Archive for November, 2008

Times-Picayune meeting – City Council ends Bitter grants with The – deferred NOLA.com
Times-Picayune meeting – City Council ends Bitter grants with The – deferred NOLA.com
<a href="http://www.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/6i-0&fd=R&url=http://www.wwltv.com/topstories/stories/wwl101508mlrecovery.11881f146.html&cid=1258689908&ei=ELX4SNG4Ip-EyQTX-rSRCQ&usg=AFQjCNFl8NKYlMwp52N7jlkQv1BcxdAKaQ"><br>WWL</a><br><a href="http://www.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/6-0&fd=R&url=http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/10/bitter_city_council_meeting_en.html&cid=1258689908&ei=ELX4SNG4Ip-EyQTX-rSRCQ&usg=AFQjCNGd1h_DbwUHDGn94Z4o8m5URRbC0g">Bitter City Council meeting ends with grants deferred</a><br>The Times-Picayune – NOLA.com,&nbsp;LA&nbsp;- 12 hours ago<br>After four hours of debate punctuated by harsh criticism of the review method used by Mayor Ray Nagin&#39;s staff to pick grant recipients, the council failed …<br><a href="http://www.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/6-1&fd=R&url=http://www.wdsu.com/news/17727219/detail.html&cid=1258689908&ei=ELX4SNG4Ip-EyQTX-rSRCQ&usg=AFQjCNFMMfxqwK-YjYnyiGNUvHAEjQ_Aew">Business Grants Decided Today</a> WDSU<br><a href="http://www.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/6-2&fd=R&url=http://995fm.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html%3Ffeed%3D135361%26article%3D4423177&cid=1258689908&ei=ELX4SNG4Ip-EyQTX-rSRCQ&usg=AFQjCNEXcDhixFzz_DYVM16NIfMnwGiQXA">New Orleans Council Defers Action On Grant Awards</a> The New 995FM.com<br><a href="http://www.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/6-3&fd=R&url=http://www.wwltv.com/topstories/stories/wwl101608mlcircus.11da72b50.html&cid=1258689908&ei=ELX4SNG4Ip-EyQTX-rSRCQ&usg=AFQjCNGVF0ABLtvocsN6CFIJ4d_Ik-XoDg">Grant program turns into a political circus</a> WWL<br><a class=p href=http://www.google.com/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ned=us&ie=ISO-8859-1&ncl=1258689908>all 6 news articles</a>

FIRST homebuyers are using boosted government grants to snap up properties – in one instance for just $41,000.

Having recently completed the purchase of LaSalle Bank, Bank of America Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Lewis is expected to be in Detroit today bearing gifts: $450,000 in grants from the bank’s charitable foundation for metro organizations and individuals.  Read more...