There's nothing that financial markets love more than certainty. In certain times, you can make sound decisions and adjust effectively for risk. You can protect your equity. You can gamble with the dice loaded nicely in your favour. But these are uncertain times. Obviously, the figurative meltdown in the American banking industry has everyone's attention, but the literal meltdown of ice in the north and south poles will ultimately pose the greater risk. And on that problem -- the global challenge of climate change -- the Canadian public is currently sipping on an explosive cocktail of...
Business Owner Indicted for Hiring, Hiding Illegal Immigrants 
MSNBC
MSNBC
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - A federal grand jury has indicted the owner of a Council Bluffs clothing distribution company for hiring and harboring scores of illegal immigrants....
Reform tops agenda of unfinished business
The Miami Herald
The Miami Herald
OUR OPINION: CANDIDATES FAIL LEADERSHIP TEST BY IGNORING ISSUE The marches and demonstrations around the country last week by immigration-reform advocates are a useful, even necessary, reminder that this issue remains at the top of the agenda of the...
Legislature busy in 2008: Bills up
Grand Junction Sentinel
Grand Junction Sentinel
Four years into Democratic rule at the state Legislature, lawmakers seem to be falling back into their old ways, as the number of bills introduced this year surged ahead of the previous three years. Legislative records show state lawmakers are on...
Locksmiths find unpleasant surprises as they're kept busy amid mortgage crunch
Kansas City Star
Kansas City Star
"People procrastinate and probably ignore the eviction notice," locksmith Brent Fasse says of houses he enters. Here's what he found in the 1500 block of Elmwood. Locksmith Brent Fasse squints at the map, double-checking the address of a house off...
Business booming for debt collectors
Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel
Many industries are hurting these days, but not the debt collections business. A look at the numbers tells why: *Consumer bankruptcies soared 38 percent last year, compared with 2006, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute and the...
