Ben Bernake Warns against Raising Interest Rates too soon

    Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned the American public of the risks associated with raising interest rates too soon. Mr. Bernanke also urged the U.S. Congress to do more to help the economy.    The United States’ economy is doing far better than it was a year ago, but Bernanke wants ...

Home Sales Continue to Rise

  Home sales continue to rise in April, according to the latest information on the housing recovery offered from an industry trade group.  The National Association of Realtors reported home sales climbed up 0.6 percent to annual rate of just under 5 million homes. Compared to last year, the pace of sales was up almost ...

Not So Sunny: SEC Charges City of South Miami with Fraud

  The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged South Miami with defrauding bond investors regarding the tax-exempt financing eligibility of a mixed-use paring and retail structure being constructed in its downtown commercial area.  The SEC investigation found that the city of approximately 11,000 residents located ...

John Riordan: Misconceptions about Criminal Defense Attorneys

West Palm Beach, FL— John Riordan, a partner at Kelley Kronenberg in West Palm Beach, knows that the public often misunderstands criminal defense attorneys.  “Often I find that the general public has misconceptions about Criminal Defense lawyers and what we do,” Riordan told laws-info.com in ...

Immigration Nation - The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund on Immigration Reform

The Gang of Eight’s immigration reform legislation has come under further scrutiny. 300 amendments to the 844 page bill have been proposed by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The most ambitious goals of some of the amendments were to dismember the provisions in the bill for creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants ...

Reputable Criminal Defense Attorney John Trevena Talks Crime and Punishment

Largo, FL—While many defense attorneys would say that murder cases are the most complex cases to work on, John Trevena begs to differ. “In my experience, I would say that DUI Manslaughter cases are the most complex, because sometimes you are representing people who have no criminal history, but are facing a double ...

Apple Facing the Heat: Tech Giant Questioned over Tax Havens

    Apple executives defended the tech giant’s tax strategy on Capitol hill today, claiming that the corporation pays one of the highest effective tax rates of any major company in the United States.    A Senate panel called the hearing to investigate what committee leader’s claims was the ...

Gay Marriage Passes in the House of Commons

  Gay Marriage Passes in the House of Commons   The House of Commons voted to permit gay marriage in Wales and England, despite 161 members of Parliament opposing the British government’s plans.    Several Tory Members of Parliament spoke openly against the bill, which have caused a rift in ...

President Obama Responds to Devastating Tornados in Oklahoma

    At least 24 people, including nine schoolchildren, were killed when a massive tornado hit an area outside Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon.    At least seven of the children killed were students at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma. Emergency respondents today continued to sift through ...

Environmental Protection Agency to Award $569 Million in Funding to Areas Impacted by Hurricane Sandy

    The United States Environmental Protection Agency announced that will provide grants of $340 million to New York and $229 million to New Jersey for improvements to drinking water treatment facilities that were impacted by Hurricane Sandy. These funds will help storm-ravaged communities in both states as they continue ...

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