Democrats in disarray under Rivera.
Democratic committee people throughout Niagara County have been increasingly dismayed by the erratic antics of party chairman Dan Rivera, and the committee's longtime vice-chair, Diane Roberts of Lewiston, has resigned her position in disgust. According to a letter sent by Roberts to committee members explaining her resignation,...

Airport Business News - Europe.
Apr 21, 2008 BAA Airports The European Investment Bank (EIB) said on Friday it planned to put the debt it extended to British airport operator BAA into a ring-fenced securitisation structure, the first creditor to sign up to a migration plan. BAA, which belongs to...

Global food prices on the rise.
The recent precipitous climb in global food prices is nothing less than "mass murder," according to UN food envoy Jean Ziegler. In a recent interview with an Austrian newspaper, Ziegler, commenting on the climb in commodities prices that have triggered food riots in Haiti and growing lines from Latin...

The Middle East exclusive business interview: in the first of a series of interviews with leading regional business and banking personalities, international economic analyst Pamela Ann Smith speaks to the chief executive officer of Kuwait's largest bank, Ibrahim Dabdoub of NBK.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE NATIONAL BANK of Kuwait (NBK) has been a pioneer in Arab banking and currently ranks among the top five banks in the Gulf with assets worth more than $27.4bn. Its chief executive officer, Ibrahim Dabdoub, has built NBK's reputation by introducing modern methods of...

Iran drops the dollar, begins selling its oil in euros.
On the last day of April, according to a CNN report, Iran's government confirmed that it has begun selling its oil in euros and in yen, something it has long threatened to do. After a failed attempt during last year's summit of OPEC leaders to persuade the cartel to...

Air Transport News.
Jun 23, 2008 Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., has introduced a bill to block a DOT plan to auction slots at New York airports. He said the slot auction will not reduce congestion and delays, and he urged the FAA to instead focus on NextGen air traffic control...

Economic bubbles: the Fed's financial control creates housing and other bubbles that burst with disastrous effect. The solution is to end central control and embrace free-market principles.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Many Americans today are understandably concerned about the state of the economy. The current recession is likely to be one of the worst in recent memory, and comes at a particularly difficult time for many Americans, just as many of the Baby Boom generation are...

RIM, RBC, and Thomson Reuters Form BlackBerry Partners Fund.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-13 May 2008-RIM, RBC, and Thomson Reuters Form BlackBerry Partners Fund(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Research In Motion (RIM), RBC, and Thomson Reuters announced plans to launch the BlackBerry Partners Fund, a US$150 million venture capital fund, to invest in mobile applications and services for the...

City's real estate market steady.
The news: The Federal Reserve Board cut interest rates down to 3 percent in January, largely because of growing concerns about a home mortgage crisis. Behind the news: Despite a drop in the real estate market nationwide, Chicago's market is still thriving. ...

Airline Finance News - North America.
Jun 23, 2008 The political debate over energy policy gained sharper partisan focus this week as President George W. Bush lined up with Republican presidential candidate John McCain in calling for more oil and gas exploration off the U.S. coasts and in oil-shale regions of the West....