Earnings roundup: Fannie Mae, Cornell Among the earnings stories for Thursday, Nov. 5, from AP Financial News: WASHINGTON (AP) — Fannie Mae is asking for an additional $15 billion in government aid after posting another big loss in the third quarter as the taxpayer bill from the housing market bust keeps rising. HOUSTON (AP) — Prison and treatment
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Earnings roundup: Fannie Mae seeks aid after 3Q loss, Cornell 3Q profit jumps 39 percent
The latest issue of the International Student News has been released and will be sitting in your inbox for our over 150,000 international students subcribers! This month we have some exciting news with the closing of our International Student Travel Video contest and some amazing videos, check it out: Travel Video Contest Closing Entries International Student Insurance ELI at Jacksonville State Student News From the Mailbag Fun Site of the Month T-Mobile USA Sim Card If you do not subscribe to our newsletter then please so so by visiting: http://www.internationalstudent.com/newsletter/ You can also read this months newsletter online at: http://www.internationalstudent.com/newsletter/issue129.html
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Issue 129 – International Student News
Great Wolf shares up after sell-off a day earlier SAN FRANCISCO — Shares of Great Wolf Resorts Inc., which operates indoor waterpark resorts in North America, climbed Thursday after falling a day earlier on news of a third-quarter loss due to hefty taxes and writedowns. But analysts said the company is in a better position than investors
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Shares of indoor waterpark owner Great Wolf climb; analysts say 3Q loss not as bad as it looks
Stocks rally at open after better jobs data NEW YORK — Stocks climbed in early trading Thursday after the market got encouraging news on jobs and consumer spending, two of the economy’s biggest trouble spots. The Labor Department said the number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell to 512,000 last week, the lowest level since
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Stocks rise at open after report showing fewer-than-expected claims for jobless benefits
Northwest pilots appeal license revocation WASHINGTON — The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles are appealing the revocation of their licenses to fly. National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Ted Lopatkiewicz (loh-PAT’-kee-witz) said Thursday the pilots have filed appeals with the safety board. The Federal Aviation Administration revoked the licenses of Captain Timothy Cheney of
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Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis file appeal of pilot license revocations
more images more images Obama meets with Native American leaders WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama discusses Native American issues Thursday with representatives of the 564 federally recognized tribes. In the morning, Obama will deliver opening remarks and participate in an interactive discussion with tribal leaders at the White House Tribal Nations Conference at the Interior Department. He’ll also deliver
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Obama meets with tribal leaders, welcomes Botswana’s president to White House
UN relocating about 600 staff after Afghan attack KABUL — The United Nations said Thursday that it is temporarily relocating more than half its staff in Afghanistan following last week’s deadly Taliban attack against U.N. workers — the most direct targeting of its employees during decades of work in the country.
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Afghan attack prompts UN to temporarily relocate more than half of its international staff
FAA: Runway incursion at Los Angeles airport minor LOS ANGELES — The Federal Aviation Administration has determined a runway incursion at Los Angeles International Airport last week was minor. In a statement Wednesday, the FAA says the Oct. 25 incident was a “Category C” incursion, meaning there was “ample time and distance to avoid a potential collision.”
