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Exclusive: US tax-evasion probe turns to Israeli banks - Baltimore Sun
One person briefed on the matter said the US Justice Department "tries to deal with the entity, not the government" in its crackdown on tax evasion. The scrutiny comes during a wide-ranging campaign by the Justice Department to force nearly a dozen ...
Geithner to urge bigger EFSF, rapid action: sources - Baltimore Sun
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is likely to urge euro zone finance ministers on Friday to speed up ratification of changes to their bailout fund and consider boosting its size, EU sources said on Tuesday. ...
SocGen turns axe to investment bank weak spots - Baltimore Sun
"They are behind the curve on the cost-cutting front," said one London banking analyst, who declined to be named. "Given that they have been in the line of fire, a 5 percent reduction in the investment bank is a bit disappointing. ...
GM CEO, UAW chief meet as contract talks intensify: sources - Baltimore Sun
In a sign of progress, GM Chief Executive Dan Akerson met on Tuesday with UAW President Bob King for over an hour at the union's Detroit headquarters known as Solidarity House, the sources said. GM Vice Chairman Steve Girsky and UAW Vice President Joe ...
18-year-old fatally shot in Lansdowne - Baltimore Sun
One woman among those who gathered outside the unit Tuesday afternoon, said she was asleep when the shooting took place and didn't hear anything. The woman declined to give her name but said she had lived in the community for a year and had never seen ...
Harford County government to reopen Tuesday - Baltimore Sun
ShopRite and other stores in the Festival at Bel Air on Route 24 lost power sometime early Monday afternoon, a source said. In a statement late Monday afternoon, Marshall J. Klein, Director of Operations for Klein's ShopRite, said: "We've been told ...
Exclusive: Groupon turns to Citydeal team ahead of IPO - Baltimore Sun
The changes were communicated to Groupon employees last week, the source said. When contacted, a Groupon spokeswoman did not immediately confirm the appointments. The move seems aimed at tapping into the strength of the company's international team, ...
US--APNewsAlert - Baltimore Sun
The doctor, who asked that her name not be used, said she was out at an appointment and returned to find the damage. "The whole block was under police care," she said. "My concern is how long I'll be out of business. If it's for any length of time, ...
Three men rob bank in downtown Arbutus - Baltimore Sun
The employee, who declined to be identified for fear of retribution, said the three wore white T-shirts around their faces. After he saw the robbers go in, the employee said he retreated into his store and estimated that the robbers were in the bank ...
Bel Air man implicated in high speed motorcycle chase - Baltimore Sun
The two motorcycle riders involved are suspected to have ties to the Outlaws Motorcycle Gang, law enforcement sources said earlier. Redgnel Emmitt III, 27, of the 1000 block of Scottsdale Drive in Bel Air, was arrested on July 20 and charged in Cecil ...
Without Ravens training camp, fans not flocking to Westminster - Baltimore Sun
A desk clerk who declined to give her name said that the 101-room hotel was about half filled. Ruby, the manager at Rafael's, said that not everyone received the news of the Ravens moving their training camp away from Westminster. ...
N.Y. home of jailed memorabilia collector searched by FBI - Baltimore Sun
Not all of the 60 documents recovered belonged to the Historical Society, the source said, and investigators were working to determine to whom they belonged. Agents both from the FBI but also the National Archives were observed this week by a Baltimore ...
Damages in Balto. Co. Exxon leak suit could reach $1.5 billion - Baltimore Sun
The source asked not to be identified because the entire verdict has not been made public. A sample of 37 of the 160 verdict forms made available by the Circuit Court shows that in some cases, plaintiffs were awarded more than four times in punitive ...
US airlines prep plane orders; AMR said to be close - Baltimore Sun
AMR Corp , parent of American Airlines, is further along in discussions and is eyeing a large order for more than 250 narrow-bodies valued at more than $15 billion to be split between Boeing Co and its European rival EADS unit Airbus, sources close to ...
Disney Studios eliminating about 200 jobs - Baltimore Sun
The cuts, coming amid a slump in DVD sales, include an undisclosed number of layoffs and dozens of jobs that have been unfilled, primarily in the studio's home entertainment division in Burbank, said a person familiar with the matter. ...
For China activists, hacking attacks a fact of life - Baltimore Sun
"When I opened my inbox there was a prompt telling me to enter my personal information for safety purposes and to change my password and fill in a forwarding e-mail address," said one China activist on condition of anonymity, saying it was one of ...
Lagarde in lead for IMF, South Africa's Manuel opts out - Baltimore Sun
But three other government officials, speaking off the record, said Brazil was leaning toward Lagarde although the support of other Latin American countries, including Colombia, for Carstens' candidacy has complicated Brazil's decision. ...
Deer Creek rapids closed to swimming, tubing - Baltimore Sun
One man, who declined to give his name at the time, said Mr. Anders was carried along by a current when his foot got stuck between two rocks. The man said Mr. Anders broke the surface of the water one time to yell for help. In July 2005, a 21-year-old ...
Analysis: Can naming, shaming curb cyber attacks from China? - Baltimore Sun
The working assumption at one US government economic agency was that "the Chinese can pretty much hack anyone they want any time they want," said a government aide, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the delicacy of the issue. ...
LightSquared near $2 billion a year Sprint deal: sources - Baltimore Sun
Under the proposed agreement, LightSquared would pay $2 billion a year to rent space on Sprint's network to launch its own high-speed wireless services, according to a person who asked not to be named because the details are not yet public. ...
2 victims in triple shooting were juveniles, sources say - Baltimore Sun
"It's all too common," said one 27-year-old resident of nearby 25th Street who declined to give his name. "We just had this police shooting on Harford Road." A second man, 53, who also said he was a lifelong resident of the neighborhood, ...
States to ask banks for larger mortgage settlement - Baltimore Sun
State attorneys general and federal agencies found an offer of $5 billion from five banks "woefully inadequate," according to a person familiar with the talks. Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and Ally Financial made that offer ...
US targets bankers in HSBC laundering probe: source - Baltimore Sun
Prosecuting individuals is their number one priority," the source said on condition of anonymity. The Justice Department probe is linked to bulk cash the bank received from money-changing firms in Mexico, the source said. The concern is that the bank ...
Power executives went to lengths to keep deal secret - Baltimore Sun
... negotiations to devise an incentive package that would make a potential merger attractive to Maryland and ratepayers of Baltimore Gas & Electric Co., Constellation's regulated utility, according to Constellation sources who asked not to be named. ...
Blue Cross Blue Shield probe expanded beyond Michigan - Baltimore Sun
Federal and state investigators also have sent civil subpoenas to Blue Cross Blue Shield units in Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, a person familiar with the matter told Bloomberg News. ...