| Payday loan's hook a sinker
Clara Cichosz of Littleton couldn't stop pumping coins into the slot machines. The spinning dials, the electronic bells, and the occasional clank of a jackpot had hypnotized her. She started going to Black Hawk without her friends, so she could be alone with the machines. "I called myself a slot slut," she said. "I am a compulsive gambler." Despite working for a large telecommunications company for more than 30 years, Cichosz plunged headlong into bankruptcy in 2000. Her credit destroyed, she turned to payday lenders. "Sometimes I would get a payday loan just to gamble, hoping that I would win," she said. "Of course, what happens is you don't win." Eventually, she found herself taking out payday loans to pay off payday loans. She's now in a couple of 12-step programs trying to recover as debt collectors drag her into court and hound her at work for payments.
ROAD WARRIOR Q&A: Day In-Day Out On Sinatra
Sunday through 5 a.m. Friday weekly, the Nevada Department of Transportation announced. The right lane and shoulder may be closed as workers restripe the freeway to add another lane between Craig and Centennial. The $2.4 million project is expected to be finished by June.
Blue Diamond Road will be detoured on a new two-lane road between Torrey Pines Drive and Decatur Boulevard to allow work on the Blue Diamond Road widening project, according to the Department of Transportation. Motorists should watch for traffic controls. The detour is expected to last through the summer.
The Las Vegas public works department announced that gas line work being done on Durango Drive between Tropical Parkway and Centennial Parkway should wrap up by March 25. Road work being done at the intersection of Eastern Avenue and Bonanza Road should be done by Saturday.
Oyster Bar gets speedy for lunch
If you're always pressed for time at lunch, the Oyster Bar north feels your pain. That's why the eatery at 1509 W. Dupont Road is serving "OB Express" lunch specials for $8.25, including beverage. The specials are: Monday, salmon cakes; Tuesday, steak burger (for the bargain price of $2 plus beverage); Wednesday, meatloaf; Thursday, pork piccata; and Friday, all-you-can-eat fried perch. The Oyster Bar also updated its regular lunch menu with dishes including prime rib panini, Thai crab cakes, chicken pomodoro, roasted chipotle salmon, Thai seafood fettuccini, Ocala salad (peppered beef tips, spinach, strawberries, mandarin oranges, almonds, onions, bleu cheese and vinaigrette), a chipotle burger and a barbecue burger. Prices range from $6.25 to $11.95. Other menu mainstays include fried oysters, seafood au gratin, pecan chicken, pork tenderloin and Cobb salad.
2 Isle banks could gain tens of millions from Visa's IPO
Hawai'i's two largest banks could gain tens of millions of dollars from Visa Inc.'s $17 billion public offering later this month. According to a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Bank of Hawaii Corp. owns 900,000 shares of restricted Visa stock, which it received last October as a member of the San Francisco-based credit card network. First Hawaiian Bank also owns shares in Visa, but the privately held company did not disclose the size of its holdings. Visa's March 19 public offering is expected to be the largest ever IPO in the country, with more than 406 million shares expected to be sold at a price between $37 and $42. Allan Landon, Bank of Hawaii's chief executive officer, said the company plans to hold on to most of its shares but may have to redeem some stock.
Ferguson's tenure is over, MLSE's structure to change?
You have to ask the question though, do we love them because they give us something to complain about. How many blogs do you see with this much attention writing about how great Detroit is playing? Keep your stick on the ice Leaf fans, it doesn't look good. :0) .
Repossessions rise more than 20 per cent to eight-year high
They are in turn finding it difficult to maintain payments. On top of this, we are all paying more to live."However, he added that the property market as a whole was seeing less turbulence than had been expected.The latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders show that overall, fewer than one in 400 mortgages led to a home being repossessed during 2007 – that's less than half the level seen during the first half of the 1990s.At the same time, the predicted increase in repossessions during the course of 2007 failed to materialise, with just 13,500 homes taken over by lenders during the final six months of .
The Breakdown of Wall Street Alchemy
The investments at issue are so-called auction-rate securities, instruments at the center of the latest squeeze in the credit markets. Goldman, Lehman, Merrill Lynch and other banks have been telling investors the market for these securities is frozen -- and so is their cash. The banks typically pitch these securities to corporations and wealthy individuals as safe alternatives to cash... The bonds are, in fact, long-term securities. But the banks hold weekly or monthly auctions to set the interest rates and give holders the option of selling the securities. Only this week almost 1,000 of these auctions failed. The banks also refused to support the auctions, leaving many investors wondering when they will get their money back. 'Investors have lost confidence in the liquidity of these instruments,' said G.
Mike Deeson, Senior Reporter
Mike is active in several community events. For several years he hosted the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon in both Norfolk and Tampa. In addition to daily news stories, Mike is a songwriter. He wrote the title song Way Too Hot to Handle on Gene Garrett's debut album, Way Too Hot! And he has several songs signed with publishers in Nashville and Los Angeles. Mike has written numerous songs that have aired in news stories including Lotto Fever; Magic In The Air; Everyone's Home For Christmas and Got To Keep The Bucs in Tampa Bay. Mike has also written several other songs in the country, pop and children category. In his free time, Mike is an avid golfer. Mike and his wife Laurie live in Tampa with their two children Andrew and Megan. .
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