10 March 2010, 6:27 am
March 10 (Bloomberg) -- A British man convicted of a 34 million-pound ($51 million) Ponzi scheme held “lively spectacles” and spent investors’ cash on cars, “exotic” animals and a Koi fish breeding pool, prosecutors said.... Read More »
10 March 2010, 6:08 am
A bill that would impose tougher penalties on child sex traffickers and customers of child prostitutes and help their young victims rebuild their lives has passed the Legislature and is headed to the governor’s desk. Former Congresswoman Linda Smith of Vancouver, who founded Shared Hope Internatio... Read More »
10 March 2010, 4:33 am
Rose Cottage, a small shop that sells home décor and gift items in Chelsea, will only accept cash and personal checks for all sales beginning in March.... Read More »
9 March 2010, 10:32 pm
It's the University of St. Francis's 90th anniversary this year. What's the appropriate gift for a university's 90th? Shoes. TOMS Shoes to be exact.... Read More »
9 March 2010, 5:25 pm
It was huge in Chicago last year, and so, like all good things, Groupon.com eventually made its way to Milwaukee. It made its Milwaukee debut Feb. 22 by offering a 50 percent off deal on pizza, drinks and other goodies at Pizza Shuttle.... Read More »
9 March 2010, 1:24 pm
The 'cult of the new,' the willingness to pay a premium price for whatever the newest releases are, causes many to buy new things even when they don't need them and then don't use them.... Read More »
9 March 2010, 8:14 am
A Surrey, B.C., mother and son have been charged with defrauding the Tim Hortons restaurant chain by using illegally reloaded gift cards to make major purchases.... Read More »
8 March 2010, 6:27 pm
Prosecutors selling game system that ex-mayor bought with gift cards for the poor Attention political junkies and video game enthusiasts — there's an item for sale online that might pique your interest.... Read More »
8 March 2010, 3:10 pm
One of the greatest rebounds in stock-market history has just handed investors a magnificent gift. Now you have to make sure you don’t waste it... Read More »
8 March 2010, 2:26 am
When Gov. Charlie Crist announced Florida’s $1.75 billion plan to save the Everglades by buying out a major landowner, United States Sugar , he declared that the deal would be remembered as a public acquisition “as monumental as the creation of the nation’s first national park, Yellowstone.”... Read More »
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