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'Spam King' kills wife, daughter in apparent murder-suicide (USA Today)

A convicted spammer fatally shot his wife and young daughter in an apparent murder-suicide Thursday while being sought after escaping prison last weekend, authorities said.

SEC Files Fraud Actions Against Fuel, Wireless Firms (Law.com via Yahoo! Finance)

The Atlanta Regional Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission has filed fraud actions against two Southeastern companies -- Mobile Ready Entertainment and U.S. Sustainable Energy Corp. -- alleging they engaged in "pump-and-dump" schemes in which companies distribute bogus information to pump up share prices, only to dump the stock and leave investors with huge losses.

"Spam King" Found Dead With Wife, Daughter (CBS News)

A convicted spammer who escaped from prison, his wife and 3-year-old daughter were found slain outside a farm house Thursday east of Denver in an apparent murder-suicide.

BUSINESS BRIEFS (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

The foreclosure crisis is going to get worse before it gets better. That was the message government and community leaders heard yesterday at a meeting sponsored by the Virginia Foreclosure Prevention Task Force in Richmond. Virginia's foreclosure rate is only about half the national rate of 2.47 percent, but it's rising much more rapidly than the U.S. average.

SEC Files Fraud Actions Against Fuel, Wireless Firms (Law.com)

The Atlanta Regional Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission has filed fraud actions against two Southeastern companies -- Mobile Ready Entertainment and U.S. Sustainable Energy Corp. -- alleging they engaged in "pump-and-dump" schemes in which companies distribute bogus information to pump up share prices, only to dump the stock and leave investors with huge losses. An SEC director ...