's Hartnett Hall, Aleshire Theater. The lecture is part of the Northwest Art Center Lecture Read more [...]

A different home sale picture

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Some top real estate consultants have forecast that banks will flood the nationwide market with foreclosed homes later this year, driving down prices in the process, but the picture in Orange County may not be so clear.Orange County prices in certain areas, particularly at the higher end, have lower rates of foreclosures, and banks are less likely to release their inventory all at once, local experts say.That means it may not make sense to sell in anticipation Read more [...]

Hilton Hotels exec assistant lists Lake Cherokee home

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Julie A. Wahl and Richard C. Wahl have listed for sale a four-bedroom, three-bath home at 442 Cherokee Drive in Lake Cherokee for $557,000. The Wahls paid $485,000 for the property in January 2003. The 3,710-square-foot house was built in 1930. Thaddeus J. Czapka of Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate is the listing agent for the home.Ms. Wahl is an executive assistant Hilton Hotels Worldwide. Prior to that, she was an administrative assistant to the senior vice president at Hilton in the Walt Read more [...]

Bible teacher lists Southern Oaks 5BD

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Jerry W. Fallin and Marilyn M. Fallin have listed for sale a five-bedroom, three-bath home at 1216 Buckwood Drive in Southern Oaks for $499,000.Sharon L. Helsby of Fannie Hillman Associates is the agent for the property listing. The 3,256-square-fot house was built in 1970. It is located in Southern Oaks subdivision.Mr. Fallin is a Bible teacher for 35 years. He formerly held management positions in the aerospace industry and in commercial corporations and is also the author of How God Spells Read more [...]