Finance Law

NEW YORK, Jan 03, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Two Harbors Investment Corp. /quotes/zigman/1532108/quotes/nls/two TWO +0.65% /quotes/zigman/1532148 TWO.WS +10.42% today announced that Mr. Brad Farrell assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective January 1, 2012. In September 2011, the company had previously announced that Mr. Farrell’s appointment would occur in January 2012. Mr. [...]

GULFPORT, Fla., Jan. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ – Christopher Pietruszkiewicz has been named the new dean of Stetson University College of Law in Tampa Bay, Fla. Pietruszkiewicz joins Stetson from the LSU Law Center at Louisiana State University, where he serves as vice chancellor for business and financial affairs and as the J.Y. Sanders [...]

As California’s public schools begin 2012, a series of new laws take effect that will alter classroom instruction, medical issues and financial aid for immigrant students. Here is a rundown of some of the new legislation that went into effect Jan. 1. Dream Act: The first part of California’s Dream Act, Assembly Bill 130, will [...]

A branch of Bank of America in Albany, New York, refused to let a new bride deposit her wedding checks because she kept her maiden name, her husband Pete Iorizzo wrote in the Albany Times-Union, where he covers news and sports. In his story, “Pete vs. Bank of America,” Iorizzo explains that most of the [...]

Jan. 3 (Bloomberg) — Sears Holdings Corp.’s bonds have crossed into distressed territory as its plan to close as many as 120 locations may fail to stem more than four years of declining sales and prevent it from using up cash as profitability wanes. The extra yield investors demand to hold Sears’ debt instead of [...]

Tensions occurred among students of the Istanbul University on Monday morning (2 January) when a right-wing group entered the Bezyazıt Campus in the old part of the city. 23 students were taken into police custody. According to the accounts of students, two busses of the riot forces entered the yard of the Faculty of Law. [...]

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwean police stopped a retreat of 80 clergy over claims that their prayer gathering was not given police clearance under sweeping security laws, the country’s mainstream Anglican church said Tuesday. Zimbabwe’s Anglican church has been split by a breakaway group led by a bishop close to the president, who has seized [...]

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Enlarge image Carla Smits-Nusteling Royal KPN NV Royal KPN NV, the largest Dutch phone company, said Chief Financial Officer Carla Smits-Nusteling stepped down because of disagreements over a new management structure that took effect this week and will be replaced by two interim CFOs. Royal KPN NV, the largest Dutch phone company, said Chief Financial [...]

When former California Supreme Court Judge Cruz Reynoso got a call from University of California President Mark Yudof asking if he would like to spearhead a task force to review the investigation into the UC Davis pepper-spraying incident, Reynoso said just three words: “Are you sure?” The Herald resident said he had theories as to [...]