By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:20:23 EST, 4 September 2012| UPDATED:22:45 EST, 4 September 2012 The botched initial public stock offering of Facebook shares has seen over $50 billion wiped off the tech-giants share price in a little over three months… 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)
Little evidence of health benefits from organic foods,…Stanford Institution Fails to List Conflict of Interest (COI) in Meta analysis: Claimed Pesticide Laden Crops are Organic
Contact: Michelle Brandt mbrandt@stanford.edu 650-723-0272 Stanford University Medical Center STANFORD, Calif. — You’re in the supermarket eyeing a basket of sweet, juicy plums. You reach for the conventionally grown stone fruit, then decide to spring the extra $1/pound for its… Read More ›
Bruce Willis fights to leave his iPod tunes to his family: Actor considering legal action against Apple in battle over who owns songs downloaded from iTunes: Bruce Willis fights to leave his iPod tunes to his family -You Don’t actually own the tracks but instead are ‘borrowing’ them under a licence
Since the First Release of this News Story a Second Story from the Guardian has been Published: No, Bruce Willis isn’t suing Apple over iTunes rights http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2012/sep/03/no-apple-bruce-willis * So there is an isuue between the Daily Mail and The Guardian as… Read More ›
How drug companies exaggerate research costs to justify absurd profits
The Make-Believe Billion By Timothy Noah|Posted Thursday, March 3, 2011, at 9:19 PM ET Reposted at Request March 3, 2011 Donald W. Light of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey For years the government has sought to… Read More ›
Almost half of Americans have less than $10,000 left when they die
46% now die with £10,000 or less saved Many do not have cash to absorb financial ‘shocks’ such as big medical bills Single retirees more likely to be poorer By Sam Adams PUBLISHED:03:48 EST, 31 August 2012| UPDATED:09:08 EST, 31… Read More ›
While chaos drives some to seek comfort in friends and family, Many Wealthy gravitate toward money and material possessions
By Yasmin Anwar, Media Relations | August 30, 2012 BERKELEY —Crises are said to bring people closer together. But a new study from UC Berkeley suggests that while the have-nots reach out to one another in times of trouble, the… Read More ›
Facebook co-founder sells ANOTHER 450,000 shares – and he’s been dumping 150,000-a-day for weeks
By Associated Press and Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:19:30 EST, 30 August 2012| UPDATED:20:09 EST, 30 August 2012 Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz has been selling 150,000 shares of Facebook stock a day out of the hundreds of millions that he owns…. Read More ›
World’s richest woman says those who are jealous of her wealth should ‘stop drinking, stop smoking and work harder’
World’s richest woman urges Aussies to ‘spend less time drinking, smoking and socialising’ She has amassed wealth from $20 billion-plus mining empire inherited from her father By Frank Thorne PUBLISHED:08:40 EST, 30 August 2012| UPDATED:10:18 EST, 30 August 2012 The… Read More ›
Chipotle caught STEALING pennies from hapless customers nationwide in deceptive receipt rounding scandal
Chipotle restaurants routinely round up customer’s bills to a nickel Previously, did not warn customers at the register After public investigation, now they will only round down By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:17:33 EST, 29 August 2012| UPDATED:17:41 EST, 29 August… Read More ›
Amazon tribe massacre alleged in Venezuela
Village of 80 people was firebombed from the air, say activists, by illegal gold miners based in neighbouring Brazil Virginia Lopez in Caracas and agencie guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 29 August 2012 21.13 EDT A massacre has taken place of Yanomami… Read More ›
The Cancer “Breakthroughs” that Cost Too Much and Do Too Little
Author Laura Beil, Newsweek Aug 27, 2012 1:00 AM EDT ‘Death panels’ are a bad idea. But asking hard questions about health care is not. In his more than 35 years of practice, Dr. Lowell Schnipper has seen a lot… Read More ›
Vladimir Putin: the Russian president’s ‘life of four yachts and 58 aircraft’
Vladimir Putin once compared ruling Russia to being a “galley slave”, but four yachts that come with the job, not to mention palaces, aircraft and a wealth of luxury perks help explain his refusal to quit the presidency, leading … Read More ›
Food shortages could force world into vegetarianism, warn scientists
Water scarcity’s effect on food production means radical steps will be needed to feed population expected to reach 9bn by 2050 Leading water scientists have issued one of the sternest warnings yet about global food supplies, saying that the world’s… Read More ›