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FAA says runway incursion involving 2 passenger jets at Los Angeles airport was minor
News Corp. 1Q income posts surprising growth LOS ANGELES — Media conglomerate News Corp. said Wednesday its net income for the latest quarter grew despite analysts’ expectations of a decline, thanks to strength at its cable networks and the box-office success of “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.” The company is facing multiple challenges, including an advertising
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News Corp. posts increase in 1st-quarter income, helped by cable networks, ‘Ice Age’ movie
FINRA bars California broker for insider trading WASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority on Wednesday said it barred a former registered representative based in California after he took part in insider trading earlier this year. FINRA said Abhishek Uppal of San Francisco, who worked in the investment banking department of Piper Jaffray & Co. from 2007
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Financial Insdustry Regulatory Authority bars California broker for insider trading
2 CPS Energy execs on leave over project’s costs SAN ANTONIO — Two CPS Energy workers are on administrative leave over a recently disclosed jump in the projected cost for two more units at the South Texas Project. The board of the municipally owned CPS Energy has launched an investigation into how and when management because aware
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Higher cost estimate allegedly kept secret for CPS nuclear expansion, 2 workers on admin leave
MGM CEO, author to keynote Vegas meeting in Jan. LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce says MGM Mirage Chief Executive Jim Murren and “Superfreakonomics” author Steven Levitt will speak to business leaders in southern Nevada at a conference in January. Chamber officials say Murren will give his outlook for Las Vegas and for his
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MGM Mirage’s Murren, ‘Superfreakonomics’ author to keynote meeting for Vegas business leaders
Farmland released from conservation program Here’s a look at the states where the most land is being released from the federal Conservation Reserve Program: — Texas, 3.85 million acres active; 644,025 acres expire in 2009; 698,313 expire in 2010; 683,991 expire in 2011 — Montana, 3.2 million acres active; 245,925 acres expire in 2009; 410,487 expire in 2010;
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A look at states where farmland is being released from federal conservation program
Military: Israel navy captures arms ship JERUSALEM — Israeli naval commandos seized an arms ship near Cyprus early Wednesday and towed it to an Israeli port, defense officials said — a rare interception that highlighted Israel’s fears that Iran is arming its enemies. Military officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press that the boat
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Military: Israel navy captures arms ship 100 miles off Israel’s coast
Karzai opponent: Gov’t cannot fight ‘corruption’ KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s challenger in the recent presidential election said Wednesday that the current government cannot bring legitimacy to the troubled nation and will not be able to rein in corruption. Former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah said the Afghan Independent Election Commission’s decision not to have a runoff
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Karzai opponent says current government cannot bring ‘legitimacy’ to Afghanistan
I was part of an interesting discussion on Twitter Friday night and I wanted to share it here, as well as add a few final thoughts. Participants that I reference are Bud Hunt , Brian Crosby , Dean Sharesk i, Anne Van Meter , Barbara Barreda , and Karen Fasimpaur
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Twitter Lists & Aggregated Content: Are We Responsible?
Manhattan elects 1st new prosecutor in 35 years NEW YORK — Politically pedigreed trial lawyer Cy Vance has been elected as Manhattan’s first new district attorney in 35 years. The Democrat had 92 percent of Tuesday’s vote with 26 percent of precincts reporting. The only other contender, Working Families Party candidate Richard Aborn, wasn’t actively campaigning.
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Manhattan residents give storied prosecutor’s office its 1st new leader in 35 years
Anthropology giant Claude Levi-Strauss dead at 100 PARIS — After weeks crossing the high seas, Claude Levi-Strauss breathed in his first lungful of the New World, a perfume tinged with pepper or tobacco. The sensory awakening was the start of a journey that turned a young Parisian scholar into a founder of modern anthropology. On that 1930s
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Claude Levi-Strauss, refugee who became France’s most revered anthropologist, dead at 100
Treasury OKs more firms for toxic asset program WASHINGTON — Two more large investment companies have together raised enough money to join with the government in buying toxic assets held by banks so they can resume more normal lending to support an economic recovery. The Treasury Department said Tuesday that New York-based Angelo, Gordon & Co
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Treasury approves more investment firms to buy bad bank assets with government backing
