http://news.america-travelers.com Copyright 2006 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:06:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.2.2 http://news.america-travelers.com/606/bank-of-america-settles-nyc-probe/ http://news.america-travelers.com/606/bank-of-america-settles-nyc-probe/#comments Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:06:01 +0000 America News http://news.america-travelers.com/606/bank-of-america-settles-nyc-probe/ Bank of America Settles NYC Probe Bank of America Corp. has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a New York City investigation into the banks anti-money-laundering procedures. At a press conference, Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau said Bank of America failed to adequately assess the risk of certain customers. Morgenthau ... http://news.america-travelers.com/606/bank-of-america-settles-nyc-probe/feed/ http://news.america-travelers.com/605/nabi-retains-banc-of-america-securities/ http://news.america-travelers.com/605/nabi-retains-banc-of-america-securities/#comments Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:03:48 +0000 America News http://news.america-travelers.com/605/nabi-retains-banc-of-america-securities/ Nabi Retains Banc of America Securities Drug developer Nabi Pharmaceuticals said Wednesday that Banc of America Securities LLC will advise it on future strategy, including licensing agreements, joint ventures and the possible sale of the company. The move came a day after Third Point LLC, which owns 9.5 percent of the ... http://news.america-travelers.com/605/nabi-retains-banc-of-america-securities/feed/ http://news.america-travelers.com/604/golf-americas-star-mangled-banner/ http://news.america-travelers.com/604/golf-americas-star-mangled-banner/#comments Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:43:02 +0000 America News http://news.america-travelers.com/604/golf-americas-star-mangled-banner/ Golf: Americas star-mangled banner Sandy Lyles tongue happened to be nowhere near his cheek when he suggested yesterday that Europe should be handicapped in future Ryder Cups and that maybe the United States could be allowed to pick Canadians as well to ensure the matches are more even. Ian Woosnams assistant ... http://news.america-travelers.com/604/golf-americas-star-mangled-banner/feed/ http://news.america-travelers.com/603/weemees-travel-to-north-america/ http://news.america-travelers.com/603/weemees-travel-to-north-america/#comments Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:37:08 +0000 America News http://news.america-travelers.com/603/weemees-travel-to-north-america/ WeeMees travel to North America Internet users in the US and Canada can now use a personalised online identity called WeeMee after a Glasgow company signed a deal with AOL. WeeWorld will include its WeeMees on AOL instant messenger - making it available to several hundred million users in North America ... http://news.america-travelers.com/603/weemees-travel-to-north-america/feed/ http://news.america-travelers.com/602/road-america-cte-racing-hvm-race-report/ http://news.america-travelers.com/602/road-america-cte-racing-hvm-race-report/#comments Tue, 26 Sep 2006 04:34:26 +0000 America News http://news.america-travelers.com/602/road-america-cte-racing-hvm-race-report/ Road America: CTE Racing HVM race report Sundays 51-lap race featured mixed emotions for the CTE Racing HVM team as the team experienced the highs and lows of Racing at Road America. Dan Clarke and Nelson Philippe finished the Champ Car Grand Prix sixth and 14th despite leading the pack. Rookie ... http://news.america-travelers.com/602/road-america-cte-racing-hvm-race-report/feed/ http://news.america-travelers.com/601/what-next-for-americas-star-mangled-banner/ http://news.america-travelers.com/601/what-next-for-americas-star-mangled-banner/#comments Tue, 26 Sep 2006 04:31:38 +0000 America News http://news.america-travelers.com/601/what-next-for-americas-star-mangled-banner/ What next for Americas star-mangled banner? Sandy Lyles tongue happened to be nowhere near his cheek when he suggested yesterday that Europe should be handicapped in future Ryder Cups and that maybe America could be allowed to pick Canadians as well to ensure the matches are more even. Ian Woosnams ... http://news.america-travelers.com/601/what-next-for-americas-star-mangled-banner/feed/ http://news.america-travelers.com/600/road-america-rusport-race-report/ http://news.america-travelers.com/600/road-america-rusport-race-report/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2006 05:00:06 +0000 America News http://news.america-travelers.com/600/road-america-rusport-race-report/ Road America: RuSPORT race report An afternoon filled with yellow flags, spins and crashes saw Justin Wilson (#9 CDW / RuSPORT Ford-Cosworth / Lola / Bridgestone) take fifth place