By Agence France-Presse Monday, November 5, 2012 22:15 EST Topics: supreme court WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court heard two cases that could limit the scope of class action lawsuits, after the court rejected a discrimination claim by 1.5 million… Read More ›
Asset and Resource Hoarding
Economics play a pivitol part in Human Health…Whether it be buy quality food, or just food. Control and individuals Disposable wealth, you control many aspects of a person health (i.e. Mental and Physical)
Pro Romney US Military won’t get to Vote on Elections
Monday, 05 November 2012 A recent US Military poll showed an overwhelming support (66%) for Mitt Romney. Just few days ago, a plane carrying thousands of absentee ballots from US soldiers in Afghanistant crashed and ‘lost’ its cargo. A group… Read More ›
Downing Street says Boris Johnson’s living wage may be ‘illegal’ with European laws
Boris Johnson has clashed with Downing Street after government lawyers warned his initiative to pay workers a “living wage” could break European laws. By Tim Ross, Political Correspondent 5:34PM GMT 05 Nov 2012 Ministers commissioned two separate legal opinions on… Read More ›
HSBC to face £1bn fines over money-laundering
HSBC is set to face a final bill for fines as high as $1.5bn (£937m) for the “shameful and embarrassing” US money-laundering scandal that has engulfed Britain’s biggest bank. Stuart Gulliver, chief executive of HSBC, apologised for the scandal in… Read More ›
‘Mafiosi’ stand to gain most from EU bail-out of Cyprus
Russian oligarchs and “mafiosi” who have parked their illegal earnings inside the country stand to benefit most from an EU bail-out of Cyprus, according to a report by Germany’s intelligence agency. Cyprus is in talks with international lenders on the… Read More ›
British engineer murdered in French Alps ‘linked to Saddam’s £15m oil-for-food fraud’
By Ian Gallagher PUBLISHED:17:59 EST, 3 November 2012| UPDATED:05:51 EST, 4 November 2012 The British engineer murdered in the French Alps has been linked to a secret trust thought to contain up to £15 million in illegal kickbacks to… Read More ›
Federal prison factories caught in debate: Should inmates be doing private-sector work?
By Associated Press, Updated: Sunday, November 4, 7:24 AM TALLADEGA, Ala. — On the outside, Unicor, with its big oaks and magnolia trees, looks like it could be part of a landscaped industrial park. Step a little closer and… Read More ›
Russia Takes Iraq Back
by James Dunnigan November 2, 2012 While Russia may be having problems with several of its major weapons customers (China and India), it has landed a new big spender. Iraq recently agreed to buy over $4 billion worth of… Read More ›
Iraq Is In A Hurry: Iraq has announced the purchase of $4.2 billion in Russian weapons
October 29, 2012: Iraq recently signed the purchase order for a second batch of 18 American F-16 fighters. At the same time, Iraq has announced the purchase of $4.2 billion in Russian weapons. Most of the details were not released… Read More ›
Who pocketed Gaddafi’s billions? $150 Billion, who stole this money and where it is now?
Andrei Ontikov Nov 1, 2012 16:50 Moscow Time Photo: EPA NATO’s military campaign in Libya is remarkable, among other things, for the following two reasons. First – the damage that the air raids by the Western anti-Gaddafi alliance caused to… Read More ›
Germans stop shipment of life-saving cancer drug to Greece as Euro crisis deepens
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:08:24 EST, 3 November 2012| UPDATED:08:26 EST, 3 November 2012 Life-saver: Erbirux is given intravenously and has been proven to be effective on various types of cancer The spiralling decline of the Greek economy took… Read More ›
Threat to close Holy Sepulchre over water dispute
03Nov2012 JERUSALEM (AFP) A dispute with an Israeli water company over unpaid bills has led to a Greek Orthodox threat to close Christianity’s holiest site, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Maariv newspaper reported on Friday that the… Read More ›
The Saudis are bulldozing Islam’s heritage. Why the silence from the Muslim world?
