| Prosecutors: Madoff was ready to send out $173M (AP) [12 mins] AP - Prosecutors said Thursday that investigators found 100 signed checks worth $173 million in Bernard Madoff's office desk that he was ready to send out to his closest family and friends at the time of his arrest last month in what is alleged to be largest financial fraud in history.Related stories: Prosecutors say Madoff was ready to send out $173M Prosecutors: Madoff was ready to send out $173M ~4 grouped stories | Mobile price checks: The text service that helps you find the best bargains [1 hr][Grays] Embargoed to 0001 Friday January 9. Undated photo of model Abbey Clancy launching GotYourPriceCheck 60706, a new text message price comparison service, at Lakeside Shopping Centre in Essex. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday January 8, 2009. GotYourPriceCheck is the first service to provide price comparisons on your mobile based upon a given location, enabling shoppers to quickly and easily find the best available prices for products in their local stores. Shoppers can text 60706 when they are out and about shopping, to find the best deals on electrical goods and gadgets. See PA story CONSUMER Price. Photo credit should read: Geoff Caddick/PA Wire |