News Archive for February 28 2008
Margin calls put hedge-fund industry in dire straitsThe hedge-fund industry is reeling from its worst crisis in a decade as banks are demanding more money pledged to support outstanding loans...
- Thornburg survival at stake after big margin calls
- Carlyle Capital in plea to lenders after series of missed margin calls
- Carlyle Capital can't meet margin calls
- ASX grilled ABC on margin calls
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Buddy Miles, the drummer in Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys, has died at age 60 from congestive heart disease.
- Former Hendrix drummer Buddy Miles dies
- Drummer Buddy Miles worked with Hendrix
- Buddy Miles: Flamboyant Hendrix drummer
- Buddy Miles, drummer for Jimi Hendrix, dead at 60
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(Reuters) - Broker MF Global said it recorded a bad-debt provision of about $141.5 million after one of its representatives, trading in the wheat futures market, substantially exceeded his authorized trading limit.
- MF Global records $141.5 mln bad-debt provision
- Rogue trader at MF Global rang up about $142 million in losses on unauthorized wheat trades
- MF Global: Trader Evan B. Dooley made unauthorized trades in Chicago wheat futures from Memphis office
- Rogue Wheat Trader Blamed For $141 Million Loss
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The technology that made Robert Scoble weep recently was unveiled at the TED conference yesterday. Microsoft's new WorldWide Telescope might be this year's multitouch -- that is, the breakout technology demonstration at TED. Just in time to coincide with the...
- Sneak Peek at Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope
- Microsoft WorldWide Telescope is Going to be Awesome!
- WorldWide Telescope TEDTalk -- now on TED.com!
- Video Insight into WorldWide Telescope
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LOS ANGELES - Boyd Coddington, a renowned Southern California hot-rod and custom car designer and builder who starred in the cable reality TV series "American Hot Rod," has died.
- Boyd Coddington, 63, King of Hot Rods, Dies
- TV Obits: Coddington, Rosenmen, Pingitore, Heinz
- Street Rod and Funny Car builder John Buttera succumbs to cancer
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The Pussycat Dolls, Jessica Simpson, Disturbed, Filter and DJ Z-Trip have signed on for "Operation MySpace," a Mar. 10 concert for U.S. Troops in Kuwait, which will be hosted by Carlos Mencia, according to a press release.
Study: Spanking May Lead to Sexual Problems Later in LifeChildren who are spanked or given some form of physicial punishment by their parents may be more to have sexual problems as adults, a new study finds.
"City of Men" a riveting drama of life in the slums of Rio de JaneiroWhen Fernando Meirelles' Brazilian drug-trade drama "City of God" burst upon the global film scene in 2002, it was hailed as an instant...