| Crime Stoppers: Break-Ins At Best Plumbing
This week Crime Stoppers is looking for help in identifying a man wanted in a business burglary at Best Plumbing at 4231 Bonny Oaks Dr.
On Nov. 28, 2007, sometime during the night the suspect entered the business by breaking out the front glass door. The suspect stole cash from a cash box and a desk drawer. He also stole the companys Visa card which carried the owners name and business name. The suspect then took the credit card and made purchases at Kangaroo Market on Amnicola Highway, Murphy Gas station at Wal-Mart in Hixson and ABC Grocery at 2600 Harrison Pike.
The Wal-Mart in Hixson has provided a surveillance video which shows the suspect and a female making a $626.46 purchase of food and miscellaneous items.
The suspect is a black male who looks to be in his 30s or 40s.
Bank of America, Countrywide to Name Sambol to New Role
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Bank of America Corporation and Countrywide Financial Corporation today announced that David Sambol, Countrywide's president and chief operating officer, will lead the combined consumer mortgage business once Bank of America's planned purchase of Countrywide is complete. Sambol will continue in his current role, reporting to Countrywide Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Angelo R. Mozilo until completion of the transaction, which is targeted for the third quarter. In a related announcement, Bank of America Global Consumer and Small Business Banking President Liam McGee announced that Card Services Executive Bruce Hammonds will assume the newly created role of Global Consumer Credit Executive when the purchase closes. Hammonds, who will continue to report to McGee, will be in charge of all consumer credit products, including the consumer mortgage organization, Bank of America Card Services and unsecured lending.
Chase Paymentech Debuts Website for Small and Medium Businesses
DALLAS, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Chase Paymentech Solutions, LLC, has launched a new website designed to help small and medium sized businesses affordably accept credit card payments. The new site, http://merchantaccount.chasepaymentech.com, provides business owners with a simple, easy to use guide to access the latest Chase Paymentech payment processing tools. The site allows businesses to research payment products that fit their needs and offers quick access to experts who can customize a program to each business' requirements. These programs feature reliable terminals, low interchange rates to process credit card transactions and even custom gift card programs. Solutions can be designed for merchants who need secure payment solutions over the Internet, point-of- sale, telephone, or mail order.
AWB backs wheat market deregulation
AWB has backed the Federal Government's draft laws that will deregulate the bulk wheat export market. The draft laws are designed to create more competition and transparency for the export of bulk wheat shipments after the AWB kickbacks scandal. The government plans to introduce the final bills into parliament by May this year, ahead of implementation of the reforms on July 1. AWB managing director Gordon Davis welcomed the release of the draft laws, saying it provided growers, traders and marketers with clarity and confidence. He said the proposed system was similar to the accreditation scheme for barley exports in South Australia, which has been in place since July 2007. "The South Australian scheme was implemented quickly and smoothly following the end of the barley single desk and has been tried and tested in its first full year of operation," Mr Davis said.
Canadiens complete incredible comeback
And the Montreal Canadiens are (nearly) 100 years old and have had some great teams," noted coach Guy Carbonneau. "You have to give credit to the players. "I think last year, we would have packed it in. But we've been like this since the start of the season. That's why we haven't had any long losing streaks. It's fun to come back. It's a big boost for our team, especially at this time of year." Alex Kovalev and Mark Streit scored in the third period to tie the game and force overtime before a delirious sellout crowd announced at 21,273 - many of whom stuck it out even when Montreal was down by five. Michael Ryder scored twice in the second period to get the comeback started. The Rangers had built their lead by the 5:03 mark of the second period as a pair of their veterans made history.
Decline in US service industries heightens recession fears, sparks ...
US stock markets plunged Tuesday following the release of a report showing a sharp contraction in service sector business activity in January. All three major stock indexes were in negative territory throughout the trading session and closed at or near their lows for the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 370.03 points, a decline of 2.93 percent; the Nasdaq Composite Index lost 73.28 points, or 3.08 percent, to reach a 52-week low; and the Standard & Poors 500 Index plunged 44.18 points, or 3.20 percent. Tuesdays fall followed major declines on Monday, precipitated by analyst downgrades of banks and credit card issuers and a survey by the Federal Reserve Board showing that banks are tightening their lending standards for both consumers and businesses, even beyond real estate loans, and corporate demand for credit is weakening.
Why The Right Loves a Disaster
After Hurricane Katrina, the administration handed out tax holidays, rolled back labor standards, closed public housing projects and helped turn New Orleans into a laboratory for charter schools — all in the name of disaster "reconstruction." Given this track record, Washington lobbyists had every reason to believe that the current recession fears would provoke a new round of corporate gift-giving. Yet it seems that the public is getting wise to the tactics of disaster capitalism. Sure, the proposed $150-billion economic stimulus package is little more than a dressed-up tax cut, including a new batch of "incentives" to business. But the Democrats nixed the more ambitious GOP attempt to leverage the crisis to lock in the Bush tax cuts and go after Social Security. For the time being, it seems that a crisis created by a dogged refusal to regulate markets will not be "fixed" by giving Wall Street more public money with which to gamble.
Allen Stresses Patience To Fans
Money certainly wasn't the problem. The Bucs are still approximately $38 million under the salary cap, according to Allen. And they did target some name players. In the end, most of the big-name free agents opted to go elsewhere. Devery Henderson re-signed with New Orleans, Alge Crumpler moved on to Tennessee, Javon Walker signed with the Raiders. Allen chalked it all up to those players feeling that the other spots were better fits for them. He also suggested the Bucs' top priority was not necessarily to add playmakers. "One of the best ways to make plays is to protect your quarterback, and we think we addressed that by signing [center] Jeff Faine and [tight end] John Gilmore,'' Allen said. "And let's not forget that there are still other free agents that we're interested in.'' Wide receiver Bryant Johnson (Cardinals) is one of them.
House price carcinoma
1) That we pass laws amending the constitution that give back to the States a right they had once, to control rents. Then pass a law in New South Wales that says no dwelling with a backyard can be rented for more than five hundred dollars a week.
This would force rents down everywhere, and house prices down. If the current rule of thumb prevails, no Sydney mansion in Point Piper would cost more than $500,000 after a while, and your average hovel in Coogee with a backyard, probably, no more than $120,000. Wouldn't that be nice.
(2) That we put the GST up to 11 per cent and with the extra money establish a State Bank that lends at five per cent, and only five per cent, unvaryingly, to first home buyers, couples married for three years, or couples with at least one child, or, yes, same-sex couples who have been together for three years, up to $200,000 and no more.
Police defend use of Tasers
This year alone, we've seen a decrease in officers having to draw their weapons in very serious events, and perhaps they were able to use their Taser instead," Owen said. "Anytime we can reduce the chance of having to shoot someone, I'm in favor of it." Tasers were only one of several "less lethal" weapons that KPD began adopting in 1998 after community uproar over the deaths of four men, three of them black, in confrontations with police over a seven-month period. At first, the devices were used only by the department's Special Operations Squad, but they started being carried by supervisors in 2000 and finally were distributed to patrol officers in 2005. According to KPD statistics, Taser use has skyrocketed since they were issued to patrol officers. Tasers were only used 13 times between 1998 and 2004, but in 2005, they were used 39 times and in 2006, 79 times.
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