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In Auction Securities Crisis, Are Brokers The Victims, Too? - Wall Street Journal
in july, anotolio pellizzetti, a 70-year-old retired physician in tavernier, fla., filed an arbitration claim accusing ubs ag's wealth-management unit of fraud in selling him $2.5 million of auction-rate securities. arbitration claims over investment ...
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Ballot Question On Gay Marriage In Massachusetts
boston — attorney general martha coakley on monday authorized a ballot question proposing to reinstate a nearly century old law barring out-of-state gay couples from marrying in massachusetts, according to the associated press.
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Cities Try Wrangling Gangs With Civil Suits
a growing number of municipalities are seeking injunctions restraining orders that seek to bar gang members from talking to one another or standing together on public property, said bruce riordan, director of gang operations for los angeles city attorney rocky delgadillo.
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Sec `missed Opportunity' To Save Auction-rate Market Investors - Bloomberg
sept. 8 (bloomberg) -- the u.s. securities and exchange commission missed a chance to protect investors from the collapse of the $330 billion auction-rate market by failing to police how banks sold the bonds to customers. federal regulators didn't ...
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Bank Of America Seeks To Settle Auction-rate Accords (update1) - Bloomberg
sept. 5 (bloomberg) -- bank of america corp. , the nation's second-largest bank, said it wants to settle state and federal regulatory probes into how it marketed auction-rate securities on terms similar to agreements with other major banks. ``we ...
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Medford Construction Company Agrees To Pay For Violating Prevailing Wage Laws
attorney general martha coakley’s office has reached a settlement agreement with a medford construction company for failing to pay the proper prevailing wage at various public construction sites in massachusetts.
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Talks Stall, Regulators May File Complaint
negotiations with bank of america corp. over a possible auction-rate securities settlement appear to be getting a bit testy. massachusetts regulators on thursday said talks had slowed and held out the possibility of filing a complaint. reuters reported that new york attorney general andrew cuomo is issuing subpoenas to several executives as it broadens its probe into the charlotte bank. bank of ...
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Murder Trial Nears For Former Fbi Agent - Herald Tribune
john j. connolly was hundreds of miles away in 1982 when gambling executive john callahan's bullet-riddled body was discovered in the trunk of his cadillac at miami's airport. associated press / wilfredo lee attorney james mcdonald, left, talks with ...
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Rematch For State Senate Seat - Boston Globe
under fire for campaign finance violations and engaged in a hotly contested primary fight to retain her seat, state senator dianne wilkerson sits at a cluttered desk in her roxbury campaign headquarters, the hub of a political organization that she ...
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Kerry Faces O'reilly
boston — in the only pre-primary senate debate on the calendar, gloucester attorney ed o'reilly went toe-to-toe with incumbent sen. john f. kerry yesterday, challenging the former presidential nominee on his iraq war vote, his leadership in congress and his commitment to serve a full term.
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Regulator: Bofa Auction-rate Talks Stalled
negotiations with bank of america corp. over a possible auction-rate securities settlement appear to be getting a bit testy. massachusetts regulators today said talks had slowed and held out the possibility of filing a complaint. reuters reported that new york attorney general andrew cuomo is issuing subpoenas to several of the bank's executives as it broadens its probe into the charlotte ...
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Charges Swirl As Mass. Horticultural Society Struggles To Regain ... - Boston Globe
spring is usually a season of joy and anticipation for garden lovers, but this year, it was rife with suspicion and recrimination at the massachusetts horticultural society. except for a well-received spring flower show at the bayside expo center in ...
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Fla. Murder Trial Nears For Disgraced Ex-fbi Agent - Miami Herald
attorney james mcdonald, left, talks with john connolly during a hearing thursday, sept. 4, 2008 in miami. connolly, at the time a star agent in the boston fbi office, will stand trial for murder and conspiracy this month because prosecutors say he ...
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Ri Company To Fix Problem With Mass. Charity Bins
a cranston company that isn’t registered as a charity in massachusetts, even though it sells donated clothing it collects there, says it will fix the problem quickly.
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Collection Bin Firm Apologetic For Noncompliance
a rhode island company that collects used clothing and donates some of the proceeds to a breast cancer charity will now register properly in massachusetts, according to its attorney.
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Bentley Eyes University Tag - Boston Herald
b entley college wants to become a university. the state department of higher education will review the school’s plans at a sept. 25 public hearing. the waltham school needs board approval before it can make the change. bentley officials declined ...
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Cities Try Wrangling Gangs With Civil Suits - Morris County Daily Record
law enforcement agents fed up with increasing gang violence are turning to lawsuits to help keep gangs from terrorizing neighborhoods. a growing number of municipalities are seeking injunctions -- restraining orders that seek to bar gang members from ...
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Facing Troubles With Deep Roots
spring is usually a season of joy and anticipation for garden lovers, but this year, it was rife with suspicion and recrimination at the massachusetts horticultural society.
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Medford Construction Firm, Ag, Reach Settlement
the massachusetts attorney general’s office has reached a settlement with a medford construction company charged with violating the state’s prevailing wage laws.
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Digest: H&r Block Says It Has Finished Overhaul - Houston Chronicle
h&r block, the largest u.s. tax preparer, is done with its strategic overhaul after leaving subprime lending and will keep its bank and consulting units, chief executive officer russ smyth said. the company will focus on taxes after selling its ...
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