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Ukrainian coach charged in sex case faces hearing - San Francisco Chronicle
The players stay with host families and are being cared for, according to a team assistant in the courtroom who declined to give his name. Pravilov was charged Tuesday with fondling a boy at his Philadelphia apartment as the 14-year-old slept near a ...
Santorum Lobbyist Meetings Part of 'Insider' History He Rejects - San Francisco Chronicle
Santorum's meetings regularly included job discussions, according to two people who attended and spoke on condition of anonymity because they didn't want their organizations to be dragged into the presidential campaign. Santorum didn't lean on groups ...
China Said to Weigh Easing Constraints on Banks as Growth Slows - San Francisco Chronicle
A press official for the CBRC, who refused to be named due to the agency's rules, declined to immediately comment. The risk weighting on personal operating loans given to small businessmen may be cut to 75 percent from the current 100 percent, ...
China Said to Consider Relaxing Capital Rules for Banks - San Francisco Chronicle
A press official for the CBRC, who refused to be named due to the agency's rules, declined to immediately comment. The regulator also warned banks this month to resist demand for credit from local governments as new officials in cities, ...
Gingrich Paid $60000 For Speech Praising Private Equity - San Francisco Chronicle
As Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, and Bain continue to come under attack on this campaign trail, the private-equity industry plans to counter perceptions that firms profit at the expense of workers, according to a person familiar with ...
Goldman Sachs Said to Seek Up to $3.5 Billion for Energy Fund - San Francisco Chronicle
The fund, Broad Street Energy Partners, will invest globally in areas such as oil, gas and power, said the investors, who asked not to be named because the information is private. Goldman Sachs joins a growing lineup of firms raising pools of capital ...
Two Hedge Fund Employees Said to Be in Custody in Insider Probe - San Francisco Chronicle
18 (Bloomberg) -- Two hedge fund employees are in custody in the US probe of insider trading, according to a person familiar with the matter. One person was arrested in Boston today by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and another in New York, ...
Family of dead al-Qaida operative promoted peace - San Francisco Chronicle
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information. The family, originally from Pakistan, immigrated to the US decades ago. Salam's father was a pilot for a Saudi airline, and the family eventually settled in the ...
SEC Inspector General Kotz to Leave Agency at End of Month - San Francisco Chronicle
... about the interview, Kotz asked a council of inspectors general to look into whether he said or did anything improper, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the matter isn't public. ...
MF Global Said to Have Told JPMorgan Transfer Was Proper - San Francisco Chronicle
The assurance was given by an MF Global treasurer, Edith O'Brien, or someone in her office, after JPMorgan wrote asking for confirmation that the transfer was in accordance with regulations, said the person, who declined to be named because the ...
MF Global Said to Have Told JPMorgan Transfer Was Properly Done - San Francisco Chronicle
The assurance was given by an MF Global treasurer, Edith O'Brien, or someone in her office, after JPMorgan wrote asking for confirmation that the transfer was in accordance with regulations, said the person, who declined to be named because the ...
Europe's Libor Gap Vanishing on Fed Swap Surge: Credit Markets - San Francisco Chronicle
Proceeds may help fund the Bad Homburg, Germany-based company's purchase of Liberty Dialysis Holdings Inc. and to pay back debt, said the person, who declined to be identified because terms aren't set. Prestige Brands Holdings Inc., ...
Euro Rescue Fund Sells Bills 'Smoothly' After S&P Downgrade - San Francisco Chronicle
23 meeting how to respond to the downgrade, a person familiar with the matter said on condition of anonymity because the talks are private. Investors have taken the S&P downgrades of euro-area nations in their stride in an echo of the rally in ...
Keystone XL pipeline deadline looms amid lobbying - San Francisco Chronicle
... conducting an analysis of how it can reject the controversial 1700-mile pipeline proposed by the Canadian firm without foreclosing the possibility of it altogether, according to individuals familiar with the process who asked not to be identified. ...
Emir of Qatar calls for Arab troops in Syria - San Francisco Chronicle
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to talk to the press. Several Lebanese and Syrian citizens have been killed in border areas in Lebanon since the uprising against Assad began. More than 5000 Syrians have fled to ...
Michael Pineda, Hiroki Kuroda joining Yankees - San Francisco Chronicle
In addition, a source said the Yankees reached a deal with free agent pitcher Hiroki Kuroda on a one-year, $10 million contract. Kuroda, 36, was 13-16 with a 3.07 ERA last season for the Dodgers. The Yankees kept looking for pitching this winter after ...
Apple Is Said to Ready IPad 3 With Sharper Screen, LTE Access - San Francisco Chronicle
The company is hosting an education event focused on electronic textbooks next week that won't include any hardware introductions, said a person familiar with the matter. Apple, the world's largest technology company by market value, was little changed ...
Kodak Said to Talk With Citigroup on Bankruptcy Financing - San Francisco Chronicle
Kodak may seek protection from creditors within weeks and then hold an auction to sell its patent portfolio, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the talks are private. Kodak may seek about $1 billion in so-called debtor-in- ...
Source: Sheriff to face misdemeanors in dispute - San Francisco Chronicle
Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi will face one count each of domestic violence battery, child endangerment and dissuading a witness, said the source, who would only speak on the condition of anonymity. A police affidavit says a neighbor reported that Mirkarimi ...
BankUnited Said to Explore Sale After 2011 Public Offering - San Francisco Chronicle
BankUnited is holding talks with potential buyers, said the people, who declined to be identified because the discussions are private. The lender, with a market value of about $2.25 billion as of yesterday, is working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc., ...
U.S. Stocks Fall Amid Europe Downgrade Concern as JPMorgan Drops - San Francisco Chronicle
The company may seek protection from creditors within weeks and then hold an auction to sell its patent portfolio, said three people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because the talks are private. Kodak may seek about $1 billion ...
Austria Said to Lose AAA Rating at S&P on Bank Debt Concern - San Francisco Chronicle
13 (Bloomberg) -- Austria will probably lose its AAA rating at Standard & Poor's on concern about bad debts at the country's banks, according to a person familiar with the matter, who declined to be identified as the information isn't public. ...
Attorneys General Discuss Mortgage Probes as Bank Talks Drag On - San Francisco Chronicle
The group, which met in Washington, included New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, California's Kamala Harris and Martha Coakley of Massachusetts, according to two of the people, who declined to be named because they weren't authorized to speak ...
Nestle Said to Vie With Danone to Buy Pfizer Baby-Food Unit - San Francisco Chronicle
The Abbott Park, Illinois-based company, which announced its own breakup in October, was still interested in bidding for the Pfizer unit then, said a person familiar with the matter. Potential buyers, notably Nestle, may encounter antitrust issues in ...
EU's Iran Oil Embargo Said Likely to Be Delayed Six Months - San Francisco Chronicle
23, is also likely to include an exemption for Italy, so crude can be sold to pay off debts to Rome-based Eni SpA, Italy's largest oil company, according to the officials, who declined to be identified because the talks are private. ...