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Accused credit card hacker lived large in Miami
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. AP - Nestled near a row of sultry, silvery-green palm trees and a 205-foot-long infinity pool, room 1508 at the National Hotel on South Beach is a portrait of Art Deco luxury. It is also where, on May 7, 2008, federal agents seized two computers, $22,000 in cash and a Glock 9 gun from a man known on the Internet as "soupnazi.Fuller, co-founder of Habitat for Humanity, dies
ATLANTA AP - Millard Fuller, the millionaire entrepreneur who gave it all away to help found the Christian house-building charity Habitat for Humanity, died Tuesday. He was 74.Fuller died about 3 a.m. after being taken to a hospital emergency room, according to his wife, Linda. The cause of death was not immediately known.Stress tests may expose banks' true colors
Last week gave us one of the oddest pairings of financial news stories in some time. The better the earnings of U.S. banks, it seems, the more nervous investors get about the banks' health.First, we learned from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Nov. 22 that U.S. lenders had their most profitable quarter since mid-2007.Despite financial crisis, bankers say law firms are good credit risks
11th Circuit OKs Pryor's Appointment
Jonathan [email protected] William H. Pryor Jr. sits lawfully on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, eight of 10 members of the Atlanta-based court ruled on Thursday.The decision answered an awkward question posed by litigants in an upcoming 11th Circuit case and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., a vocal opponent of Pryor's nomination for a lifetime seat on the court.Hype over Black Friday hours may not prove profitable
NEW YORK AP - The hard-core shoppers who flock to stores and malls at 5 a.m. Friday for those post-Thanksgiving bargains may find that they're stragglers - a growing number of retailers will be open at midnight with early bird specials to begin the holiday season.And retailers including CompUSA Inc. and BJ's Wholesale Club Inc.Prospects uncertain for investor lawsuits alleging securities fraud
Foreclosure king's fall mirrors that of industry
During the housing crash, it was good to be a foreclosure king. David Stern was Florida's top foreclosure lawyer, and he lived like an oil sheik. He piled up a collection of trophy properties, glided through town in a fleet of six-figure sports cars and, with his bombshell wife, partied on an ocean cruiser the size of a small hotel.Unusual tools in the works to fight woes of economy
"Helicopter Ben" is hovering above with bags of cash. That's how we should think about Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's move to drop money into the economy to revive growth.He has no other choice since the Fed's primary stimulative tool-cutting interest rates-has failed to stave off a recession.Trending Stories
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