Top StoriesTreasury: bailed-out firms to slash pay in Nov | 22 October 2009 13:5 GMT  AP - The Treasury Department is ordering companies that received billions of dollars in government bailouts to halve total compensation for their top executives. But the big reductions will not apply to pay earned before November.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Treasury: bailed-out firms to slash pay in Nov US takes aim at executive pay | 22 October 2009 13:0 GMT  Reuters - U.S. officials on Thursday took aim at generous executive pay packages, saying it was offensive that firms receiving substantial taxpayer aid paid their officers and other top employees so lavishly.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: US takes aim at executive pay Sarkozy son renounces top job after nepotism row | 22 October 2009 12:29 GMT  AFP - President Nicolas Sarkozy's 23-year-old son Jean, at the centre of a bitter row over alleged nepotism, said Thursday he would not apply for a job managing France's wealthiest business district.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Sarkozy son renounces top job after nepotism row Ambulances start charging extra for obese patients | 22 October 2009 12:22 GMT  AP - The memory still bothers Ken Keller: A panicked ambulance crew had a critically ill patient, but the man weighed more than 1,000 pounds and could not fit inside the vehicle. And the stretcher wasn't sturdy enough to hold him.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Ambulances start charging extra for obese patients Judge rejects sheriffs prostitution suit against Craigslist | 22 October 2009 12:0 GMT  AFP - A federal judge has thrown out a local sheriff's lawsuit accusing the online classified group Craigslist of facilitating prostitution, court records showed.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Judge rejects sheriffs prostitution suit against Craigslist Worries rise about dollar slide ? but what to do | 22 October 2009 10:46 GMT  AP - Concerns worldwide about the dollar's slide have escalated to the point where currency markets are beginning to wonder when governments might try to do something about it.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Worries rise about dollar slide ? but what to do Fed to issue bank pay guidelines: source | 22 October 2009 10:46 GMT  Reuters - The Federal Reserve will issue new bank pay guidelines on Thursday designed to curb excessive risk taking, an industry source said.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Fed to issue bank pay guidelines: source Sri Lanka war victims sue Rajaratnam in US court | 22 October 2009 10:38 GMT  Reuters - Accused billionaire Raja Rajaratnam, founder of the Galleon hedge fund, and his family's foundation were sued in a U.S. court on Thursday over allegations they provided $5 million to Tamil Tigers militants in his native Sri Lanka.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Sri Lanka war victims sue Rajaratnam in US court Leading indicators signal growth but jobs scarce | 22 October 2009 10:37 GMT  AP - A private forecast of economic activity rose for the sixth straight month in September, a sign the economy will keep growing early next year despite rising unemployment.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Leading indicators signal growth but jobs scarce Red Cross says French employee kidnapped in Darfur | 22 October 2009 10:36 GMT  AFP - The International Committee of the Red Cross said on Thursday that a French employee had been kidnapped in the war-torn western Sudanese region of Darfur, near the border with Chad.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Red Cross says French employee kidnapped in Darfur Congress scrutinizes problems in home buyer credit | 22 October 2009 10:19 GMT  AP - Tens of thousands of people may have taken advantage of the first-time home buyer tax credit to defraud the government, an IRS watchdog office said Thursday, in testimony that could jeopardize efforts to extend the popular program.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Congress scrutinizes problems in home buyer credit Drug raids targeting Mexican cartel nab 300-plus | 22 October 2009 10:17 GMT  AP - Attorney General Eric Holder calls it the largest single strike at a Mexican drug cartel operating in the U.S. — the arrest of more than 300 people in a series of drug raids across the country.Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Drug raids targeting Mexican cartel nab 300-plus Man pleads guilty to DWI in motorized La-Z-Boy | 22 October 2009 10:5 GMT AP - A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to driving his motorized La-Z-Boy chair while drunk. Source: Yahoo! | Print story: Man pleads guilty to DWI in motorized La-Z-Boy Abigail Pogrebin Discusses Her Book on Twins | 22 October 2009 9:47 GMT Abigail Pogrebin found a singular identity while being part of a pair. A conversation. Source: Newsweek.com on MSNBC | Print story: Abigail Pogrebin Discusses Her Book on Twins
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