| Data broker at center of Certegy storm
William "Gary" Sullivan, 54, left, walks next to one of his attorneys, Kurt Murtha, after a hearing at the Federal Court House in Tampa in February. Sullivan, who has pleaded guilty to stealing millions of consumer financial records from ex-employer Certegy Check Services, will be sentenced in federal court March 14. .
Caterpillar CEO expects record results in 2009
Earlier on Friday, Caterpillar, a U.S. bellwether, said its sales rose more than 10 percent in the latest quarter, driven by international markets, and it reported record sales and profit for the full year. "We delivered all-time record sales and revenue and all time profitability in the face of the difficult domestic market. And we did that because we have a very strong global footprint," Owens said. Owens was in Davos at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in the Swiss resort. He struck a very bullish note, thanks to strong growth in emerging markets, adding that financial markets were overplaying worries of a recession in the United States. "I think if we do have a recession, we will come out of it pretty quickly," Owens said. "The Fed has responded, pretty late maybe, but aggressively, to address the economic weakness.
A "Bradley Effect" for Blacks?
It seems highly likely that Bush knew many months ago that a new Iraq plan was needed, but delayed for fear of disrupting his overconfident Republican strategist's flat-footed midterm election strategy--even though, it seems clear now, declaring this new initiative seven months ago might have saved the Republicans in the election. ... 10:43 P.M. link Friday, January 12, 2007 It's the Hassle: Washington Monthly's Charles Peters mocks the "new proletariat" of Americans in the "$100,000-$500,000 income range," especially their agitation against the Alternative Minimum Tax. ... My impression is the main complaint against the AMT is not the extra tax it extracts but the extra paperwork hassle it imposes on those who essentially have to calculate their tax two times, using different sets of rules (or, almost as annoying, pay an accountant to do it for them) ...
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