By Damian ThompsonWorldLast updated: November 2nd, 2012 Modern Mecca, courtesy of the House of Saud (Photo: AFP/Getty) From Saturday’s Daily Telegraph Imagine that the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem – the traditional site of the crucifixion… Read More ›
New Jersey kicks out Sandy volunteers because they aren’t unionized
Published: 2 November, 2012, 19:07 Edited: 2 November, 2012, 19:07 Utility workers from across the US are descending on the Northeastern states left ravaged by Superstorm Sandy, but some volunteers making the trek are being told they can’t pitch… Read More ›
Priorities: Generators brought to power US Media, not NY residents
Friday, 02 November 2012 As hundreds of thousands of Big Apple residents suffer in homes left without power by Hurricane Sandy, two massive generators are being run 24/7 in Central Park — to juice a media tent… Read More ›
Barclays traders rigged American electricity prices to boost their own profits and bragged about it in damning e-mails
Critics said the expletive-ridden correspondence provides further evidence of the ‘rotten culture of casino banking’ that built up under Bob Diamond Bank faces $470million fine for allegedly manipulating energy market in US By James Salmon PUBLISHED:21:09 EST, 1 November 2012|… Read More ›
The Chinese premier’s defense of his family’s ‘hidden riches’ may have unexpected effect.
How Wen Jiabao undermined the Party’s legitimacy Benjamin Carlson November 1, 2012 05:37 HONG KONG — If Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was hoping to make the story about his family’s $2.7 billion fortune go away, his response is only making… Read More ›
Aid for displaced Somalis stolen
Thu, 1 Nov 2012 15:22 GMT Source: alertnet // Katy Migiro By Katy Migiro NAIROBI (AlertNet) – ‘Gatekeepers’ are siphoning off food aid intended for internally displaced people living in squalid camps in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, Refugees International said… Read More ›
Greek death spiral raises heat for German-bloc creditors: Public debt will reach 189pc of GDP
Greece’s debt-load is rising much faster than expected as the country spirals into a sixth year of depression, ratcheting up the pressure on Germany and Europe’s creditor states to accept debt-forgiveness for the first time. Greek trade unions have called… Read More ›
France makes billion euro tax claim against Google: report
31Oct2012 PARIS (AFP)French tax authorities have made a billion-euro ($1.3 billion) claim against Google to pressure it in a dispute over compensation to media websites, a French newspaper reported, a claim denied by the US Internet giant’s local arm. The… Read More ›
Rich people don’t need friends
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Steve Pogonowski steve.pogonowski@f1000.com Faculty of 1000: Biology and Medicine In a paper evaluated by f1000 Medicine, six studies tested relationships between reminders of money, social exclusion and physical pain. In The symbolic power of… Read More ›
Germany orders an Audit on its Gold Reserves: Stored in the United States, Britain and France “have never been physically checked”
Monday, 29 October 2012 German federal auditors have requested the Bundesbank checks Germany’s gold reserves, a major part of which has been stored at banks abroad since the Cold War. Germany’s gold bars, stored in… Read More ›
Greek magazine editor arrested on live radio for publishing the names of 2,000 wealthy ‘tax evaders’… all with Swiss bank accounts
Kostas Vaxevanis, editor of Hot Docs, was giving a radio interview in Athens when officers stormed into the studio saying he had to go ‘to be arrested’ Today, as he appeared in court, Greek daily Ta Nea reprinted the list… Read More ›
Medical Examiner keeps thousands of brains for ‘tests’ families call needless
By SUSAN EDELMAN Last Updated: 12:56 PM, October 28, 2012 Posted: 10:30 PM, October 27, 2012 EXCLUSIVE It’s the great brain robbery. The city Medical Examiner’s Office has kept the brains of more than 9,200 deceased New Yorkers — from… Read More ›
Documents found in Colorado meth house reveal inner workings of Montana dark money group
By Pro Publica Monday, October 29, 2012 9:29 EDT Topics: Colorado By Kim Barker, ProPublica, and Rick Young and Emma Schwartz, Frontline This post was co-published with PBS’ Frontline. The boxes landed in the office of Montana investigators in March… Read More ›
Lagarde-List Leaked: HOT DOC Publishes 2,059 Names from Stolen HSBC-List
Link to the : The “Lagarde List” Just the names Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Politics Monthly magazine HOT DOC managed the impossible: To get what it seems to be the content of the long-missing and infamous Lagarde-list containing the names… Read More ›
Around three thousand Spanish police rally against loss of Christmas bonus
