Supreme Court of Missouri Criminal law Post-conviction relief SC89245 Gary Roberts, Appellant, v. State of Missouri, Respondent Appeal From: St. Francois County Circuit Court, Judge Kenneth Wayne Pratte Handdown Date: 2/10/2009 Opinion Author: Judge Mary R. Russell Opinion Vote: Judges ...
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The Obama Administration wants banks to offer loans with easier terms to more than 2 million borrowers in danger of defaulting on their mortgages, twice as many as 2008. That won’t stem the foreclosure crisis if prices keep falling. A ...
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Barack Obama has transformed American politics. His honeymoon is over. Bipartisanship has been revived, or killed. The White House is dominating the Republicans; the president doesn’t engender any fear. His financial-rescue plan is doomed, a “shock and ugh.” This all ...
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As bankers were arriving in Washington to absorb some populist rage from a congressional panel, I learned that 696 individuals at Merrill Lynch & Co. got bonuses last summer. You remember Merrill Lynch, the once-proud institution that on the eve ...
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The chief executive officers of Wall Street’s too-big-to-fail banks traipsed up to Capitol Hill last week to submit to questioning from Barney Frank and the House Financial Services Committee he heads. It was the latest installment in a series of ...
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In his early days as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Barack Obama would dutifully sit through hours-long hearings while more senior members left, an act of deference to the chairman, Sen. Richard Lugar, a Republican from Indiana. ...
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Brian Demyanovich’s dreams of opening a store to sell swimming pools are circling the drain as the recession stalls New Hampshire’s court system. Demyanovich’s suit seeking $80,000 from former business partners is being postponed at least 30 days by a ...
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Companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index posted their first-ever combined loss last quarter, dragged down by $1.1 trillion in bank write-offs and a 69 percent slump in oil. Among the minority of winners: A regional bank and an ...
Read More »Bailed-out banks charge highest fees in FDIC sales
Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America Corp., recipients of $90 billion in bailout funds from American taxpayers, are charging financial companies three times more to sell bonds under a U.S.-backed rescue program than government-controlled Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pay ...
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Domestic relations Rehabilitative maintenance; vague order SD28977 Timothy R. Isakson, Appellant, v. Tracie L. Isakson, Respondent Appeal From: Phelps County Circuit Court, Judge Tracy L. Storie Handdown Date: 2/6/2009 Opinion Author: Judge Daniel E. Scott Opinion Vote: Judges Barney and ...
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Workers’ compensation Application for review; motion to strike WD69637 Paul Jones, Respondent, v. Lico Steel, Appellant, Treasurer of the State of Missouri – Custodian of the Second Injury Fund, Respondent Appeal From: The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission Handdown Date: ...
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