| The fleecing of Frances Taylor
Frances' tenants were suspicious of Dash and Cordova, and thought many of the apartment renovations were unnecessary. Tenant Barbara Ristagno, who'd known Frances for 10 years, said Frances was confused about the work and what it cost. Ristagno and another tenant confronted Dash and Cordova in mid-2000, accusing them of taking advantage of Frances. At least eight tenants filed complaints with the state attorney general, the state's Adult Protective Services (APS) office, Seattle police and the city planning department. APS social worker Catherine Baker interviewed Frances in August 2000 and concluded that Frances was confused about the renovation and her finances. Others Baker interviewed agreed, including an attorney whom Frances consulted twice that year.
Commerce Bancorp Inc. Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Good day and welcome to the Commerce Bancorp fourth quarter 2007 investors conference call. Todays call is being recorded. At this time, for opening remarks and introductions, I would like to turn the call over to the director of investor relations, Mr. Edward Jordan. Please go ahead sir.
Edward Jordan
Good morning ladies and gentlemen, this is Ed Jordan, director of investor relations. I would like to welcome you to Commerce Bancorps fourth quarter 2007 earnings conference call. We hope that everyone has had an opportunity to read over the detailed press release which we issued earlier this morning.
I would like to remind you that todays conference is governed by the forward looking language appearing at the end of todays press release. With us today are the companys CEO, Robert Falese and CFO, Douglas Pauls.
London shares lower early on amid position-squaring on New Year's Eve ...
(updating with full details) LONDON, Dec. 31, 2007 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) -- UK blue chips were lower at the start of the final, half-day trading session of 2008 following a mixed performance pre-weekend on Wall Street, with end-year window-dressing the order of the day as a volatile 2007 drew to a close. At 8.54 am, the FTSE 100 index was 18.1 points weaker at 6,458.8. The broader FTSE indices were all lower as well aside from the FTSE 250 index which managed to take on 1.3 points at 10,651.6. Early volume was very thin, with just 61.4 mln shares changing hands in 15,411 deals. Pre-weekend on Wall Street, the DJIA closed 6.26 points firmer at 3,365.87, while the S&P 500 index ended up 2.12 points at 1,478.49, but the Nasdaq composite index finished down 2.33 points at 2,674.46.
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