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Former Indiana Republican Rep. Stephen Buyer has been charged with insider trading, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced Monday. Buyer, who left Congress in 2011, is accused of buying more than $1.5 million worth of stock in Sprint and Navigant Consulting based on on non-public information he received as a consultant after he left office. Buyer allegedly used seven different accounts to hide the stock purchases. They included accounts he shared with his wife, his son, his cousin, and one that belonged to an unidentified woman who was romantically linked to Buyer. WASHINGTON -- Former Indiana Republican Rep. Stephen Buyer...

It may have been Frank Sinatra’s kind of town, but it doesn’t appear to be anyone else’s. The late “Let’s Get Away From It All” singer’s Palm Desert, California hideaway — first listed in 2007 — is back on the market for $4.25 million. The remote Coachella Valley property was then re-listed again — in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2020 — but each time has failed to attract a buyer.

Saying it just like it is. How refreshing and how very timely!This is no big surprise. GOP Rep. Steve Buyer was not only very blunt in what he had said, but also hit it right on the nail why the American people on November 2, 2010 thrown the Democrats out of the House. What he pointed out is the out-of-touch that the Democrats in the House have been showing. Way to go Rep. Buyer in pointing out what is the Democrats problem and it is not only being out-of-touch, but hard-of-hearing what “we the American people” HAVE BEEN SCREAMING well...

When it comes to politics, there may be as many opinions as cars cruising down U.S. 65. So, naturally, there are different reactions to a billboard south of Ozark that says "Voted Obama? Embarrassed yet?" (snip) "My partner and I felt lots of frustration here lately, and we liked that sign and we thought that was a reasonable question to ask," Steve Critchfield said in a telephone interview on Monday. (snip) Critchfield says he's received death threats due to the sign; people accuse him of hate speech and racism.

After getting frustrated out of the lemons his problems gave him, David Miller made his own corporate lemonade. Due to the frustration of always having to call technical support to solve his own frequent hardware problems, he started taking the initiative to educate himself.

I've been reading in real estate news that first time home buyers are starting to buy homes again. Interest rates are still low, the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit is still available and houses are affordable but, I'm just curious, how many Freepers are looking to buy their first home? This isn't necessarily a thread to comment on the Obama economy, I'm simply interested in buyer's current attitudes. I'm a real estate investor and I thought I would ask some real people about this.

BUYER TIED TO FOUNDATION WITH BIG MONEY IN, NO MONEY OUT Ranking Member on the House Vets' Committee doesn't comment on foundation that shares his offices and was headed by his daughter. Rep. Steve Buyer (R-IN), Ranking Member on the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, finds himself in the middle of an interesting controversy. But, he has had a colorful history during his stay in Congress ... most notably for ousting Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) from the House Vets' Committee Chair in 2005. A nonprofit foundation associated with Rep. Steve Buyer, R-Monticello, has been quietly collecting hundreds of thousands of...

General Motors Corp. has struck a deal to sell its Hummer truck unit to a Chinese industrial business, the two companies confirmed Tuesday. Privately owned Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company Ltd., based in China, will acquire the truck brand, which has been part of GM since 1999. Tengzhong said it plans to keep Hummer's management team. "We plan to ... allow Humer to innovate and grow in exciting new ways under the leadership and continuity of its current management team," said Yang Yi, chief executive of Tengzhong. Yang said the deal "will allow Hummer to better meet demand for...

I received the following e-mail from my Congress critter today that may be interesting to a lot of you so I thought I’d post. This is from Congressman Steve Buyer (R – 4th District Indiana). He is a member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce: ISSUE POSITION STATEMENT: THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF (OCS) “The OCS is located off-shore of America’s coasts (East and West coast and in the Gulf of Mexico). Although portions of the OCS are currently available for energy production leases, over 80% of the OCS remains off-limits to U.S. production. According to the U.S. Mineral Management...

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Billionaire David Geffen has offered to buy the Los Angeles Times newspaper for $2 billion in cash, but parent company Tribune Co. has declined to accept or reject the bid, according to media reports Thursday. TRB rebuffed the bid because it is still seeking offers for the entire company, the Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times reported. Tribune began the process of soliciting bids in September, and late last month extended a self-imposed deadline to complete its strategic review to sometime in the first quarter of 2007. Analysts said the extension indicated that the company is...

Democrat candidate for congress David Sanders is calling on incumbent republican Steve Buyer to take part in a series of debates in the fourth congressional district. Sanders said Buyer has refused to commit to a public forum to discuss such issues as veterans benefits and military deployments. Buyer took part in one debate with Sanders two years ago in Plainfield. The congressman said he is not sure if he'll do it again. "I'll just continue to tell America what I want to do for our country. Someone who wants to be mean spirited, I'll just keep them at large. I've...

Our local TV station wants to give Congressman Steve Buyer's opponent some free air time. David Sanders has little money or support, however he is a “East Coast” liberal, so the local media are attracted to him. The poll asks, How interested are you in seeing a live televised debate on News Channel 18 between incumbent 4th District Congressman Steve Buyer and his Democrat challenger, David Sanders? If they get a large percentage in favor they will try to press Buyer to debate. Buyer has nothing to gain by this debate, Sanders on the other hand gets some free help...

A proposal to end the long-standing practice of veterans groups addressing a joint session of the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committees is an insult to all who have fought, sacrificed and died to defend the Constitution, according to the Disabled American Veterans (DAV). And in a strongly worded letter to House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Steve Buyer (R-Ind.), the DAV has urged him to continue the joint hearings as an invaluable tool in formulating public policy toward America’s veterans. Chairman Buyer recently announced that veterans service organizations will no longer have the opportunity to present testimony before a joint...

Egypt has become the developing world's third largest buyer of weapons over the last four years, according to a leading US official research service. According to the annual report issued by the Congressional Research Service, a division of the Library of Congress, only China and India recorded more arms transfer agreements, thus making Egypt the principal arms buyer in the Middle East. The report issued last week in Washington said Egypt recorded $6.5 billion worth of weapons purchases from 2001 to 2004. Israel bought $4.4b. during the same period and Saudi Arabia recorded $3.8b. For Egypt, which receives $1.3b. in...

Are you really a veteran? I asked that question in an opinion piece published here at Military.com last month. Rep. Steve Buyer (R-IN), Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, has proposed sweeping changes to VA benefits. Buyer does not believe that “a veteran is a veteran” and has said so in no uncertain terms. As you might expect, the changes are not for the positive. The driving force for these changes is the Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission. The following is from the VA website: "In November 2003, the President signed Public Law 108-136 that established the Veterans' Disability...

Senior aides to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld thwarted Gulf War veteran Rep. Steve Buyer’s (R-Ind.) chance to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom, The Hill has learned. The intervention from the upper echelons of the Pentagon ended a saga in which confusion reigned over whether Buyer had actually been mobilized — or was even, as a congressman, allowed to go on active service — and ended with Army Secretary Thomas White’s rescinding a mobilization order that never existed.It all began on a Thursday in mid-March when an official in the office of the chief of the Army Reserve informed Buyer,...

<p>The Food and Drug Administration (search) announced last week a new program allowing food manufacturers to make health claims on food labels. The FDA says it wants to encourage “science-based labeling” and “competition for healthier dietary choices.”</p> <p>Fittingly, nut sellers are the first to be allowed to make health claims under the FDA program.</p>