in the Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America. The result earned Wilson his ninth finish in the top five of the ... http://news.america-travelers.com/600/road-america-rusport-race-report/feed/ http://news.america-travelers.com/599/europe-united-in-state-of-animosity-towards-america/ http://news.america-travelers.com/599/europe-united-in-state-of-animosity-towards-america/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2006 04:54:55 +0000 America News http://news.america-travelers.com/599/europe-united-in-state-of-animosity-towards-america/ Europe united in state of animosity towards America Our correspondent suggests that the events underlying negative makes it enthralling AND then I thought, with a sudden, ghastly shock: My God! This must be what its like to be a Celt! I was thinking like the sort of Celtic sports fan who ... http://news.america-travelers.com/599/europe-united-in-state-of-animosity-towards-america/feed/ http://news.america-travelers.com/598/south-americas-coldest-presidential-election/ http://news.america-travelers.com/598/south-americas-coldest-presidential-election/#comments Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:12:39 +0000 America News http://news.america-travelers.com/598/south-americas-coldest-presidential-election/ South Americas coldest presidential election Paulo Rabello de Castro, a University of Chicago-trained economist and one of Brazils wittiest thinkers, has called the countrys Oct 1 presidential election a choice between more of the same and the same without more. This is light years away from the strong emotions presidential elections ... http://news.america-travelers.com/598/south-americas-coldest-presidential-election/feed/ http://news.america-travelers.com/597/road-america-friday-qualifying-report/ http://news.america-travelers.com/597/road-america-friday-qualifying-report/#comments Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:09:23 +0000 America News http://news.america-travelers.com/597/road-america-friday-qualifying-report/ Road America: Friday qualifying report Dan Clarke (#14 CTE Racing -- HVM Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) earned his racing stripes running in the British Isles and on the tracks of Europe, where racing in the rain is an common part of a drivers upbringing. But on a rainy Friday in Elkhart Lake, Clarkes ability ... http://news.america-travelers.com/597/road-america-friday-qualifying-report/feed/ http://news.america-travelers.com/596/willis-group-names-north-america-ceo/ http://news.america-travelers.com/596/willis-group-names-north-america-ceo/#comments Fri, 22 Sep 2006 05:17:32 +0000 America News http://news.america-travelers.com/596/willis-group-names-north-america-ceo/ Willis Group Names North America CEO Global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings Ltd. said Thursday that Don Bailey is the new chief executive of Willis North America. Bailey, 41, is currently chief operating officer of Willis North America. He succeeds Mario P. Vitale, 50, who moves to Zurich Financial Services as chief ... http://news.america-travelers.com/596/willis-group-names-north-america-ceo/feed/ http://news.america-travelers.com/595/americas-400-richest/ http://news.america-travelers.com/595/americas-400-richest/#comments Fri, 22 Sep 2006 05:06:09 +0000 America News http://news.america-travelers.com/595/americas-400-richest/ Americas 400 Richest A nine-figure fortune wont get you much mention these days, at least not on these pages. This year, for the first time, everyone in The Forbes 400 has at least $1 billion. The collective net worth of the nations wealthiest climbed $120 billion, to $1.25 trillion. Surging real ... http://news.america-travelers.com/595/americas-400-richest/feed/ http://news.america-travelers.com/594/air-products-to-increase-product-prices-in-north-america/ http://news.america-travelers.com/594/air-products-to-increase-product-prices-in-north-america/#comments Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:48:58 +0000 America News http://news.america-travelers.com/594/air-products-to-increase-product-prices-in-north-america/ Air Products to increase product prices in North America Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (APD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday said it will raise schedule pricing on liquid-bulk oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen by 10 percent, and argon and helium by 20 percent for merchant and government customers in North America. The industrial ... http://news.america-travelers.com/594/air-products-to-increase-product-prices-in-north-america/feed/ http://news.america-travelers.com/593/big-guns-could-fire-america/ http://news.america-travelers.com/593/big-guns-could-fire-america/#comments Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:44:37 +0000 America