Keep Watch on Your Credit Report -- Free- June 28, 2008 If you're thinking about buying a home or refinancing a mortgage, you may want to avail yourself of a forthcoming free service that could help you get a better mortgage rate.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/27/AR2008062700153.html?nav=r... UN conference won't ban toxic waste exports- June 27, 2008 BALI, Indonesia -- Delegates at a U.N. conference decided against banning toxic waste exports, instead encouraging countries Friday to take their own action to address the steady stream of dangerous chemicals and old electronics that litter the landfills of poor nations.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/27/AR2008062701401.html?nav=r... Oracle throws wet blanket on strong 4Q results- June 26, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO -- Oracle Corp. finished its fiscal year with an impressive flourish, then pulled out a wet blanket.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/26/AR2008062601338.html?nav=r... Oracle throws wet blanket on strong 4Q results- June 26, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO -- Oracle Corp. finished its fiscal year with an impressive flourish, then pulled out a wet blanket.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/25/AR2008062502307.html?nav=r... 2 former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers charged- June 20, 2008 NEW YORK -- Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were hauled into jail Thursday and charged with lying to investors about the collapse of the subprime mortgage market, perhaps signaling the start of a wave of prosecutions arising from the housing meltdown.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/20/AR2008062000327.html?nav=r... 2 charged on Wall Street in mortgage meltdown- June 19, 2008 NEW YORK -- Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were hauled into jail Thursday and charged with lying to investors about the collapse of the subprime mortgage market, perhaps signaling the start of a wave of prosecutions arising from the housing meltdown.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061902728.html?nav=r... Circuit City 1Q loss widens, weak forecast- June 19, 2008 RICHMOND, Va. -- Circuit City Stores Inc. said Thursday its loss widened in the first quarter because of a more than 11 percent drop in sales at established stores.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061900818.html?nav=r... Icahn loses campaign to change Biogen Idec board- June 19, 2008 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Carl Icahn lost his campaign to elect a slate of dissident nominees to Biogen Idec Inc.'s board on Thursday, an effort the activist investor hoped would eventually trigger a sale of the 30-year biotechnology firm to a major pharmaceutical company.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061901323.html?nav=r... Former Nortel executives hit with criminal charges- June 19, 2008 TORONTO (Reuters) - A former Nortel Networks Corp (NT.TO) (NT.N) chief executive and two of his lieutenants were charged on Thursday with fraudulently misstating financial results as the telephone equipment maker struggled to right itself after the tech bubble burst in 2001.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061901398.html?nav=r... China's Olympic Turnabout on Knockoffs- June 13, 2008 YIWU, China -- At a city-size bazaar here in an eastern Chinese province, illegal replicas of the official Olympic mascots are being kept in broom closets and backrooms. Authorities seeking counterfeits, vendors say, could pounce at any time.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/12/AR2008061204167.html?nav=r... |