Friday, March 02, 2007
Feds charge 13 with insider trading
Sunni group claims kidnap of 18 Iraqis
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A Sunni Muslim militant group kidnapped 18 Iraqi government employees
in
response to the alleged rape last month of a Sunni woman by Shiite
policemen,
according to a statement and photos posted Friday on the Internet.
Former Taliban defense minister arrested
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Pakistan security forces raided a militant hideout and arrested a
former
Taliban defense minister, regarded as a top figure in the Afghan
insurgency,
intelligence officials said Friday.
Roadside bomb kills 3, seriously wounds judge in eastern Pakistan
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A bomb rigged to a bicycle exploded near a car carrying a judge in
eastern
Pakistan on Friday, seriously wounding him and killing at least three
people,
police and doctors said.
MONEY
Chip Foose overhaulin' mainstream designs
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Chip Foose is coming to a Ford dealership near you. The struggling
manufacturer hopes to radiate some of the Southern California car
designer's
So Cal cool by unveiling a Foose-ified vehicle almost certainly an F-150
truck
at the New York International Automobile Show in April.
S80's stylin', lively and fun
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A fair question about the redesigned Volvo S80 sedan is: "What's not to
like?"
The new S80 is gorgeous in the flowing way all recent Volvos have been.
Convenience is a priority. And power, goodness.
Feds charge 13 with insider trading
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Federal prosecutors announced criminal charges Thursday against 13
people,
accusing them of participating in the biggest network of inside trading
on
Wall Street since the days of Ivan Boesky. The criminal charges allege
that
traders from a handful of hedge funds and brokerages, acting on illegal
inside
information from some of Wall Street's biggest firms, netted $8 million
in
tainted gains from December 2001 to August 2006.
