Posted December 19th, 2009 by editor
Jamie Bernard Bain spent 35 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Because of that error, he will likely become a millionaire in about six months.
Attorneys for The Innocence Project of Florida, which helped exonerate the Lake Wales native through DNA testing, will discuss with Bain after the holidays the process [...]
Tags: 35 years, attorneys, bain, dna testing, holidays, innocence project, lake wales, millionaire, six months
Posted October 17th, 2009 by editor
After reporting big profits over the last six months, Bank of America reported a net loss of $1 billion in the third quarter as growing numbers of consumer loans soured and the bank paid millions of dollars to wean itself off government life support.
Source:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/17/business/17bank.html?hp
Tags: 1 billion, bank of america, consumer loans, government life, profits, six months
Posted October 4th, 2009 by editor
Alarming as the climb in unemployment is, the growing duration of joblessness is more worrying still.
Americas army of long-term unemployed ? those without work for six months or more ? swelled to 5.4 million, according to todays figures.This is roughly equal to the combined populations of Los Angeles, San Diego and Sacramento.
Source:http://blogs.reuters.com/columns/2009/10/02/the-perils-of-long-term-unemployment/
Tags: army, duration, joblessness, long term unemployment, perils, populations, san diego, six months
