Topic: Bob Riley

In Washington, school buses in path of budget ax

0 . The yellow school bus could become another victim of the Great Recession in some parts of Washington.. . Gov. Chris Gregoire doesn't want to...

Ala gambling trial judge to jurors: keep talking

0 . The federal judge in Alabama's gambling corruption trial on Tuesday instructed jurors to keeping deliberating after they told him they had...
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'Next hot body' crowned at The Box

In a battle of the beauties, a willowy blond from Alabama bested a Jets cheerleader from Long Island to win a national search for the "next hot...

Obama should step in over Gulf spill fund: Alabama government

ATLANTA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama should intervene to stop the $20 billion BP oil spill compensation fund from depriving claimants of their rights, Alabama Governor Bob Riley said on Monday, calling the way the fund was operating "extortion."The fund, set up ...
Bush on Katrina: `Heck of a job' remark about embattled FEMA chief based on a governor's wordsFormer President George W. Bush says a phrase that haunted him after Hurricane Katrina — "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job" — was inspired ...
The article reports that the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee plans to hold five hearings in October 2008 to examine the regulatory mistakes and financial excesses that led to the turmoil that has hit the financial markets in the U.S ...

Jefferson County OKs SevenDay Forbearance Extension

The article reports that Jefferson County commissioners voted three to two to approved a seven-day extension of its forbearance agreements with banks and swap counterparties at the request of Alabama Governor Bob Riley. It states that Riley met individually with each commissioner ...
The article reports on the move of Syncora Holdings Ltd. to hire J. P. Morgan Chase Co. as an adviser on its bond insurers subisdiary Syncora Guarantee Inc.'s negotiations with bank counterparties in the U.S. "Wall Street is greedy; it ...

Jefferson County OKs Forbearance Pacts Works at Restructuring

The article reports on the unanimous approval granted by the Jefferson County, Alabama Commission to the new forbearance agreements delaying swap and debt payments to creditors, while trying to negotiate an agreement to restructure the county's $3.2 billion of sewer ...