FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Walgreens Renews Product Donation Program to America's Second Harvest Food BankC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Drugstore chain Walgreens announced that it has renewed its commitment to donate discontinued and mildly distressed products from its distribution centers to America s Second Harvest, a nationwide...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "A rolling stone may gather no moss, but it does attain a certain state of polish." My Dad came up with that one. It was understood "moss" meant things like fat bank accounts, cars and homes on shady streets--sorta "mainstream moss." The saying fit...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Royal Marines from 40 Commando have destroyed a drugs factory in the Upper Sangin Valley along with 1.5 tonnes of morphine base--the precursor of heroin. The Commandos from Bravo Company discovered compounds in Sapwan Kala, Afghanistan also uncovered evidence--some in English--of bank accounts, along...
July 16-24 -- Zions Bank Days of '47 Rodeo, EnergySolutions Arena July 19 -- First Encampment Hike, 7-8 a.m., Donner Park -- Youth Parade, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., 600 E. 500 South -- Youth Festival, 10...
Merrill Lynch to sell its Bloomberg stake *Merrill Lynch has agreed a deal to sell its 20 per cent stake in the financial information company Bloomberg as part of its efforts to rebuild its battered balance sheet. The sale - expected to be announced this morning -...
Goldman Sachs, the most powerful investment bank on Wall Street, has found itself at the centre of a storm over the events that led to the collapse of Bear Stearns, as regulators issued subpoenas in the hunt for evidence of market manipulation. The heads of Bear Stearns...
Outlook You begin to feel almost sorry for the beleaguered Financial Services Authority. Already reeling from the collapse of Northern Rock, for which it has admitted a degree of blame, and now running around like a headless chicken trying to put out the flames of one of...
WORLD MARKETS Shares ended higher as falling oil prices supported the broader market, a stronger dollar underpinned car makers and solid results from Wells Fargo lifted battered banks. The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares gained 0.5 per cent. A $5 drop in crude oil on...
WORLD MARKETS The three major US stock indices rallied more than 2 per cent, powered by the best day in two decades for some major banks as unexpectedly strong results from Wells Fargo relieved worry about a credit crisis spiralling out of control. A $4 drop in...
Smithtown Bancorp (NASDAQ: SMTB), the parentcompany of Bank of Smithtown, today announced that the Company had earningsfor the second quarter of 2008 of $3,952,503 or $.40 per share. Thesefigures represent an 8% increase in earnings on a year-over-year basis andan 11% increase in earnings on a linked-quarter basis. ...
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Britain's biggest high street banks are making 8.3bn a year from customers' current accounts, exposing as a myth the notion of free banking, the Office of Fair Trading said yesterday. Publishing a review of the UK current accounts market, the OFT said that Britain's high street banks...
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox said an emergency order targeting abusive short sales is aimed at avoiding bank runs amid a "high risk" of investor panics. The order, barring so-called naked short sales, is a "prophylactic" step to keep stock manipulators from spreading lies...
The complete Days of '47 Calendar of events: July 16-24 -- Zions Bank Days of '47 Rodeo, EnergySolutions Arena July 19 -- First Encampment Hike, 7-8 a.m., Donner Park -- Youth Parade, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.,...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad generally shrugs off American sanctions against Iran. "Americans are not able to harm us," he said last October. Ahmadinejad may come to eat his words. On Tuesday, a bipartisan agreement was struck in the U.S. Senate to expand economic pressures in Iran. Under...
WASHINGTON -- The FBI is investigating failed bank IndyMac Bancorp Inc. for possible fraud, an official said Wednesday of the government's latest target following the collapse of the nation's subprime mortgage market. It was not immediately clear how long the FBI's probe of the bank has been...
BCSB Bancorp's profit falls BCSB Bancorp Inc., the holding company for Baltimore County Savings Bank FSB, reported net income during its fiscal third quarter ended June 30 of $285,000, or 9 cents per diluted share, compared to net income of $599,000, or 19 cents per diluted share,...
