The world’s most popular — and profitable — social networking brand is increasingly coming under fire for its questionable tax practices even as it is earning praise and adulation from Wall Street on the day it becomes a publicly traded company. The Facebook stock IPO (initial public offering) has become a media and market phenomenon, [...]
` OBAMA AND HIS FRIENDS LAUNCH NEW ERA OF FRANCO-AMERICAN RELATIONS WITH A LESS-THAN CONCILIATORY TAKE ON THE NEW FRENCH SOCIALIST PRESIDENT. (Buzz Feed) ` The overwhelming defeat on Sunday of incumbent French President Nicolas Sarkozy has already sent “ripples” across the pond to America, where Sarkozy’s successor, Socialist Francois Hollande, has received a decidedly chilly reception [...]
PHILADELPHIA STORY: COULD BE U.S. STORY WHEN IT COMES TO THE CLOSING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. (Black Agenda Report) Philadelphia is only one of the most recent of numerous school systems including Atlanta and New York City, following the lead of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, former CEO of Chicago public schools in wielding a [...]
THE FIRST CRIMINAL CHARGES FILED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT RELATING TO THE BP GULF OIL SPILL DISASTER ARE BROUGHT AGAINST…A LOW-LEVEL ENGINEER?!? (Pro Publica) The good news? After more than two years, the Justice Department has finally filed the first set of criminal charges in BP’s catastrophic Gulf of Mexico oli spill, the worst single [...]
` THE CIA WANTS TO KILL PEOPLE WITHOUT KNOWING WHO THEY ARE. COMFORTING, NO? (Washington Post) ` In what would be a severe and unprecedented escalation of America’s ongoing drone war around the globe, the CIA may be given the authority to dramatically escalate its persistent campaign of drone strikes against militant fighters in Yemen. [...]
As Barack Obama prepares to go before the American people and ask for a second term in the White House and his presumptive Republican opponent demands that voters unseat the Democratic incumbent, the two presidential challengers will do so with a trail of broken ethics promises and unprecedented access to corporate interests and major lobbyists [...]
THE INVASION OF SYRIA STARTS WITH JOHN MCCAIN AND JOE LIEBERMAN… (Foreign Policy) ` Noted hawks in the U.s. Senate, John McCain and Joe Lieberman surprised everyone with an unannounced trip to the Turkey-Syria border this week to visit refugees of the Syrian uprising and, more importantly, to meet with leaders of the “Free Syrian Army” to [...]
“THERE’S NO QUESTION THIS PIPELINE WILL SPILL — IT’S A QUESTION OF WHEN.” (Salon) As Republicans and Democrats in Congress pressure the federal government to fast-track approval of the massive Keystone XL pipeline from the Canadian tar sands — President Obama has just ordered the southern half of the project to be constructed — new studies find [...]
With its constantly expanding roster of iPod’s, iPhone’s and iPad’s, Apple has become one of the most respected and well-liked brands on the planet. It’s ability to get consumers to splurge on upscale tech devices has made it one of the most profitable, too: Apple has the largest cash reserves of any corporation in the world. But [...]
IF SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA IS GOING TO PROVIDE ALL THE PUBLIC SERVICES, WHY DOES THE CITY OF SARASOTA EVEN NEED TO EXIST? (Sarasota Herald-Tribune) This is the “existential” question which some city officials in Sarasota are driven to ask. It comes as the city, with recession-driven deficits like never before, is considering budget-cutting measures like consolidating city and [...]
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