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19 01 2008

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Justice Medina may face ethics inquiry
Houston Chronicle - Assistant District Attorney Gregg Cox, who works with the DA’s Public Integrity Unit, said Friday he wasn’t aware of the situation but would look at the judge’s campaign finance reports and the relevant law. The reports show Medina paid himself about

Travel news in brief
Daily Telegraph - British Airways this week unveiled a new carbon-offset scheme to help finance clean energy projects in developing countries. Customers can now buy their offset when they book their flight on www.ba.com . Meanwhile, Virgin is to use biofuel on a

CBL & Associates Senior Vice President of Finance Farzana K. Mitchell
CNBC - NEW YORK - The senior vice president of finance of CBL & Associates Properties Inc., a real estate investment trust that develops shopping centers, bought 5,500 shares of stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Thursday. In a

National Grid sending redesigned electricity bills
Boston Globe - General Electric Co.’s finance unit said a computer tape with the credit card information on 650,000 customers of J.C. Penney Co. and other retailers is missing. GE Money is notifying consumers that a backup tape is missing from a vendor’s storage

UPDATE 1-M. Stanley cuts US mortgage, specialty finance sector
Reuters - Last: Jan 18 (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley cut its view on the U.S. mortgage and specialty finance sector to “cautious” from “in line,” saying current economic and housing market data pointed to a “bear case” for mortgage credit. The investment bank stated

Kucinich Labels Bush’s Economic Stimulus Plan ”Another Tax Break for
Forbes - S. government may no longer be able to finance its “preventive” wars using borrowed money from China and other countries. When the specter of huge trade deficits with China, some $280 billion at this time, is added into the mix, it is clear that the

Councilman Is Penalized for Violating Finance Law
New York Times - Five hundred seventy dollars for Spanish food delivery. An additional $770 for campaign jingles. Some $2,000 for a Dominican Day parade float and $1,500 to buy a bus. City taxpayers in 2001 reimbursed City Councilman Miguel Martinez for all this

Wen, Brown hold talks in Beijing
Xinhua News Bureau - Both sides are committed to extending the dialogues from economics and finance to include science, education, culture, arts, sports, and all major issues affecting their countries and the world at big. Wen Jiabao, Chinese premier, said

S.C. a big test for McCain
AZCentral.com - Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., on last year’s immigration bill, is trying to live down other past collaborations with Democrats, such as on campaign-finance reform. Blocking the mud The Bush-vs.-McCain slugfest is now widely viewed as a low point in