Monthly Archives: January 2011

How trust in finance was carried off by the carpetbaggers

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There were once three main types of corporate organisation in the financial services industry – the public company, the partnership and the mutual.Most commercial banks were listed public companies, since only equity markets could provide the capital needed to give security to their deposit base. Most bank shares offered high, stable yields appropriate to a utility. In many respects such equity resembled subordinated debt: the better off customers of the bank were generally well represented on Read more [...]

Bank Foreclosures Push Upscale in Broward County, Florida

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Santa Barbara, CA  (MMD Newswire) January 18, 2011 -- A new analysis of foreclosure trends in Broward County, Florida shows bank foreclosures are more likely to exceed market median prices than government foreclosures. RealtyStore (realtystore.com), the premier provider of residential foreclosure listings and data in America, performed the analysis of its database of the 10,221 foreclosures recorded for Broward County. Of the 5,067 local foreclosure listings active marketed for re-sale, 71% Read more [...]

Mock trial program seeks attorneys – Martinez News

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Bay Area practicing and retired attorneys are needed to provide assistance to their future brethren at the 30th Annual Contra Costa County High School Mock Trial Program, held in early evenings throughout the month of February and early March, at the Martinez Court Houses. (Complete listing of dates and times listed below.)  Along with attorneys, second and third year law students are also welcome to participate in the scoring process.  Last year, 100 Bay Area practicing Read more [...]

Townhouse Market Shows Life

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By JOSH BARBANEL Sales and prices of Manhattan townhouses picked up last year from a dismal performance the year before, with the strong bounce in the prime townhouse markets on the Upper East Side and Upper West Side, property records show. Owning a house in Manhattan, often with a private rear yard and fireplaces, amid a forest of tall apartment houses and offices, has always been something of status symbol. View Full Image Rob Bennett for The Wall Street Read more [...]

Best Buy Has Apple iPad 2 Models Listed?

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ShareIf there’s ever any doubt that Apple is preparing new models of the iPad, and there really wasn’t, Best Buy is already putting up three new models of the tablet on its website. However, no release date is shared yet and they are still under the “coming soon” category.Here’s what is known so far from the listing. The three SKUs of the iPad models only reveal that they will come with WiFi. Information about 3G support isn’t yet listed — so we can safely remove the Verizon-bound Read more [...]

Stan Dogbe and others listed among Presidential staff list

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Accra, Jan. 18, GNA - President Evans Atta Mills has listed four persons, namely Mr Stan Dogbe, Mrs Helen Annan, Mr Mathias Akotia and Mrs Francis Duodo as members of the Presidential staff as at 31 December 2009.       This was made known to members when Mrs Adeline Bamford Addo, Speaker of Parliament read two messages from President Mills to members when parliament reconvened on Tuesday, January 18, 2011.      The message said the names of the four staff, however, Read more [...]

Southern Utah flower removed from endangered species list

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A southern Utah flower that a quarter-century ago numbered just seven plants is now thriving to the point that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will remove it from the list of threatened and endangered species. The Maguire daisy, which grows on high sandstone plateaus in the San Rafael Swell and in Capitol Reef National Park’s Waterpocket Fold, numbers 163,000 plants in Emery, Wayne and Garfield counties after 25 years of habitat protections, the agency said in its delisting Read more [...]

Banksy’s True Identity Listed on eBay, Subsequently Pulled

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Banksy is a British artist that has recently grown in fame due to some controversial, however well-done short films. The unknown individual, who has kept a secret identity despite his growing fame, is perhaps best known for his spoof on the popular cartoon, The Simpsons. Banksy created a new opening sequence back in October, 2010, that seems to start off normal enough, but then towards the middle gets a bit more “interesting.” In an odd turn of events, an eBay seller has put up the “true identity” Read more [...]

Banksy's True Identity Listed on eBay, Subsequently Pulled

Posted on by Listify Me
Banksy is a British artist that has recently grown in fame due to some controversial, however well-done short films. The unknown individual, who has kept a secret identity despite his growing fame, is perhaps best known for his spoof on the popular cartoon, The Simpsons. Banksy created a new opening sequence back in October, 2010, that seems to start off normal enough, but then towards the middle gets a bit more “interesting.” In an odd turn of events, an eBay seller has put up the “true identity” Read more [...]