China's CIC May Have $5.4 Billion Frozen in Money-Market Fund (Bloomberg)
Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- China Investment Corp. , the sovereign wealth fund that bought stakes in Morgan Stanley and Blackstone Group LP before their stocks plunged, may have as much as $5.4 billion frozen in a U.S. money-market account.
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MEMORIAL RIDE: Money raised for organ patients (York Daily Record)
The Mark R. Phillips 2008 Memorial Ride raised nearly $2,500 for an organization that supports organ transplant patients and their families.
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Keeping hope alive (Greater Houston Weekly)
When the Komen Houston Race for the Cure begins Saturday, Oct. 4, breast cancer survivors, their families, friends and advocates will make a statement as they run, walk, party, or even sleep-in to increase awareness and raise money to help fight breast cancer.
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MashLogic adds links to ?take back the web? (New York Times)
A new browser plugin called MashLogic launched in invite-only testing today, and it has a pretty lofty goal ? in the words
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McAfee, WilmerHale Texas Fee Fight Dwindles to Fraud Claim (Law.com via Yahoo! Finance)
A Texas district judge has dismissed most of the claims in a civil suit that McAfee Inc. filed against Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr, but he has allowed a fraud claim in the suit to proceed.
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Now not the time to limit insurers’ reserves, analysts say (BizJournals)
If the till is full, leave it alone.
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The Pitch: Bringing together caregivers, families (BizJournals)
What it does: Caresquare.com Inc. connects families and caregivers (senior care and child care) in a free online community, allowing for peer review, feedback and real-time booking of care. Caresquare has created a social infrastructure and marketplace for care-based services.
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Habitat for Humanity project revives old fears (The Tennessean)
Earlier development didn't bring big crime, low values.
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Nuts & Bolts (Washington Post)
Complaint: The BMW M6 convertible and its sibling hardtop M6 coupe represent grand motorized excess.
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Habitat for Humanity in need of volunteers (Ravalli Republic)
Habitat for Humanity in Ravalli County may shut down if more volunteers and donors don’t step forward.
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