Sunday, May 12, 2013
Back when she was in college, software developer Monica Wilkinson said, she used to dream of “being able to carry a computer in my head,” instead of lugging her books and laptop all over campus. As she tried …
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Villa Tunari, Bolivia — Since taking office seven years ago, President Evo Morales has tried to persuade the world that he has no tolerance for cocaine and that Bolivia’s thousands of acres of coca plants can be dedicated …
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Washington — Former New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg is a leading candidate to run Wall Street’s biggest lobbying group, according to people briefed on the discussions. Gregg, 66, a Republican from Nashua who retired from the Senate last …
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Atlanta — In a sign of how health concerns have shaken the beverage industry, Coca-Cola Co. used a boisterous anniversary celebration last week to pledge to make low-calorie drinks and clearer nutritional information more available around the world. Facing increasing criticism from consumer advocates and politicians over the …
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Norwich — ECFiber has connected 325 customers to high-speed fiber-optic broadband Internet service and is about to expand its network to more underserved customers this summer, the organization’s chairman said last week. The Vermont nonprofit provider, which is working to deliver service to 23 municipalities in the Upper …
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Nearly 100,000 troubled borrowers were shortchanged on payments from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co., the Federal Reserve said — money intended to compensate for possible errors and abuses during foreclosure proceedings in 2009 and 2010. The company hired to distribute the money, Rust Consulting, …
Sunday, May 12, 2013
President Obama has nominated venture capitalist Tom Wheeler, a former lobbyist for the cable and the wireless industries, to serve as head of the Federal Communications Commission. “Tom knows this stuff inside and out,” Obama said. If that’s true, I can only assume that high on Wheeler’s to-do …
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Why did Jones pay more for her mortgage than Smith? One possible reason is that her mortgage had features that increase risk to the lender, which charged a higher price to compensate. I call these “risk factors.” Potential borrowers ought to know what they are, how much of …
Sunday, May 12, 2013
I first recall seeing Dylan Collins years ago on the basketball court of my son’s junior high school, 6-feet-plus of gangly adolescence with a wild head of hair and an easy, impish grin. Among my son and his …
Sunday, May 12, 2013
New York — Small was beautiful this week. The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 15,000 for the first time on Tuesday, then held above that milestone for the next three days. But an index of small-company stocks …
By Don's Early Light