Sunday, 28 October 2012 Around three thousand off-duty police officers rallied outside the Interior Ministry in the Spanish capital to protest austerity measures and budget cuts that will see their Christmas bonuses hit the chopping block. Plain-clothes police donning blue… Read More ›
Claims emerge Alps murder victim may have had access to part of Saddam Hussein’s fortune
A British engineer murdered in the French Alps may have had access to part of a multi-million pound fortune once belonging to Saddam Hussein, it has been claimed. Police around the BMW at the scene of the shooting in woods… Read More ›
List of Swiss Accounts Turns Up the Heat in Greece
Update: The ” Lagarde List ” Linked Here October 27, 2012 By RACHEL DONADIO and LIZ ALDERMAN ATHENS — The speaker of the Greek Parliament, several employees of the Finance Ministry and a number of business leaders are on a… Read More ›
Greek editor’s arrest sought over list with Swiss accounts
Posted 2012/10/27 at 7:47 pm EDT ATHENS, Oct. 27, 2012 (Reuters) — Greek police are seeking to arrest the editor of a weekly magazine for publishing a list of more than 2,000 names of wealthy Greeks who have placed money… Read More ›
Facebook launches investigation after details of one million users sold online for just £3
By Anna Edwards PUBLISHED:11:04 EST, 27 October 2012| UPDATED:11:21 EST, 27 October 2012 A blogger claims to have bought 1.1 million Facebook users information for just $5. The company, which has been recently plagued with accusations that users’ privacy… Read More ›
New York Times blocked by China after report on wealth of Wen Jiabao’s family
Authorities censor publication after revelations that the premier’s relatives have accumulated billions during his leadership Tania Branigan in Beijing guardian.co.uk, Friday 26 October 2012 05.43 EDT Reports are highly embarassing for China’s premier Wen Jiabao, who has urged officials not to… Read More ›
Man who claimed a huge ownership stake in Facebook, arrested by Investigators for the Postal Inspection Service
New York man who sued Facebook faces criminal charges 4:43pm EDT By Emily Flitter and Grant McCool (Reuters) – A New York man was arrested Friday on charges he forged documents in a multibillion-dollar scheme to defraud Facebook Inc and… Read More ›
Silvio Berlusconi four-year sentence quickly cut to one year
Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian prime minister, was sentenced to four years in prison for tax evasion, only for the prison term to be reduced swiftly to one year. Mr Berlusconi has been tried numerous times for his business dealings… Read More ›
Chinese leader Wen Jiabao’s family accumulate billions during his time in office
The family of Wen Jiabao, the Chinese premier, has controlled assets worth at least $2.7 billion (£1.67 billion), according to a detailed review of company and regulatory filings. Family of Wen Jiabao control assets worth at least £1.67 bn according… Read More ›
Report tries to minimize tuition increase that’s more than triple the rate of inflation
By Kay Steiger Thursday, October 25, 2012 16:15 EDT Topics: rate of inflation ♦ the College Board ♦ tuition increase A new report released Wednesday by the College Board finds that four-year college degrees have increased by an average 4.8… Read More ›
Amid foreign donations scandal, Chinese government blocks access to obama.com
Posted By Matthew Boyle On 12:59 PM 10/25/2012 @ 12:59 PM In DC Exclusives,DC Exclusives – Blurb,Politics,World | The Chinese government has blocked access to the obama.com Web domain in the wake of an investigation by the conservative Government Accountability… Read More ›
Russia increasingly worried about US ‘shale revolution’
Published: 24 October, 2012, 17:44 Reuters / Kacper Pempel Russia’s President Putin urged the country’s gas monopoly Gazprom to revise its export policy, as the “shale revolution” and the development of liquefied natural gas will seriously eat into the country’s… Read More ›
Pennsylvania may force workers to pay taxes to their employers
By Stephen C. Webster Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:56 EDT Topics: pennsylvania ♦ Pennsylvania Gov ♦ Tom Corbett A bill that landed on Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett’s (R) desk this week would give companies that hire more than 250 new… Read More ›
Unemployed young cost Europe €153bln a year
Published: 22 October, 2012, 15:57 Edited: 22 October, 2012, 15:57 As many as 14 million young unemployed Europeans cost the region’s economy about 153 billion euro a year or 1.2% of the EU’s gross domestic product, according to the study… Read More ›
World’s lowest paid workers: Indian cleaners get just £64 after 40 YEARS of scrubbing toilets without a day off (and they’ve never had a pay rise!)
