Restaurant Owners, Managers Take Plea In Tax Evasion Case

Phillies center fielder Ben Revere turned in an early candidate for catch of the year, robbing Todd Frazier of the Cincinnati Reds with a diving catch on a ball over his head. And to add to the greatness of the catch, Revere kept his head in the situation, got up, and fired to first base for the double-play. Here are two views of the catch as well as the reaction by the Phillies pitcher (via ESPN)...

(Reuters) - A former banker at giant Swiss financial institutions UBS AG and Credit Suisse Group AG pleaded guilty on Tuesday to helping wealthy Americans hide millions of dollars from U.S. tax authorities during his time at UBS. In a key case in a U.S. government crackdown on offshore tax evasion, Christos Bagios changed his plea to guilty in a court in Florida. He had earlier pleaded not guilty. Lawyers said the change in plea, which had been expected, likely indicated Bagios was cooperating with U.S. authorities. A Greek citizen and Swiss resident, Bagios worked at UBS from 1999 to 2005.

The owners of Hillbilly Heaven are expecting its best Wednesday turnout despite the soon-to-be opened second-location of the restaurant being vandalized. The southern-style BBQ joint made headlines earlier this week for proudly displaying a confederate flag in its window.

On Thursday's data:

The housing market is snapping back – prices of single-family homes rose 9.3 percent over the past 12 months, according to the S&P Case-Shiller index.

The Philadelphia Phillies use Hooters employees as ballgirls during Spring Training games. And the lack of experience rears its ugly head from time-to-time as one of the ballgirls will grab a ball that was actually fair and still in play. The latest example happened today and boy was she embarrassed (via phl17.com)...

WASHINGTON — In a spectacular fall from political prominence, former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife agreed Friday to plead guilty to federal charges growing out of what prosecutors said was a scheme to use $750,000 in campaign funds for lavish personal expenses, including a $43,000 gold watch and furs.

Jamie Moye submits:The first point we need to make is that there never was an official "Nifty Fifty" list. The closest to any official list was Kidder Peabody's monthly list of the 50 big Board stocks with the highest P/E multiples, which Forbes magazine referred to over the years as the "Nifty Fifty."