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 [...]
It may be a “great day in South Carolina” for Governor Nikki Haley, but that is not the case for state residents dealing with 11 percent unemployment and a beleaguered public workforce. So instead of spreading cheer, an odd demand from the governor is creating controversy and angering employees. Gov. Haley, a Republican elected to [...]
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 [...]
The following is a guest post by Margaret Kimberly, editor and senior columnist at Black Agenda Report. This post originally appeared at BAR on September 27, and is republished here with permission of the author and BAR. ………….. By Margaret Kimberly The Americans that spoke at a New York dinner and audience with Iranian President [...]
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 [...]
Conventional wisdom has pegged President Obama as somehow lacking in his deference and cooperation with Israel, under attack from possible presidential rivals and facing a political crisis among Democratic Jewish voters. But shocking new developments and even a cursory glance at the Obama administration’s record on the topic reveals that the president may not be [...]
PRESIDENT OBAMA, SUPREME COURT LET TROY DAVIS DIE: “THE STATE OF GEORGIA IS ABOUT TO DEMONSTRATE WHY GOVERNMENT CAN’T BE TRUSTED WITH POWER OVER LIFE AND DEATH.“ (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) Troy Davis, who most believe was unjustly convicted of killing on off-duty police officer in 1989, was put to death by the state of Georgia last [...]
AMAZON.COM: GIVING CUSTOMERS A LITTLE BIT OF DOMESTIC SWEATSHOP LABOR WITH EVERY PURCHASE… When one thinks of substandard working conditions in the world of retail and consumer products, what usually comes to mind are images of “sweatshop” factories overseas, in the manufacturing stage of a product’s journey to the United States. But in a remarkable [...]
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