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High Court To Weigh Ex-Enron CEO’s Appeal

Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling has appealed his fraud convictions all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, and the justices have decided to take his case. They will decide if his trial should have been moved out of Houston and if the law used to win the bulk …

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Pilots should have had warning of airport approach – The Associated Press

CBC.ca Pilots should have had warning of airport approach The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Two Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot their destination by 150 miles before turning back should have had numerous warnings as they approached and passed Minneapolis: cockpit displays, controllers trying repeatedly to reach, … Wandering Flight Spurs Nap Probe Wall Street Journal 'Distracted' US pilots fly plane 150 miles off course AFP Minneapolis-bound flight overshoots airport by 150 miles USA Today ABC News  - Times Online  - New York Times all 927 news articles »

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Wandering Flight Spurs Nap Probe – Wall Street Journal

guardian.co.uk Wandering Flight Spurs Nap Probe Wall Street Journal Federal officials are working to sort out whether pilots of a Northwest Airlines flight dozed off or were simply distracted Wednesday night when they fell out of contact with air-traffic controllers for more than an hour and overshot … Plane crazy: NWA flight misses MSP by 150 miles Minneapolis Star Tribune Pilots should have had warning of airport approach The Associated Press Airliner overshoots airport; controllers feared hijacking CNN New York Times  - NECN  - Pioneer Press all 758 news articles »

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EECB Succeeds Where Stupid Sony Techs Fail [Da Bomb]

Remember back when some individuals referred to good things as ” da bomb ?” They probably didn’t have the Executive Email Carpet Bomb in mind, since Consumerist didn’t yet exist, but they should have. Here’s to re-branding “da bomb” as shorthand for the EECB. Just look at what it …

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HSBC Really, Really Doesn’t Want Reader To Cancel Best Buy Credit Card [Bullies]

James applied for a Best Buy Mastercard from HSBC. The initial application was easy enough, but the three separate confusing calls from outsourced customer service reps, and the low limit and annual fee on the card he eventually received led him to cancel his account. This should have been …

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The real reason Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis suddenly quit.

People around Bank of America should have known something was up when its beleaguered CEO, Kenneth Lewis, returned from his August vacation with a beard. For a buttoned-down Southern banker like Lewis, growing a beard in Aspen is the equivalent of a full-on existential crisis. And so the announcement of …

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Lehman: Barclays took $8.2B more than allowed

SAN FRANCISCO – (AP) Lehman Brothers has accused Barclays Capital of taking $8.2 billion more than it should have when it bought key assets of the failed investment bank a year ago. Lehman made its claim in a court filing Tuesday, the one-year anniversary of its chaotic bankr

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Fed’s Fisher sees near-term strength for economy

SANTA BARBARA, California (Reuters) – Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher on Thursday said the United States should have a “good snap-back” from recession in the final months of 2009, but that future growth could be a “slow crawl.” Link: Fed’s Fisher sees near-term strength for economy

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New Madoff Report Blasts SEC – Forbes

Globe and Mail New Madoff Report Blasts SEC Forbes A new government watchdog report says the Securities and Exchange Commission should have discovered Bernard Madoff’s billion-dollar Ponzi scheme. But its true value may be in waking up regulators and lawmakers to existing problems with enforcement … Read more from …

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Experts: Kidnap victim faces difficul… – San Francisco Chronicle

Telegraph.co.uk Experts: Kidnap victim faces difficult recovery San Francisco Chronicle She should have been in high school and going on first dates, maybe leaving home for college, finding her first apartment, falling in love – growing up. But Jaycee Lee Dugard, now 29, spent her formative years in captivity. Kidnapped at age 11 in South … Kidnapped girl etched in Tahoe community's heart The Associated Press Police extend US kidnap inquiry BBC News Authorities search property next to home where Jaycee Dugard lived San Jose Mercury News Los Angeles Times  - New York Times  - Sacramento Bee all 6,490 news articles »

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