While Democrats in Congress look to recoup $165 million in bonus money paid to executives at American International Group Inc., three local bankers chimed in on what they considered a perfect storm of rampant greed on Wall Street and negligence on Capitol Hill. ...more

March 18, 2009

What's in a name? If Sci Fi becomes Syfy will viewers be able to find it? A name change is in the works for the Sci Fi Channel. NBC Universal, which owns the science fiction and fantasy network, is set to announce today Sci Fi and its companion Web site (scifi.com) to morph into Syfy — pronounced the same as "Sci Fi" — on July 7. ...more

March 16, 2009

Two Bay area youth soccer organizations are feeling a money pinch because a company they use to process registrations has run into financial problems. ...more

January 8, 2009

Two bay area youth soccer organizations are feeling a money pinch because a company they use to process registrations has run into financial problems. The problem centers on a firm called "Count Me In," or CMI, in Bellevue, Wash. The firm handles administration duties for all kinds of athletic teams, including soccer, baseball and ski clubs. Parents use the company's Web site to register players and pay club dues. ...more

January 2, 2009

Three of the nation's major Internet service providers have agreed to block customer access to newsgroups and Web sites that offer child pornography, according to an agreement announced Tuesday by the New York attorney general's office. ...more

June 11, 2008

An investigation of college study-abroad programs by the New York attorney general's office has expanded to include 15 colleges and universities, among them Harvard, Brown and Columbia, according to a senior lawyer in the office. ...more

January 21, 2008