Iowa State University students will head back to class on Monday and will have a handful of athletic events to attend in the days preceding the start of the semester. ISU's Gymnastics team takes on Kent State 6:30 p.m. Friday in Hilton Coliseum and adult tickets are just $5. ISU Men's Hockey will play Ohio University 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Ames/ISU Arena. Adult tickets are $10. And on Saturday ISU's men's basketball team plays Texas at 1 p.m. at the Hilton Coliseum. The women's team Read more [...]

Dan David, cofounder of Skippack-based GeoInvesting L.L.C., has been tracking China-based firms listed on the New York and Nasdaq stock markets - and exposing what he says are phony sales, sham transactions, and investor rip-offs. He has been doing this since the China stock boom of the late 2000s, for clients that include short-sellers and other investors. David cites examples like Sino Forest, which exaggerated its timber holdings, and China MediaExpress Holdings, which exaggerated Read more [...]

Dozens of lawmakers are collecting last-minute campaign checks this week at places like the high-rise Buckhead Club and the staid old Commerce Club, hoping to pack their political war chests before their fund raising light goes off at the Capitol.State law bans lawmakers from raising money during the legislative session, which begins Monday. This has turned the final week before the session into a nonstop festival of campaign contributions in which legislators take in hundreds of thousands of dollars Read more [...]