First Coast Families Invest $15.7 Million In Nationwide Scheme
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JACKSONVILLE, FL -- In a complaint filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Learn Waterhouse&#39;s bank scheme promised investors returns of five to 50-percent a month on a minimum investment of $10,000.
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By MICHELLE MILLHOLLON  The Blanco administration is creating an Internet money trail for the billions of dollars flowing into the state for hurricane recovery.
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By Paul Rogers, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep. 20--Millions of Californians spent the summer relaxing on public beaches, hiking in redwood parks and boating on lakes.   Those activities were made possible by the investments of past generations.
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By Josh Gelinas< South Carolina Bureau Chief  AIKEN - The county's new cable provider, Atlantic Broadband, shed the  name of its predecessor Tuesday and outlined how it is spending $7 million  to improve television, Internet and phone services in Aiken and its  surrounding communities.
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By PHIL DAVIS  ESTERO, Fla. - An unexpected $10 million congressional earmark might seem like money from heaven for a fast-growing county needing billions for transportation improvements. Not when it comes to Coconut Road.
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By Sam Taylor, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Jun. 21--WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Whatcom County Executive Pete Kremen this week joined a team of officials representing the nation's counties to encourage national leaders to fully fund important issues facing counties.
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By David Ranii, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 10--More than 2 1/2 years after the nonprofit Golden LEAF Foundation agreed to invest $30 million in a venture capital fund with local ties, that fund has yet to invest any money in a North Carolina business.
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Legislative leaders approved $591 million in state spending Monday to restore health care for the needy but let deep cutbacks in the Children&#39;s Health Insurance Program stand.
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U.S. real estate investment trust  Heritage Property Investment Trust, Inc.  said on Sunday  it had agreed to be bought by Australia's Centro Properties  Group  for around $1.7 billion.
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Independent research by two statisticians found buyers saved $7 billion that they might have otherwise been ready to pay.
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The federal Labor leader has promised to spend $1.6 billion boosting child care, including providing a free day of care each week for some children.
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Research to develop new and improved treatments for cancer was given a further boost with the announcement of $1.9 million ( 1.1 million) a year to fund fifteen international fellowships.
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The House approved a government insurance program on Tuesday that commits Washington to paying for most of the damage in the event of a terrorist attack in the next seven years.
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A $1.7 million scam involving the retirement money of 141 teachers doesn't go unpunished.
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President Bush viewed it as one of his most elegant ideas: Allow anyone to put $5,000 per year into a "Lifetime Savings Account," pay no taxes on the earnings, and withdraw the money at any time, for any reason. The architect of the plan, an assistant secretary of the Treasury named Pamela Olson, said last year: "We'd like ...
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The Scottish Executive undertakes a cost-cutting drive in an effort to save Â£750m a year.
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The British government pledged 15 million pounds (21.3 million euros, 28.9 million dollars) for the aid effort to help survivors of the tidal waves which have devastated Asian coastlines.