News http://news.america-travelers.com/593/big-guns-could-fire-america/ Big guns could fire America America are a decent bet at generally available odds of 5-4 to wrest back the Ryder Cup from Europe at the K Club in Ireland, starting on Friday morning. Having lost four of the past five times, the Americans are underdogs as they try to beat Europe ... http://news.america-travelers.com/593/big-guns-could-fire-america/feed/ http://news.america-travelers.com/592/venezuela-bank-expands-in-latin-america/ http://news.america-travelers.com/592/venezuela-bank-expands-in-latin-america/#comments Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:41:55 +0000 America News http://news.america-travelers.com/592/venezuela-bank-expands-in-latin-america/ Venezuela Bank Expands in Latin America Venezuelas state development bank plans to open branches in Bolivia, Honduras, Guatemala and Haiti, the bank president said Wednesday. We foresee opening offices in Haiti, Guatemala and Honduras, said Edgard Hernandez Behrens who heads the Bank of Economic and Social Development, or Bandes, which is ... http://news.america-travelers.com/592/venezuela-bank-expands-in-latin-america/feed/ http://news.america-travelers.com/591/road-america-rocketsports-racing-preview/ http://news.america-travelers.com/591/road-america-rocketsports-racing-preview/#comments Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:38:36 +0000 America News http://news.america-travelers.com/591/road-america-rocketsports-racing-preview/ Road America: Rocketsports Racing preview Rocketsports Racing has three factors that add to the equation which should equal better results at Road America for the team: a race win, a veteran Champ Car driver, and a driver who has previous history of top success in various racecars. This event will mark ... http://news.america-travelers.com/591/road-america-rocketsports-racing-preview/feed/ http://news.america-travelers.com/590/appeals-court-rejects-eviction-of-bank-of-america-securities-unit/ http://news.america-travelers.com/590/appeals-court-rejects-eviction-of-bank-of-america-securities-unit/#comments Tue, 19 Sep 2006 04:59:46 +0000 America News http://news.america-travelers.com/590/appeals-court-rejects-eviction-of-bank-of-america-securities-unit/ Appeals court rejects eviction of Bank of America securities unit NEW YORK A New York appeals court has refused to permit the eviction of the Bank of Americas securities unit from its Manhattan offices. The ruling comes in a case in which landlord Solow Building Company tried to evict Bank of America ... http://news.america-travelers.com/590/appeals-court-rejects-eviction-of-bank-of-america-securities-unit/feed/ http://news.america-travelers.com/589/thyssenkrupp-wants-fast-sale-of-n-america-unit/ http://news.america-travelers.com/589/thyssenkrupp-wants-fast-sale-of-n-america-unit/#comments Tue, 19 Sep 2006 04:56:16 +0000 America News http://news.america-travelers.com/589/thyssenkrupp-wants-fast-sale-of-n-america-unit/ ThyssenKrupp wants fast sale of N. America unit German steel and industrial group ThyssenKrupp (TKAG.DE: Quote, Profile, Research) has reaffirmed it expects to soon conclude the sale of its loss-making North American automotive body and chassis business. In remarks over the weekend which were embargoed for Monday, management board member Olaf Berlien ... http://news.america-travelers.com/589/thyssenkrupp-wants-fast-sale-of-n-america-unit/feed/ http://news.america-travelers.com/588/red-america-has-edsall-blue/ http://news.america-travelers.com/588/red-america-has-edsall-blue/#comments Mon, 18 Sep 2006 05:24:37 +0000 America News http://news.america-travelers.com/588/red-america-has-edsall-blue/ Red America has Edsall blue WASHINGTON — In this autumn of their discontent, Republicans tremble as November nears.But now comes yet another book by a gloomy liberal anticipating permanent Republican dominance.Thomas B.Edsall of The New Republic, in Building Red America: The New Conservative Coalition and the Drive for Permanent Power, argues ... http://news.america-travelers.com/588/red-america-has-edsall-blue/feed/ http://news.america-travelers.com/587/crackdowns-elsewhere-underscore-americas-precious-freedom/ http://news.america-travelers.com/587/crackdowns-elsewhere-underscore-americas-precious-freedom/#comments Mon, 18 Sep 2006 05:18:42 +0000 America News http://news.america-travelers.com/587/crackdowns-elsewhere-underscore-americas-precious-freedom/ Crackdowns elsewhere underscore Americas precious freedom On the anniversary of 9/11, there was a lot of talk about persevering in the War on Terror, with Iraq as the front line in our fight to defend freedom and spread our political values. While Americans were being exhorted to stay the course, the ... http://news.america-travelers.com/587/crackdowns-elsewhere-underscore-americas-precious-freedom/feed/