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Ponzi Scheme Paid For Couple’s Personal Expenses

Ponzi Scheme Paid For Couple’s Personal Expenses

A Ponzi scheme allowed a couple from West Roxbury to enjoy a Bahamas vacation as well as give the mistress of the husband an apartment, and paid for gambling losses worth hundreds of dollars. The indictments charge Steven and Lori Palladino with loan-sharking, making false corporate book entries and larceny. The husband was set to […]

Boeing 787 Dreamliner Makes Progress As FAA Approves Battery Changes

Boeing Makes Progress As FAA Approves Battery Changes

The much troubled new Boeing 787 Dreamliner seems to have taken a big step towards returning to the sky, as this Monday the Federal Aviation Administration or FAA agreed to approve the changes suggested to the battery system that has been causing a lot of trouble for the airplane. The decision comes after Boeing proposed […]

Hewlett-Packard Board Issues Statement Against Allegations

Hewlett-Packard Board Issues Statement Against Allegations

The board of Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) defended itself from allegations of lack of leadership and errors in judgment. It also said that changing the board will only weaken it. A letter released before the March 20 annual meeting indicated that there were positive results on its finances and that the foundation set the company for a […]

The Dow Jones Ends On Record High

The Dow Jones Ends On Record High

Good news from the stock markets as the Dow Jones ended the day on a record high. As the markets opened the benchmark index surpassed the the all-time high of 14,164.53 from back in October 2007, before the recession began. The closing bell saw the benchmark stuck up there with the Dow gaining a total […]

JC Penney Shares To Be Sold By Vornado, Reports Indicate

JC Penney Shares To Be Sold By Vornado, Reports Indicate

Around ten million JC Penney Co (NYSE:JCP) shares will reportedly be sold by Vornado Realty Trust through an unregistered secondary transaction. This was revealed by someone who had some knowledge about the sale. The block transaction will reportedly be handled by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE:DB), the source added. The source also indicated that the price […]

US Stock Index Futures Hint At Slight Increase

US Stock Index Futures Hint At Slight Increase

Futures at the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq increased around 0.3 to 0.4 percent recently as US stock index futures hint at a slight increase when markets will open. The results of the Italian elections resulted to the biggest decline in US stocks since last November. The solid showing of groups against the economic […]

Herbalife Profits Bigger Than Expected

Herbalife Profits Bigger Than Expected

Herbalife’s fourth quarter results are beyond all expectations with profits higher that any investor would have ever hoped. With increased dividends an improved forecast for 2013 and four million shares bought back in just under two months, the nutritional company seems to be unstoppable. However, all things are not perfect as SEC’s Division of Enforcement […]

Office Depot Merger With OfficeMax Supported By Investor

Office Depot Merger With OfficeMax Supported By Investor

One of the top investors of OfficeMax Inc reportedly supports a merger between the company and Office Depot Inc depending on the terms of the deal. According to Neuberger Berman LLC’s Benjamin Nahum, he favors a special dividend declaration by OfficeMax before it merges with Office Depot. He indicated that a fair deal will be […]

The Yen Gains As G20 Meeting On Currency Approaches

The Yen Gains As G20 Meeting On Currency Approaches

The yen gained against all major currencies just before the G20 meeting where world leaders are going to discuss the Japanese currencies fluctuation in recent months. The euro remains high with recent optimism regarding Europe ability to cope with its debt problems. The ECB’s president Mario Draghi noted that huge progress has been made especially […]

World Bank Official Encourage Coordination Among G20 Countries

World Bank Official Encourage Coordination Among G20 Countries

The chief economist of the World Bank encouraged better coordination among the finance leaders of the Group of 20 to avoid a currency war. Kaushik Basu, indicated that the upcoming meeting of the finance ministers should be the venue for the talks before another international financial crisis will happen. Although the measures adopted by countries […]

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