New York City, NY – In 2008, U.S. banking giant Citigroup, about to become yet another failed financial institution, received in the ballpark of $45 billion in federal help. Now Citigroup has made a good profit of $2.99 billion in 2011 1st Quarter (1Q) for the fifth straight quarter. Though that number is down...
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Atlanta, GA – As the country pulls out of a recent economical recession, that for many, has been the survival of the fittest. The rising cost of fuel and Americans with less money has been no help at all for the airline industry. Since December of 2007, 11 airlines have filed for bankruptcy, 7...
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Suez, EGYPT – The Suez Canal in Egypt will remain open for the time being and has not had any major delays as a closure of the canal seems to be unlikely. Due to raging protests in Egyptian cities like Alexandria, Cairo and Suez trying to oust President Hosni Mubarak it has been feared...
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New York City, NY – Justice Cynthia Kern of the Manhattan State Supreme Court issued her ruling today regarding the names of teachers and their ratings being made public. Justice Kern ruled that making public the teacher ratings for 12,000 New York City teachers and their names attached is not going to be arbitrary...
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New York City, NY – The snow storm sneaking up the Eastern Seaboard today has been threatening to bring blizzards as well as a foot of snow to cities in the New England area. The whether has become so nasty that a number of states in the South such as Maryland, North Carolina and...
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New York City - The Federal Aviation Administration has lost crucial details about who owns one-third of the 357,000 personal as well as commercial planes within the United States. These missing files has caused the FAA to worry that this “weak link”could be taken advantage of by terrorists as well as drug traffickers. The...
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New York - An argument around whether or not to give off efficiency scores with regard to 12,000 New York City teachers is placing the parents right to know first, in opposition to the fears of educators. Teachers worry that they’re going to end up being unfairly put through ridicule determined by student test...
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