60 Years of American Economic History, Told in 1 Graph
Jordan Weissmann – Jordan Weissmann is an associate editor at The Atlantic. He has written for a number of publications, including The Washington Post and The National Law Journal In the 60 years after World War II, the United States… Read More ›
The case of Brandon Raub: Can the government detain you over Facebook posts? “Without a warrant or recitation of his Miranda rights, Raub was handcuffed and taken into custody” (U.S)
WASHINGTON, August 22, 2012 — Brandon J. Raub, a 26-year-old pro-liberty activist, former U.S. Marine, and Virginia resident, was arrested after authorities deemed his Facebook posts threatening. Citing an obscure statute allowing the involuntary detainment of a citizen for psychiatric… Read More ›
European ministers worry about ‘new Berlin Wall’ in North-South debt crisis split
By Agence France-Presse Thursday, August 23, 2012 7:32 EDT Topics: europe ♦ European Affairs Minister Alexander Stubb ♦ European ministers European ministers warned Thursday that the debt crisis risks splitting Europe between north and south in an echo of the… Read More ›
Greece may sell off islands amid privatization scheme: report
By Stephen C. Webster Thursday, August 23, 2012 12:32 EDT Topics: Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras ♦ privatization scheme ♦ uninhabited islands The Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said this week that the country is willing to sell off its… Read More ›
Nigerian ‘health tourist’ flew to UK for caesarean birth on NHS (U.K.)
A heavily-pregnant woman from Nigeria flew thousands of miles to have her baby at a Manchester hospital costing the taxpayer around £10,000, it has emerged. The ‘health tourist’ travelled more than 3,000 miles from her home country to the cash-strapped… Read More ›
America’s Generosity Divide – Wealthiest are the Least Generous, Based on Discretionary Income
America’s Generosity Divide The Chronicle of Philanthropy. By Emily Gipple and Ben Gose The nation’s generosity divide is vast, according to a new Chronicle of Philanthropy study that charts giving patterns in every state, city, and ZIP code. In states… Read More ›
Energy companies ‘overcharge customers by £600m’
Energy companies have overcharged households and businesses up to £600 million by manipulating the electricity market, ministers have said. By Rowena Mason, Political Correspondent 10:00PM BST 21 Aug 2012 The Government believes companies have been “profiting unfairly at the expense of… Read More ›
Surfthechannel.com verdict sets powerful precedent for copyright battles
By Charles Arthur, The Guardian Monday, August 20, 2012 15:46 EDT Anton Vickerman probably didn’t want to enter the history books in this way. As the founder of surfthechannel.com, a website that provided links to TV and film content –… Read More ›
Inside Capitol, Investor Access Yields Rich Tips
When Senate Democrats finally brokered a compromise over the proposed health-care law, a group of hedge funds were let in on the deal, learning details hours before a public announcement on Dec. 8, 2009. The news was potentially worth… Read More ›
And Now Facebook’s Bankers Are Divvying Up The $100 Million They Made Shorting Facebook’s Stock
Boy it doesn’t suck to be a banker. Henry Blodget|Aug. 18, 2012, 9:41 AM Every time I forget how much it doesn’t suck, I’m reminded of some other magical cash-printing tool I had forgotten about that allows Wall Street to… Read More ›
Finland prepares for break-up of eurozone
Finland is preparing for the break-up of the eurozone, the country’s foreign minister warned today By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, in Helsinki 9:00PM BST 16 Aug 2012 The Nordic state is battening down the hatches for a full-blown currency crisis as… Read More ›
U.S. lawmakers accuse Walmart of tax evasion and money laundering
By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, August 15, 2012 17:38 EDT WASHINGTON — Two US lawmakers probing bribery allegations against Walmart in Mexico say they have documents suggesting the US retail giant may also have engaged in tax evasion and money laundering…. Read More ›
Saudis attempt to block Vatican plan for .catholic web addresses, and any web address that conflicts with the Saudi’s definition of Moral.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has attempted to block a Vatican bid to create new web addresses ending in .catholic, arguing that it “cannot demonstrate that it possesses a monopoly over the term ‘Catholic’”. By Christopher Williams, Technology Correspondent The… Read More ›
Cataract patients being wrongly denied eye surgery (U.K.)
