Archive for November, 2008


Pakistan May Seek IMF Bailout to Avoid Debt Default

Pakistan may be forced to seek a loan from the International Monetary Fund to prevent the nation defaulting on its debt, according to a government official.
South Asia’s second-largest economy, which has seen its foreign reserves plunge more than 74 percent to about $4.3 billion in the past year, is also seeking financial support […]

Legal funding question

I applied for legal funding with another company and I still haven’t heard back from them and its been a week. If I apply with your company how quickly would you be able to get me an answer back whether I would get it or not?

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Bill Lerach Sentenced

Who is Bill Lerach? Read the Economist article. He invented (if that’s the right term) the shareholder class-action lawsuit. We’ve all seen companies that lose money, their stock prices plummet - all due to mismanagement at the top. Often in these situations, the individual stockholders are hurt but the incompetent execs walk away with bonuses, […]

Indiana General Power of Attorney

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Life is unpredictable. Sometimes, situations can arise where a person’s mental or physical capacities leave him or her no longer able make decisions. In those cases, daily decisions must be left in the hands of another trusted person.
In less tragic cases, a person may unable to personally […]

USDA to Invest $1.6 Billion in Renewable Fuels

Yesterday, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced plans to propose $1.6 billion in new funding for renewable energy, with a focus on cellulosic energy research and production, as part of the Administration’s 2007 farm bill proposals.

This funding will support President Bush’s goal of reducing gasoline usage by 20 percent in the next ten years and will […]

It takes a new law to change a lightbulb

A California legislator wants to make his state the first to ban incandescent light bulbs as part of California’s initiatives to reduce energy use and greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
The How Many Legislators Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb Act would ban incandescent light bulbs by 2012 in favour of energy-saving compact […]

FLDS Aftermath

The children have finally been allowed to return home to their mothers and their fathers. The state Supreme Court determined that CPS had no basis for taking the children as they did. My current favorite CPS rumor is that everyone in-house is told to save everything for when, not if, they get sued.
This brightly shining […]

New Intel products to be made in Chandler

Intel Corp. is providing more information about its future multi-core future products, and some of them will be coming out of the California company’s Chandler facility.
Pat Gelsinger, senior vice president and general manager for Intel’s Digital Enterprise Group, laid out the groundwork Tuesday for the future of Intel’s Core i7 processors, which […]

Mrs. Fields to file for bankruptcy

Mrs. Fields Famous Brands LLC said Friday it plans to file for Chapter 11 protection.
The cookie company is reorganizing and working out a prepackaged plan with its creditors, according to a filing Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Representatives from Mrs. Fields did not immediately return calls for comment.
In the filing, Mrs. Fields reported […]