Admin | March 27, 2011
NEW YORK, March 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — A fast-growing independent press dedicated to producing books for global readership, One Peace Books, brings contemporary Japanese literature to American readers. One Peace Books, staring adversity in the face, is determined to not allow the 3% effect dampen their mission to let the world know what young Japanese [...]
Admin | March 27, 2011
Beginning Monday, April 4, 2011, the Claremont Branch will be closed for approximately 9 to 12 months. The last open day for public service will be Saturday, April 2nd. Library BranchVan service will begin on Monday, April 11th on Garber Street at College Avenue, adjacent to St. John’s Presbyterian Church. Check out the Library’s Branch [...]
Admin | March 26, 2011
It was when she could no longer trust the world around her that 19-year-old Christine Campbell realised she needed help. How could I look after myself if I couldnt trust reality? she says. She was increasingly being affected by symptoms of psychosis auditory and visual hallucinations, which in her case included one scene which could [...]
Admin | March 26, 2011
Stanley Ho has lived his life in full. Just the visible parts are remarkable: a multinational business empire, four “wives,” 17 children, and a family fortune that Forbes estimated to be worth $3.1 billion in January. Yet at age 89, the Macau gaming industry titan earlier this year also found himself at the center of a messy, high-profile [...]
Admin | March 26, 2011
I first heard of Rabbi Yitz Greenberg some 45 years ago when a high school rosh yeshiva, recognizing my fascination both with history and with the then-emerging Orthodox left, encouraged me to take Rabbi Greenbergs courses at Yeshiva University. This month I was privileged to host a reception at the American Jewish Committee honoring the [...]
Admin | March 25, 2011
In the modern culture of sustainability and global economic responsibility, fair trade is a popular calling card that emphasizes a better quality of life for the creators of products from developing countries all over the world. Now, fair trade fashion is coming to Anchorage for a show at GrassRoots, a midtown store that specializes in [...]
Admin | March 25, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) – Discover Financial Services Inc. reports its fiscal first-quarter earnings after the close of trading on Tuesday, and Wall Street is expecting a strong report, based on the improving payment habits of its customers. The Riverwoods, Ill., credit card company has seen the number of accounts with past due payments drop significantly [...]
Admin | March 24, 2011
Big HBO series end big, too, with finales that resonate, underscoring the action and characterizations that have evolved for years, in ways that they cant in film. And though it didnt get quite as much attention or viewers, Big Love was just as big an HBO series as The Sopranos or Six Feet Under. Like [...]
Admin | March 24, 2011
Elizabeth Warren, the special adviser to the Treasury Department, told an audience of community bankers Tuesday that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau she is working to construct will look to cut regulatory costs for smaller financial institutions. Created under the Dodd-Frank Act, the CFPB will become the primary regulator for the entire mortgage industry when [...]
Admin | March 24, 2011
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fined SWS Group Inc.’s (SWS) broker-dealer subsidiary Southwest Securities $650,000 for allegedly allowing a correspondent firm to expose it to improper short sales. Finra said the correspondent firm, Cutler Securities, bought more than 17.8 million shares of a stock while selling more than 20.3 … article source