By CHRIS KAHN, AP Energy Writer NEW YORK – Oil prices settled above $102 per barrel for the first time since September of 2008 as fighting escalated in Libya and petroleum demand grew in the U.S. Libya, a major oil exporter to Europe, has been embroiled in an uprising […]

By Dan Levine – Tue Mar 1 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A Northern California hedge fund manager faces one count of wire fraud for improperly diverting more than $12 million, but that charge will be dismissed after three years provided he fulfills an agreement with U.S. prosecutors, according to a court filing. […]

By DR When my wife and I bought our first home (circa 1993), we had no idea what our FICO score was. Back in the day, you couldn’t simply fire up the computer and check your score. In fact, we applied for ourmortgage over the phone, not over the Internet. […]