Ursula Burns: First Black Woman to become CEO to a Fortune 500

On July 1st 2009, Ursula Burns became the first African American women to become a CEO of a Fortune 500 Company, from being a mechanical engineer summer intern in 1980, then moving on to become senior vice president of corporate stategic services in 2000, then seven years...

AIG CEO Robert Benmosche Gets $7 Million Salary

American International Group (AIG) will pay new CEO Robert Benmosche a salary of $7 million dollars per year. AIG received billions of dollars in bailout money from the government earlier this year. The salary has been approved in principly by Washington's new pay czar...

Obama’s Address to Veterans

"In Iraq, after more than six years of war, we took an important step forward in June. We transferred control of all cities and towns to Iraq's security services. The transition to full Iraqi responsibility for...

Sri Lanka's Democratic Dictatorship

The democratically elected 'dictatorial' government of Sri Lanka fears media the most - The Island Online. I provide the full text of the article below: "What do democratically elected ‘dictatorial’ governments of Sri Lanka fear most- THE MEDIA! If that is not so, why...

Air France Flight 447: Pilot Error? May Have Stalled at 35,000 ft

The fate of Air France Flight 447 is becoming a little clearer as new information suggests the plane may have stalled after pilots slowed down too much when they encountered turbulence. Sources close to the inquiry say the Airbus A330, carrying 228 people, may have crashed...

Flight 447 Found: Air France Plane Crash Debris Discovered

Search teams looking for any sign of the Air France Flight 447 have found pieces of debris that may be part of the plane. The Brazilian government has now confirmed that the debris is from Flight 447 which...

Air France Flight 447: Officials say 'No Hope' for Missing Plane

Air France officials say there is no hope for the passengers and crew of missing plane Air France Flight 447, which disappeared off radar three hours into a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. There were 216...

Swine flu threat, Pakistan takes preventive measures

Pakistan has started taking preventive measures to turn away the threat of Swine flu, a type 3 virus of influenza. Airport authorities are at high-alert and NIH (National Institute of Health) is constantly...

Rove, Miers to testify in prosecutor firings

" WASHINGTON – Former top aides to President George W. Bush agreed Wednesday to testify before Congress under oath about the firings of U.S. attorneys, a controversy involving allegations of political interference that became a major issue in Bush's second term. The Bush...

O Brother Where Art Thou? Part 3

The 69 million peso question Money, the root of all evil Let me tell you a tale of greed and corruption. This is a story of a televangelist who managed to take control of church properties worth 69 million pesos...

Bolivia sets new global high mark for indigenous rights

More indigenous people rightsis certainly good but t lookslike Morales may be trying to become a dictator for life. "something more is happening: This is a victory for Latin American indigenous groups marginalized...

Eli Soriano - O Brother Where Art Thou

“A flash in the pan!” When applied to a person, this idiom means the person rose to success and then disappears just as quickly. Such is what happened to Televangelist Eliseo Fernando Soriano. Hounded by a multitude of legal problems, the self-proclaimed “pantas” is...

Clinton’s nomination constitutional?

"Article 1, Section 6 of the Constitution says the following: “No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the emoluments...

Value of Wall Street C.E.O

What's the value of a Wall Street C.E.O now in this economy crisis. Could they get away with tax payers money to compensate them to stay in their top position or would they perhaps bail out too? The pay is not...

Merrill, BofA Shareholders Approve the Combination

The Shareholders of both Merrill Lynch & Co. and Bank of America have approved the sale of Merrill to Bank of America, this friday Dec, 5. This will in turn create the U.S. largest financial-services firm....

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