Solyndra loan rework favored donors over taxpayers
Federal records show the Obama administration restructured Solyndra Inc. loan guarantees to let private investors including a political fundraiser be repaid before taxpayers if Solyndra bankrupts. Solyndra, once touted as a model for green energy, still filed for Chapter 11 with about 1,100 employees laid off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Obama
Barack Obama
Solyndra Inc
Solyndra
Fremont
Calif
Associated Press
Cliff Stearns
R-Fla
Energy Department
Kingpins Pets Seized Spawn Mexico Zoo Influx
Exotic animals once kept by drug cartel leaders flood Mexican zoos as authorities seize lions tigers and hundreds of other creatures from hideouts and private estates. The Zacango Zoo near Mexico City hosts monkeys lions and panthers moved from cartel holdings amid limited resources and rising welfare concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ToLuca
Mexico
Jesus
Zambada
Sinaloa
Mexico City
Zacango Zoo
Manlio Nucamendi
Pan
Attorney General’s Office
Adrian Reuter Cortes
The
World Wildlife Fund
Pablo Escobar
Colombia
Mexican Zetas Cartel
Markets end week on hopeful note amid Europe debt talks
The stock market posted its second best week in a year as Europe debt problems neared resolution. The Dow rose 0.7 percent to 11,509.09 after a 75 point gain. S&P 500 gained 5.4 percent for the week, the largest weekly rise since early July. The rally followed coordinated central bank action to back European lenders with dollar liquidity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Treasury
Timothy Geithner
Poland
Greece
Standard & Poor
Friday Market Figures End Week With Mixed Grains Oil Gains
Dow adds 75.91 points to 11,509.09 while Nasdaq rises to 2,622.31 and the S P 500 moves to 1,216.01. Tenure yields slip 0.01 to 3.34 percent. Corn falls 9 cents to 6.92, soybeans drop 3.25 cents to 13.56, wheat slips to 7.84, and crude oil loses 1.44 to 87.96.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow Industrials
Chicago
Kansas City
New York
Obama signs overhaul of U S patent system
President Obama signed the America Invents Act to overhaul the U S patent process boosting funding for the patent office cutting wait times from three years to about one year for fast reviews. The law shifts from first to invent to first to file aiming to reduce backlogs and spur innovation and job creation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obama
U.S
Washington
Barack Obama
Patent Office
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Congress
David Kappos
Also Mentioned on This Page
USA
Fabian
Seafood,co
Py I
Arnulfo Franco
Zacango
S&p
Kappos
Lawrence M-F
Sun
Howare Pine’s
Richmond
Frontier Furniturelle
Drs. Segebrecht, Dinsdale and Reussner
Lawrence
Ottawa
Topeka
Emporia
Massachusetts
Kansas
Ea OR Peel Cop
CALL
Ene Ea CM Usted Ay
Castle Tea Room
Massachusetts Street
Liz Kundin
Iowa Street
Suite
Liz.kundin
Edwardjones.com
Www
Edwa
Jones.com
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!