| Concern Over Financial Bill Still Lingers For Corporate Swap Users Companies using swaps to hedge risks are still concerned they may face costly new derivatives regulations after a provision in the financial bill that protected them from posting collateral for certain trades was removed. topix.com |
Trying to Spread Africa's Wealth Africa's riches still draw a cast of prospectors and predators, and the question is the same: who benefits - the people, or a coterie of political and military elites, fed by foreign powers and investors? nytimes.com |
The Completely Wrong Way to Plead 'Not Guilty,' Starting With the Word 'Balls' When you get arrested for a crime -- like, say, stealing 750 identities and over $500,000 of cash to be spent on "Tiffany & Co. topix.com |
Style comes out on top at soiree 'I've spotted a couple of mine already," remarked local milliner John Koch as he scoped out the couture creations perched atop the heads of the 600 ladies taking their seats at Thursday's Parkways Foundation Garden Party. topix.com |
Ohioan realizes dream with 'Legally Blonde' When Maggie Taylor was in junior high, she was so hooked on the movie Legally Blonde and its bubbly heroine with the big heart, her parents bought her Elle's signature Tiffany heart bracelet for Christmas. topix.com |