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Marietta lawyer used elder law practice to win Ponzi victims
For five years, a Marietta attorney who specialized in elder law arranged community workshops where he sought investors for a bogus financial scheme that would siphon more than $40 million from his unsuspecting clientele, according to a federal prosecutor. When the scheme collapsed earlier this year and investors began complaining to local police and the FBI, attorney Robert P.Southwest risks its keep-it-simple strategy
Southwest Airlines Co. Chief Executive Officer Gary Kelly, taking on his biggest acquisition ever, is dismantling the carrier's keep-it-simple strategy in a bid to reignite growth. The largest U.S. low-fare carrier's decision to buy AirTran Holdings Inc. for $1.4 billion will mark its first foray into a second jet type and its first boost in seating capacity since the end of 2008.Law firms cash in on nuclear fuel fiasco
Imagine walking outside on a crisp November morning and noticing that your trash did not get picked up that week. Then imagine that it didn't get picked up the next week either, or the next month, or even the next year. Now imagine that the trash happens to be radioactive. That scenario, on a larger scale, is what the nuclear power industry is dealing with when it comes to spent fuel.Privacy suit against CDC thrown out a second time
A federal judge in Atlanta has for the second time tossed out a suit accusing the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of violating the privacy of an Atlanta attorney-and sparking an international firestorm of media coverage-by publicly identifying him as having a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis.'Deception' is a clunker masquareding as a thriller
A woman with magnificent breasts and a beautifully tanned back sits on top of Ewan McGregor, smiles down at him and says, "It's not all about conference calls in Tokyo."Indeed, it isn't. I have a zillion guesses as to what the sleek new thriller "Deception" may think it's about, but I know for certain I haven't laughed out loud this much at a movie in a long time.AP sources: Burris won't seek full Senate term
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. AP - Roland Burris gambled that he could accept a U.S. Senate appointment from a political pariah and still be seen as an honest, hardworking public servant. He lost.Burris was permanently tainted when he happily took the offer from Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich just three weeks after Blagojevich was arrested for trying to sell a Senate seat to the highest bidder.Haircuts, shined shoes matter most in business
THERE HAS LONG BEEN an adage that it isn't what you know that's important for getting ahead in the business world, it's who you know. Now it appears that what really counts is what you look like. According to research by U.S. economists, the more time you spend combing your hair and polishing your shoes in the morning, the more money you are likely to earn once you finally make it into the office.Tiny win: Court budget may lose 5 percent
Following more than three hours of impassioned two-minute citizen pleadings on behalf of the justice system, the arts, senior citizen programs and other tax beneficiaries, the Fulton County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday wrestled with shifting financial projections that meant they may continue to make changes to the proposed 2010 budget.Trending Stories
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