MARI Reports Increased Incidents of Mortgage Fraud

August 25, 2008

mortgage fraudsMortgage Fraud Reports Jump 42% in US, MARI Finds

Reston, VA (RUSHPRNEWS) August 25, 2008 – Reported incidents of mortgage fraud (http://www.marisolutions.com/) in the U.S. increased by 42 percent in the first quarter of 2008 from a year ago, according to a new report released today by the Mortgage Asset Research Institute (MARI), a ChoicePoint® (NYSE: CPS) company. The report is based on data submitted by MARI subscribers about loans that were originated in the first quarter of this year and have since been classified as fraudulent. Read more

Google to Present at the Citi Investment Research Technology Conference

August 22, 2008

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (RUSHPRNEWS) August 22, 2008– Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced today that Tim Armstrong, President, Advertising & Commerce, North America, will participate in a question-and-answer session at the Citi Investment Research Technology Conference in New York. The session is scheduled for 4:05 p.m. Eastern Time / 1:05 p.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday, September 2, 2008.
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50 Cent Tops Forbes’ Hip-Hop Cash Kings List

August 18, 2008

FORBES - 50 CENTSBy Erin T. McMillon

NEW YORK (RUSHPRNEWS) AUGUST 18, 2008–The Forbes hip-hop cash kings list has become the most credible indicator of who is actually making the kind of moeny they all rap about. Last year, Jay-Z took the title of hip-hop’s top earner. This year, the ranking have changed as 50 Cent is laughing all of the way to the “Piggy Bank” in the top spot.

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Stephan Gemkow, Lufthansa’s Chief Financial Officer, Elected to JetBlue’s Board of Directors

August 18, 2008

NEW YORK,  (RUSHPRNEWS) Aug. 18, 2008– JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq:JBLU) today announces the election of Stephan Gemkow to the Board of Directors. Mr. Gemkow, the Chief Financial Officer of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, is the second director nominated to the JetBlue Board of Directors by Lufthansa in connection with Lufthansa’s investment in JetBlue, and joins the 10 other members of the Board of Directors. Read more

Microsoft Research Asia Celebrates Ten Years of Collaboration

August 14, 2008

BILL GATESBill Gates Joins Microsoft Research Asia and Academic Leaders at 10th Anniversary Innovation Forum to Recognize Partnerships and Share Vision for Global Innovation.

HONG KONG (RUSHPRNEWS) Aug. 14, 2008 - Microsoft Research (MSR) Asia hosted its 10th Anniversary Innovation Forum in Hong Kong on Aug. 12 to celebrate a decade of ground-breaking work alongside Asia’s burgeoning IT talents and academic communities. Read more

Obama Campaign Statement on the New Trade Deficit Numbers

August 13, 2008

Chicago, IL August 13, 2008– Statement from Jason Furman, Obama Campaign Economic Policy Director, on the new trade deficit numbers: “While Senator McCain may believe that the small reduction in the trade deficit represents great progress in an economy he thinks is doing just fine, Barack Obama believes that America can do better than a $693 billion trade deficit over the last year. Read more

Yahoo! Launches Fire Eagle

August 13, 2008

New Platform Enables Users to Easily Update and Manage Their ocation Information Across the Web

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug 13, 2008 (RUSHPRNEWS) — Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today announced the general availability of Fire Eagle (http://fireeagle.yahoo.net), an open platform that helps users take their location to the Web while giving them the ability to easily control how and where their location data is shared. Read more

Yahoo! and POLITICO Partner with The Denver Post and The Pioneer Press to Host Convention Events

August 12, 2008

EVENT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND THE MEDIA

SUNNYVALE, Calif. & ARLINGTON, Va.,(RUSHPRNEWS)Aug 12, 2008 — Yahoo! (Nasdaq:YHOO) and POLITICO announced today that they will team up with The Denver Post and St. Paul Pioneer Press to hold a series of public forums during the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Colorado and Republican National Convention in Minnesota. Read more

Report: India isn’t just for outsourcing anymore

August 11, 2008

engineersMASSACHUSETTS (RUSHPRNEWS)AUGUST 11, 2008 - India is starting to assert itself as a center of high-tech innovation, according to a study set to be released Monday morning.

A talent pool of engineers working in research and development that barely existed 15 years ago has blossomed to 250,000 people, more than 140,000 just in Bangalore, said Vamsee Tirukkala, co-founder of the consulting company Zinnov, which conducted the study. That’s second only to Silicon Valley. And as Indian ex-patriots return home and new college graduates stay home rather than read to regions such as Silicon Valley, as they have in the past, those numbers are only expected to grow, Tirukkala said. Read more

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