Obama Viewing Fire Damage In Swing State Colorado

Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL) executives said they believe the company has “met every criteria” for re-inclusion in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. The Atlanta-based airline was removed from the S&P 500 in 2005, just before it filed for bankruptcy. But now, the company’s leaders are banking on its profitability to regain its position in the benchmark gauge of U.S. equities. “In terms of profitability, market cap and whatnot, we think we’ve met every criteria” for the S&P, President…

The national negative equity rate fell in the first quarter, to 25.4 percent of all homeowners with a mortgage, according to the Zillow Negative Equity Report. But another 18.2 percent of homeowners with mortgages, while not technically underwater, likely do not have enough equity to afford to move. In the New York City area, things are significantly stronger: 19 percent of homeowners have mortgages in negative-equity territory and about 33.4 percent have less than 20% equity. Among the 30 largest…

An 87-year-old grandmother took on billionaire Donald Trump. And on Thursday, she lost.    

The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River at Mount Vernon collapsed Thursday evening, throwing people and cars into the water and severing the major transportation link between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C. In a tweet, Trooper Mark Francis with the Washington State Patrol said “N/B and S/B lanes of I-5 Skagit River Bridge collapsed. People and cars in the water.” The Skagit Valley Herald in Mount Vernon reported that the collapse occurred between Mount Vernon and Burlington. Boats were trying…

The owners of Da Kitchen are considering opening a new location on Oahu after the planned closure of their Moiliili location this Saturday. Da Kitchen is a popular local and Hawaiian food restaurant that got its start on Maui before expanding to Oahu in June 2010. Co-owners Mariah Brown and Les Tomita decided to close Da Kitchen’s only Oahu restaurant after failed lease negotiations with the landlord, the St. Louis Alumni Association. Da Kitchen will continue to operate its two locations on Maui,…