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Social Security judge accused of disability scheme
A retired Social Security judge in West Virginia collaborated with a lawyer to improperly award disability benefits to hundreds of applicants, according to a report released Monday by congressional investigators. The report accuses retired administrative law Judge David B. Daugherty of scheming with lawyer Eric C. Conn to approve more ...
AP News in Brief at 5:58 p.m. EDT
Threat of default overtakes government shutdown as center of attention for Obama, Congress WASHINGTON (AP) — A market-rattling federal default loomed and the partial government shutdown lingered on Monday, but a gridlocked Congress betrayed little or no urgency toward resolving either of the nation's most challenging short-term economic disputes. Stocks ...
Cooper Tire, Apollo Tyres agreement grows strained
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. shares plunged Monday as its $2.2 billion deal with Apollo Tyres Ltd. becomes more uncertain. India's Apollo is seeking a lower price than the original $35 per share it offered Cooper in June because of added costs for union matters. Findlay, Ohio-based Cooper said it ...
Car rental company Hertz begins move to SW Florida
Executives at car rental company Hertz are moving to new headquarters in southwest Florida. Hertz Chairman and CEO Mark Frissora will be among the company executives starting work Monday at temporary offices in Naples. Richard Broome, the company's vice president of corporate affairs, told The News-Press (http://newspr.es/GCKXqn) about 25 company ...
Families hoard cash 5 yrs after crisis
They speak different languages, live in countries rich and poor, face horrible job markets and healthy ones. When it comes to money, though, they act as one: They're holding tight to their cash, driven more by a fear of losing what they have than a desire to add to it. ...
DOD recall, back-pay bill mark Day 5 of shutdown
For days lawmakers have debated which federal workers should be put back to work. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ended the argument Saturday for most Pentagon civilian employees, ordering nearly all 350,000 back on the job. That's a large chunk of the estimated 800,000 federal workers on furlough because of the ...
Worker dies of head injury at W.Va. coal mine
Pennsylvania-based CONSOL has identified the worker who died of a head injury at its Energy's McElroy mine in Marshall County. In a news release late Friday, CONSOL spokeswoman Lynn Seay said the worker was 62-year-old Roger R. King. It said he was a senior longwall maintenance coordinator. The West Virginia ...
4 tips for buying insurance without subsidy help
The health care overhaul is expected to help millions of uninsured obtain coverage, but that assistance has limits. Individuals who do not have the option to obtain insurance from their employer, and who make more than about $46,000 — or a family of four bringing in more than $94,200 — ...
Guam denies workers' comp to families of kayakers
Guam's labor department has denied workers' compensation to the families of five kayak tour company workers who were swept out to sea and killed in 2004. Pacific Daily News reported Friday local time (http://bit.ly/1bv0XZF ) that the Workers' Compensation Commission under the department concluded that the incident was not work-related. ...
Cuban, gov't lawyer spar at insider-trading trial
Mark Cuban says he's a follow-the-rules investor who checked with his broker to make sure that his 2004 sale of stock in an Internet company was legal. Cuban testified Thursday that he was upset when the company's CEO told him news that would reduce the value of his shares, for ...
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