Excerpt: Putting your financial house in order (CNN)

If you're a NASCAR driver, you can't afford to be leaking fuel on the track. You won't be able to get the power you need. You won't be able to drive as far. You'll have to keep pulling over for more gas while your competitors accelerate around the track.

Bombardier Wins $2 Billion Deutsche Bahn Order Pledge (Update3) (Bloomberg)

Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Bombardier Inc. , the world?s second- largest trainmaker by sales, won a pledge from Deutsche Bahn AG , Germany?s state-owned railway, to order 800 double-decker train cars worth as much as 1.5 billion euros ($2.04 billion).

Jacobs Builds Its Order Backlog (Forbes)

The engineering and consulting firm announced three new project contracts.

Satyam Revelation Rocks Indian Markets (Forbes)

Company's chair resigns, confessing to having falsified the company's accounts for several years in order to forestall a takeover.

India Hot Stocks:Gujarat NRE up on hopes of export order (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

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Domino?s Says Profit Will Beat Estimates on Openings (Update2) (Bloomberg)

Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Domino?s Pizza U.K. & Ireland Plc , Britain?s largest pizza-delivery chain, said annual profit will beat analysts? estimates as sliding consumer confidence leads Britons to order takeaway food rather than eat at restaurants.

NYU Obtains Order Against Merkin Over Madoff Losses (Update2) (Bloomberg)

The university asked New York State Supreme Court Justice Richard Lowe in Manhattan today to restrain Merkin, along with his Gabriel Capital LP fund and Ariel Fund Ltd., from withdrawing, liquidating or dissolving assets.

NYU Wins Extension Against Merkin Over Madoff Losses (Update4) (Bloomberg)

New York State Supreme Court Justice Richard Lowe in Manhattan today extended an order restraining Merkin, along with his Gabriel Capital LP fund and Ariel Fund Ltd., from withdrawing, liquidating or dissolving assets. Lowe also set a Feb. 17 hearing to consider a preliminary injunction on the ban.

Nigeria: Ojo Maduekwe Risks Arrest Over 2009 Budget (AllAfrica.com)

The House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs has threatened to order the Inspector General of Police to arrest the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo Maduekwe if he fails to appear before it today to defend the ministry's 2009 budget proposal.

Nigeria: 2009 Budget - National Assembly Means Well - Makarfi (AllAfrica.com)

Kaduna ? Immediate past governor of Kaduna State and a serving Senator representing Kaduna north senatorial district, Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, has stated that the National Assembly means well for the nation regarding the 2009 appropriation budget, and that the budget was quickly passed into law in order to cushion economic hardship being faced by Nigerians.

Mayor Funky asks for payouts to high powered Black politicos today...

When people ask what happened to Mayor Funky's skills as City Auditor . . . Or his promises to be "smart with the money" They might remember the shameful political payoff scheme that's being touted today.

Wahaha Welcomes New Adjudication Order From the High Court of British Virgin Islands; KPMG is Out

Wahaha Welcomes New Adjudication Order From the High Court of British Virgin Islands; KPMG is Out 20:32 PR Newswire Asia a a HANGZHOU, China, Jan.

European Union issues 24hour deadline for Russia to restore gas supplies

The European Union has issued Russia with a 24-hour deadline to restore gas supplies after all deliveries through Ukraine were stopped.

Terrorism laws used on train spotters

THOUSANDS of train spotters are being quizzed as potential terrorists at railway stations across the region, it was revealed yesterday.

All the president's men

George W Bush has awarded medals to Tony Blair a ' and some of the world's most ineffectual leaders.

'Fear' takes its eliminations seriously

I've often been struck by the similarities between ''reality'' shows like '' The Bachelor '' and haunted house horror movies.

Obafemi Martins escapes driving ban for speeding

Premiership footballer Obafemi Martins has escaped a driving ban for speeding more than 30 miles per hour over the limit in his Porsche.

McGowan Circle celebrates 115 years

Laura E. McGowan Circle recently celebrated its 115th anniversary with a luncheon meeting.

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