Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Did George Soros win 10/1 return on S&P's US credit rating downgrade? | Mail Online

Did George Soros win 10/1 return on S&P's US credit rating downgrade? | Mail Online: "A mystery investor or hedge fund reportedly made a bet of almost $1billion at odds of 10/1 last month that the U.S. would lose its AAA credit rating.

Now questions are being asked of whether the trader had inside information before placing the $850million bet in the futures market, or if the bet happened at all."

First tax-free holiday in Arkansas a boon for business | Reuters

First tax-free holiday in Arkansas a boon for business | Reuters: "Arkansans shopped until they dropped on Saturday, braving temperatures deep into the triple-digits to take advantage of the state's first sales tax holiday weekend."

Bus Driver: I Was Fired for Helping Police | NBC New York

Bus Driver: I Was Fired for Helping Police | NBC New York: "A school bus driver on Long Island is fighting to regain his job after being fired last week for being a Good Samaritan, apparently against company policy."

US helicopter crashed in Taliban trap: Afghan official - Yahoo! News

US helicopter crashed in Taliban trap: Afghan official - Yahoo! News: "The Taliban lured US forces into an elaborate trap to shoot down their helicopter, killing 30 American troops in the deadliest such incident of the war, an Afghan official said Monday."

BBC News - London rioters: 'Showing the rich we do what we want'

BBC News - London rioters: 'Showing the rich we do what we want': "Two girls who took part in Monday night's riots in Croydon have boasted that they were showing police and 'the rich' that 'we can do what we want'."

London riots: Cameron orders 16k officers to regain control, police could use plastic bullets | Mail Online

London riots: Cameron orders 16k officers to regain control, police could use plastic bullets | Mail Online: "Prime Minister David Cameron recalls Parliament on Thursday as Government tries to quell uprising
Plastic bullets could be used for the first time in Britain if there are riots tonight
'Unprecedented' 16,000 police on duty in London - compared with just 6,000 last night
Man, 26, shot in Croydon last night dies in hospital
Man, aged in his 60s, critically ill after clashing with rioters in Ealing"