Mexico mayor announces death before body is found MEXICO CITY — Mauricio Fernandez couldn’t have been happier. Here he was, being sworn in again as mayor of one of northern Mexico’s most exclusive communities, and he had wonderful news to share: “Black Saldana, who apparently is the one who was asking for my head, was found dead
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Questionable timing: Mexican mayor celebrates death of alleged cartel figure before body found
House bill to go after any large financial firm WASHINGTON — Rep. Barney Frank says he expects a House bill will allow regulators to dismantle even healthy firms if they’ve grown so big that they threaten the broader economy. The House Financial Services Committee this week began work on legislation aimed at preventing the next Lehman Brothers,
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House bill expected to give regulators the power to dismantle even healthy firms if too big
Feds: Chicago men discussed terror attack in India CHICAGO — Two Chicago men charged with scheming to launch a terrorist attack on a Danish newspaper also discussed an attack on a military college in India, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Prosecutors made the allegation in court papers as U.S. Magistrate Judge Nan Nolan prepared for a hearing to
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Feds say Chicago men charged in terrorism case discussed attack on Indian military college
Stocks pull off lows as commodity prices rise NEW YORK — Investors sidestepped some of their doubts about the strength of an economic recovery and pushed into energy, industrial and materials stocks as commodity prices rose. Stocks zigzagged in a tight range Tuesday as the day’s news on corporate dealmaking failed to extend a strong advance from
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Stocks pare losses as commodity prices rise; Buffett’s move on Burlington lifts railroads
India’s gold buying pushes metal to new high NEW YORK — Gold prices surged to a new high Tuesday on news that India’s central bank bought $6.7 billion worth of gold from the International Monetary Fund. December gold jumped as high as $1,087, before settling up $30.90, or 2.9 percent, at $1,084.90 an ounce on the New
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Gold prices surge to new high as India’s central bank buys nearly $7 billion of gold
Locals wage legal fight to keep Philly newspapers PHILADELPHIA — The owners of Philadelphia’s two major dailies are waging a late-stage battle to keep the newspapers from creditors in a looming bankruptcy auction. Senior lenders now have the right to use the $300 million owed them to win The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News at the
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Locals wage late-stage battle to keep Philadelphia Newspapers as bankruptcy auction looms
NH WWII pilot who sought his lost wings dies at 90 CONCORD, N.H. — Bernerd Harding, a World War II pilot from New Hampshire who went on a quest to find his buried pilot’s wings in Germany 65 years after his B-24 bomber was shot down, died Tuesday at age 90. Harding’s wife, Ruth Harding, confirmed he
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NH WWII pilot Bernerd Harding dies; he sought his lost pilot’s wings in Germany after 65 years
I had really thought that Indian Telecom companies are digging their grave by slashing their rates to bare minimum and offering schemes like one second billing to keep their share in Indian Telecom pie But here is something that has surprised me no end – According to Indian Telecom Minister A. Raja, the rates of telephony need to come down further – Infact so low that local calls should be charged at 10 paise per minute and STD calls at 25 paise per minute. He thinks its very much possible.
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Local Calls 10 paise and STD at 25 Paise – A Raja asks Telecom Companies
We have written a lot about it and have been blown away with the new operating system called Windows 7. One of the very few products that has managed to create right kind of buzz ! Indian Consumers were quite happy that not only did Microsoft offer discounted rates to them, but also introduced 2 cheaper flavours of Windows 7 that were not available in developed countries like US and UK Everything looked good till this point – But here is something that will not go down too well with consumers who are ready with cash to get their hands on this O.S Windows 7 has still not reached the retail Outlets and no Indian consumers are able to buy the O.S Reason: Retail consignments of Windows 7 along with other over-the-counter (OTC) or packaged software are still held up at immigration checkpoints across the country due to anomalies over excise duty.
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10 days after launch Windows 7 still not available to consumers
Since moving to a Macbook, life has never the same. Seriously, it’s unreal. My schedule can be intense and at time, easily interrupted because of life in the fast lane Related posts: 5 Blogs That Will Jump Start Your Life & Blogging photo by Jelle Vermeiren “Where do you draw your..
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more images more images Africans protest low emissions targets at UN talks BARCELONA, Spain — African countries suspended meetings at U.N. climate talks Tuesday to protest what they call the low targets that industrial countries have set for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. About 50 African countries forced the cancellation of several technical meetings, saying they were only ready to
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Africans suspend meetings at UN talks to protest low emissions targets by rich countries