WHAT’S IN CAPITAL ONE’S WALLET? A BIG MERGER WITH AN ONLINE BANK, THEY HOPE. (In These Times) The bank, recipient of a $3.6 billion bail-out as one of those “too big to fail” banks, now hopes to become even bigger (the country’s fifth largest bank) by a merger with ING’s online banking. As the Federal [...]
UZBEKISTAN: SHOULD THIS “STRATEGIC PARTNER” OF THE U.S. BE PUNISHED FOR ITS “APPALLING RECORD ON HUMAN RIGHTS”? (IPS News) A coalition of human rights organizations calls on President Obama not to renew the military assistance it provides to this central Asian country and cites the example of other “Arab Spring” countries that have rebelled against [...]
HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS, AND INSURANCE COMPANY PROFITS, ARE SKYROCKETING. (New York Times) America may be headed for a crisis in health care as costs for insurance are rising at a shocking rate. The cost of employer-based insurance for an average family has increased 9 percent over the past year, the higher costs hitting hard in [...]
ARMS BUILD-UP IN THE MIDDLE EAST COURTESY U.S.A. (AntiWar.com) In addition to U.S. enhanced military support for Israel, Uncle Sam is displaying his generosity to other countries in the region. Turkey is to be recipient of a gift (or maybe a loan) of Predator drones that can be used in the country’s ongoing battle against [...]
CLOCK IS TICKING AND ALARMS ARE SOUNDING FOR ANTI-TOBACCO LEGISLATION IN COSTA RICA. (Tico Times) With legislation to raise tobacco taxes and prohibit smoking in public places floundering in Legislative Assembly, anti-tobacco group erects a large clock outside Assembly building in San Jose, which is set to sound an alarm every 2 hours and 40 [...]

Recent Comments