UK fines JPMorgan record $49 million - Yahoo Finance
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. investment bank JP Morgan Securities Ltd (NYSE: JPM - News ) has been fined a record 33.32 million pounds ($49.12 million) in Britain for failing to protect billions of dollars of client money over almost seven years. Issuing

Assembly candidates rake in cash - The Daily Sound
As the primary battle over a local state assembly seat enters the home stretch, cash contributions are nearing the million-dollar mark. The two candidates seeking the Democratic nomination have amassed more than $865,000 in their bid for the 35th

KC businessman found dead in his million-dollar home - Wichita Eagle
Hours before Michael J. Tutera was found dead Thursday, a neighbor reported to police that three suspicious men had been seen slipping into the gated enclave south of the Country Club Plaza where he lived. A businessman found dead early Thursday

Fort Lauderdale man charged with running $40 million - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
Wednesday with running a $40 million Ponzi scheme, using the proceeds to fund an extravagant lifestyle complete with a multimillion dollar home and high-end cars, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Luis Felipe Perez by diamonds in

Court orders million-dollar house gone - Salem News
MARBLEHEAD — The million dollar house at 74 Bubier Road must come down or be removed. The Land Court has set the wheels in motion — again — by denying an appeal from owner Wayne Johnson and making it more likely that the home will be destroyed

La. House adds pet projects to budget (5/31) - Lake Charles American Press
BATON ROUGE (AP) — As they cut colleges and charity hospitals, budget-crafters in the House slipped in dollars for local festivals, cattle fences, playgrounds, museums, town fire stations and pages of pet projects in their districts back home. More than $10 million in legislative earmarks were

Joy Global Inc. Announces Fiscal Second Quarter 2010 - Yahoo Finance
The overall weaker US dollar in the second quarter of 2010 as compared to the prior year quarter provided a benefit to orders, net sales and operating income in the quarter. Current quarter new orders included a benefit of $53 million, net sales

Powerball Winner - WILX-TV
Millions of tickets were sold for the big Powerball jackpot Wednesday evening, but only one of them matched all six winning numbers correctly. The ticket -- worth 261.6 million dollars -- was sold in Ohio. But ten lucky players matched five of the

NBA All-Star game falls far short of forecast - WFAA
Based on the economic score, the dollars spent, let's look at the economic impact of this year's NBA All-Star Game: It's not $152 million as predicted. Tax receipts from the State of Texas show the game brought in zero. The numbers are reflected in