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The US Federal Deposit Insurance and Federal Reserve released public summaries of plans for quick liquidation of nine of the world’s largest banks in the case of an emergency, without government bailouts. Complex financial firms with more than $250 billion in nonbank assets including J.P. Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup Inc., Goldman...

http://www.mercurynews.com/californ...d-california-approves-high-speed-rail-project

By Mike Rosenberg
mrosenberg@mercurynews.com
Posted: 07/06/2012 04:01:16 PM PDT
Updated: 07/06/2012 09:29:09 PM PDT

Capping a dramatic showdown over the most expensive project in state history,...

This 65-Year-Old Clerk Was Fired for Refusing to Sell Cigarettes to a Food Stamp Customer

• Posted on June 27, 2012 at 4:09pm by Becket Adams

After four years on the job, a...

Outspoken gay rights advocate Brad Pitt might have found his biggest opponent yet — his mom.
The Hollywood superstar’s mother recently penned a letter to her local newspaper touting her support for...

Limpopo education department paid R2m a month more than tender


Sapa | 06 July, 2012 09:42



The Limpopo education department paid a service provider R2 million a month more than what was originally tendered.

This was six months before the department went bankrupt last year, The Star reported on Friday.
According to...