Two women have applied to the Guinness World Records for the lowest salary in the world By Kerry Mcqueeney PUBLISHED:11:24 EST, 22 October 2012| UPDATED:12:59 EST, 22 October 2012 For more than 40 years they’ve toiled away, meticulously… Read More ›
EU’s top health official investigated in a tobacco-linked fraud probe
By Agence France-Presse Monday, October 22, 2012 15:07 EDT Topics: john dalli ♦ tobacco legislation A shady Maltese lobbyist, Sweden’s substitute for snuff, robberies against anti-smoking groups: the resignation of the EU’s top health official in a tobacco-linked “whodunnit” is… Read More ›
Workers at Plant that Received $150m Stimulus Cash Play Cards, Board Games; Plant Hasn’t Produced a Single Battery
By Eliana Johnson October 19, 2012 10:20 A.M. Add it to the annals of stimulus waste. A local Michigan television station reports that workers at LG Chem, a lithium-ion battery plant that received over $150 million stimulus dollars, have so… Read More ›
IMF’s epic plan to conjure away debt and dethrone bankers
So there is a magic wand after all. A revolutionary paper by the International Monetary Fund claims that one could eliminate the net public debt of the US at a stroke, and by implication do the same for Britain, Germany,… Read More ›
Rothschild who crashed to earth: How the bank dynasty heir’s City reputation is in tatters after a £700m investment scheme blew up in his face
By Geoffrey Levy and Richard Kay PUBLISHED:17:13 EST, 19 October 2012| UPDATED:08:40 EST, 20 October 2012 Even at 76, with untold wealth and the holder of a rare Order of Merit from the Queen, Lord Rothschild has continued… Read More ›
The real jobs numbers: 41% of America unemployed, 1 in 3 doesn’t want work at all
Engineering Evil: Would like 2nd Confirmation on figures Published: 19 October, 2012, 00:43 Edited: 19 October, 2012, 08:53 Even if the US Labor Department has determined that the unemployment level has finally plateaued after months of staggering jobs statistics, the… Read More ›
Walmart supply chain: warehouse staff agencies accused of wage theft
‘They prey on people living on the edge,’ claim workers, who are already among the most vulnerable and lowest-paid in America Paul Harris in Elwood, Illinois guardian.co.uk, Thursday 18 October 2012 16.23 EDT Walmart, which was not… Read More ›
French Bank sells Greek Bank for 1 Euro
Thursday, 18 October 2012 Credit Agricole, France’s third largest bank, is exiting the Greek market after agreeing to sell Emporiki Bank to Alpha Bank for symbolic sum of just 1 euro. The deal marks the… Read More ›
General strike to shut down services in Greece: 70% of it is caught between poverty and destitution
Updated: 07:40, Thursday, 18 October 2012 Unions in Greece are holding another general strike against the country’s austerity program, as European leaders gather for a summit in Brussels. Greek journalists and media workers staged a strike yesterday Today’s strike is… Read More ›
Stiglitz: Greece and Spain are ‘in depression’ : Blaming it on tough austerity measures
By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, October 17, 2012 16:17 EDT Topics: international monetary fund ♦ joseph stiglitz ♦ spain Greece and Spain are in “depression, not recession”, Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said on Wednesday, blaming tough austerity measures for their… Read More ›
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