Three generations of cattle ranchers participated in a federal conservation program and were instructed to plant certain grasses in their pasture lands, which proved toxic to cattle.
Read More »Fannie Mae joins Freddie Mac ignoring write-off, report says
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are ignoring billions of dollars in potential losses on overdue loans as they take three years to adopt a new accounting system, a government auditor said in a letter made public Monday.
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Read More »Mo. environmental group sues over pipeline information
The Missouri Coalition for the Environment is suing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for refusing to release records requested through the Freedom of Information Act.
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Read More »S&P to fight for evidence lawsuit was politically motivated
Standard & Poor’s is trying to show it was unfairly singled out in a $5 billion fraud lawsuit 18 months after it downgraded U.S. sovereign debt.
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Read More »Re/Max Brokerage files for IPO as housing shares rally
Re/Max, a Denver-based company that has more than 92,000 real estate agents globally, filed to raise as much as $100 million.
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Read More »Attorneys get temporary pay cut on federal defender work
Private attorneys who take on federal public defense cases are getting a temporary pay cut of $15 an hour because of federal budget cuts.
Read More »Demand lags behind law firm spending, review finds
Demand hasn’t kept up with law firm spending in the first half of the year, according to a Citi Private Bank review of 172 firms.
Read More »Commentary: Why so little hiring with so many jobs open now?
Companies are advertising a lot more jobs, but not filling them.
Read More »Canada’s dollar falls on speculation U.S. economy pulling ahead
The loonie depreciated 0.4 percent to C$1.0345 per U.S. dollar. One loonie buys 96.67 U.S. cents.
Read More »Treasuries fall as report shows retail sales increase
The news adds to speculation the economy is strengthening enough for the Federal Reserve to reduce its bond-buying program.
Read More »Family gets review on cells leading to 74,000 studies
Descendants of Henrietta Lacks, a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells were taken without consent and used in 74,000 medical studies since the 1950s, will have a say over how that genomic data will be used.
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