Thousands of patients struggling to drive and even read are wrongly being denied sight-saving surgery, according to eye health professionals. By Richard Alleyne The Telegraph 5:30AM BST 13 Aug 2012 The Royal College of Ophthalmologists and other health bodies say it… Read More ›
Anger grows in Illinois at Bain’s latest outsourcing plan: forced workers to train their overseas replacements
The Sensata plant in Freeport is profitable and competitive, but its majority owner, Bain Capital, has decided to ship jobs to China – and forced workers to train their overseas replacements Paul Harris in Freeport guardian.co.uk, Friday 10 August 2012 11.15… Read More ›
Government Searches Facebook to find Illegal Birthdays for 10 year olds without a permit. In addition prohibit farmers from selling produce directly to the public..
At 54 Seconds into the video is where it gets more disturbing There are so many areas where county administrators willingly overreached their authority. The question really is, what message are these administrators trying to send? Also what are they… Read More ›
Will Microsoft’s Police Surveillance System Violate Your Privacy? – Domain Awareness System
By Alex Fitzpatrick | Mashable – 9 hrs ago securitycameras600 The Microsoft-powered police surveillance system being installed in New York City is an impressive bit of innovation: It connects a wide variety of technology already in use by the New… Read More ›
DOJ Will Not Prosecute Goldman Sachs in Financial Crisis Probe
By Jason Ryan@JasonRyanABC The Justice Department has decided it will not prosecute Goldman Sachs or its employees for their role in the financial crisis, following an investigation by senators Carl Levin (D-MI) and Tom Coburn (R-OK). The congressional investigation found… Read More ›
How Huge Food Corporations Will Make Upcoming Food Price HIkes Even Worse
Published on Alternet (http://www.alternet.org) Home > How Huge Food Corporations Will Make Upcoming Food Price HIkes Even Worse AlterNet [1] / By Jill Richardson [2] How Huge Food Corporations Will Make Upcoming Food Price HIkes Even Worse August 7,… Read More ›
Forget playing fair, cheaters get a natural ‘high’ breaking the rules
Forget playing fair, cheaters get a natural ‘high’ breaking the rules By Suzannah Hills PUBLISHED:20:11 EST, 7 August 2012| UPDATED:07:46 EST, 8 August 2012 Cheaters get a natural ‘high’ from breaking the rules, a new study has found. Far from… Read More ›
London Mayor Boris Johnson admits paying cash ‘a lot’ after minister says families who settle bills cash-in-hand are as bad as tax avoiders
Tory minister David Gauke said he disapproves of the practice He said non-taxed house services such as plumbing, cleaning and gardening is ‘a large part of the hidden economy’ Labour MP John Mann, accused the Treasury of operating ‘double standards’… Read More ›
£13tn: hoard hidden from taxman by global elite (21 Trillion USD)
A global super-rich elite has exploited gaps in cross-border tax rules to hide an extraordinary £13 trillion ($21tn) of wealth offshore – as much as the American and Japanese GDPs put together – according to research commissioned by the campaign… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 