Tag Archives: cash
C.I.A. Delivers Cash to Afghan Leader’s Office
Millions of dollars have flowed from the agency to President Hamid Karzai’s office, but there’s little proof that this “ghost money” has bought the influence the agency has sought. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Social media helping lead investigators to deadbeat parents – News
A WISN 12 News investigation uncovers evidence of deadbeat parents flaunting their wealth while their children go without. Original post on themilwaukeechannel.com Comments on reddit.com
San Antonio officer arrested in joint SAPD/FBI sting operation
It was San Antonio Police Chief William McManus who put the cuffs on one of his own accused of planting false evidence on a victim and then demanding cash.
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How Bankers Help Drug Traffickers and Terrorists
Step 1: Make bankers stop laundering dirty cash. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Nicolas Sarkozy DID take $50 million of Muammar Gaddafi’s cash, French judge is told – Europe – World
Documentary proof exists that France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy took more than €50m from the late Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, a French judge has been told. Original post on independent.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Matt Taibbi: You Can Go to Prison for Pot, While Big Banks Get Away With Laundering Drug Cartel Cash
The banking giant HSBC has escaped indictment for laundering billions of dollars for Mexican drug cartels and groups linked to al-Qaeda. Original post on alternet.org Comments on reddit.com
Released: WikiLeaks cash blockade ‘ordered’ by American ‘hard-right’
WikiLeaks has released European Commission documents which allegedly show ‘hard-right US politicians’ orchestrated an ‘extrajudicial’ banking blockade against the whistle-blowing site. Original post on rt.com Comments on reddit.com
Occupy Wall St protesters wipe $5m off America’s debt
A group of campaigners linked to the Occupy Wall Street movement has raised enough cash to write-off $5m in Original post on telegraph.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Raped police officer offered cash to quit
Nearly three years after assault by colleague, ‘abandoned’ constable and regional force in standoff over conditions for her return to work Original post on theglobeandmail.com Comments on reddit.com
Facebook Execs Start Selling Stock: Sandberg Cashes Just ~2% Of Her Stake For $7.4M But CAO Dumps Half
Facebook’s executives gained the right to sell stock this week and three are now starting to cash out. SEC docs show COO Sheryl Sandberg is selling 352,9.. Original post on techcrunch.com Comments on reddit.com
HSBC Caught in New Drug Money Laundering Scandal
Special Report: How Starbucks avoids UK taxes
LONDON (Reuters) – Starbucks’ coffee menu famously baffles some people. In Britain, it’s their accounts that are confusing. Starbucks has been telling investors the business was profitable, even as it Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
LIVE From New Orleans In The Crosshairs of Hurricane Isaac
Photo Credit: Claire Sather From New Orleans, Aug 28, 2012, 2:30 pm. This is Dave Thier with Forbes, coming to you live from New Orleans as Hurricane Isaac slowly makes its way to the heart of the Crescent City. This ponderous storm has taken its time moving through the Gulf, but [...] Original post on forbes.com Comments on reddit.com
How Instagram Could Have Cut a Better Deal – NYTimes.com
When negotiating a sale, Instagram’s founders could have protected themselves from a decline in Faceook’s share value if they had used some common merger tools. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Cash for Chrome exploits: Google offers $2M in prizes for best hacks – The Washington Post
Hackers are often touted as being both smarter and faster than the average white hat, and Google isn’t afraid to admit this. Original post on washingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
AK-47s, Quack Medicine, and Heaps of Cash: The Gruesome Rhino Horn Trade, Explained – Mother Jones
Organized criminals, some operating in the US, are smuggling the valuable body part of the majestic creature. Original post on motherjones.com Comments on reddit.com
The Oatmeal’s Latest Fundraiser To Save The Tesla Tower – Forbes
Matthew Inman (perhaps better known as web comic creator The Oatmeal) has an ambitious fund-raising project up his sleeve—to save Tesla’s Wardenclyffe Tower. Wardenclyffe Tower is rich in history, a symbolic landmark of Nikola Tesla’s last great piece of scientific research that was in Tesla’s mind, destined to change the world. I sat [...] Original post on forbes.com Comments on reddit.com
Romney Broke The Law By Raising Money From Foreign Donors. Should He Be Disqualified? – Addicting Info
Failure to take records for donations gained while overseas could sink his campaign Original post on addictinginfo.org Comments on reddit.com
Best Buy Pay Expert Said to Quit Over Retention Bonuses – Bloomberg
A compensation consultant to Best Buy Co.’s board quit after the electronics chain awarded more than 100 managers retention bonuses without tying them to performance, said three people with knowledge of the matter. Original post on bloomberg.com Comments on reddit.com
BBC News – Cash prizes to reward young Pi programmers
The best young programmers using the bare-bones Raspberry Pi computer can win $1,000. Original post on bbc.com Comments on digg.com
As promised, here’s the photo of $211,223 in cash we raised for charity – The Oatmeal
Institutional Investors Desperately Seek Investment Opportunities – SPIEGEL ONLINE
As the debt crisis makes government and bank bonds look increasingly unattractive, institutional investors are finding themselves with plenty of cash but nowhere to put it. Pension funds and insurance companies are desperately looking for safe havens which promise even modest returns. But some argue that the crisis creates opportunities for those with an appetite for risk. Original post on spiegel.de Comments on reddit.com
Man Loses $22,000 In New ‘Policing For Profit’ Case – NewsChannel5.com – Nashville News, Weather & Sports
Ford Offers Retirees A Bag Of Cash To Go Away – Forbes
Company offers lump-sum pension buyout to shrink its long-term obligations Original post on forbes.com Comments on reddit.com
Wal-Mart offers online shoppers a “cash” option – CBS News
Wal-Mart offers online shoppers a Original post on cbsnews.com Comments on reddit.com
Cagle Post – Five Reasons Why The Very Rich Have NOT Earned Their Money
The wealthiest Americans believe they’ve earned their money through hard work and innovation, and that they’re the most productive members of society. For the most part they’re wrong. As the facts bel Original post on cagle.com Comments on reddit.com
Treasury Freezes Compensation For Top AIG, Ally, GM Executives – The Consumerist
While a majority of the American corporations that received Original post on consumerist.com Comments on reddit.com
Apple announces $10b share buyback starting in fiscal 2013, $2.65 dividend for Q4 – The Verge
Ahead of a conference call this morning, Apple has announced a pair of initiatives for its massive stockpile of cash totaling approximately $100 billion: a stock buyback beginning in fiscal 2013… Original post on theverge.com Comments on reddit.com
Apple to spend $45B of cash on dividend, share buyback – Apple News, Tips and Reviews
After being nagged about it for years by Wall Street, Apple on Monday said it has decided to cut into its significant cash reserves by offering a dividend of $2.65 per share each quarter, starting with the company’s fourth fiscal quarter of 2012, July 1. Original post on gigaom.com Comments on digg.com