Chaos for London as bus strike looms

To overseas visitors the London Bus is as much a symbol of England itself as of just the capital city and perhaps this strike is indicative of things to come across Britain as belts tighten and public and private...

Government Bailout is a big Mistake

" Washington – The Club for Growth condemned the massive government bailout proposed by the Treasury and the Bush administration as unnecessary, unfair to taxpayers, and fraught with serious costs to the American economy. Eighteen months into the credit crunch, many...

Fannie Mae stock push leads to class action against Smith Barney

A class action lawsuit was filed in Florida, Monday, against Citigroup and subsidiary Smith Barney, by law firm Aronberg & Aronberg.  The lawsuit alleges that Florida customer funds were improperly used to buy Fannie Mae stock, via Smith Barney mutual funds...

End of council tax in Scotland to widen divide with England

The Scottish National Party, a party seeking independence for Scotland which gained power in the Scottish parliament last year, is going to try to abolish council tax in Scotland over the next 12 months. Council tax is payed by residents in the UK to their local council,...

Dalai Lama defends Islam as peaceful religion

I don't understand how the Dalai Lama can be so blind about these issues.  Or is it that the Dalai Lama only made sure he do not offend anybody? Why is it in the media, particularly in journalism, we can be very bold, direct and sharp in pinpointing who is who and what...

Who Is Manipulating the Internet.......?!!

" Many of us read or heard about George Orwell's novel "1984 "; it shows how the Party who has the ultimate power can manipulate all the Public who struggle to have a place in the society, and forces them to obey...

Unfair Credit Cards Get Regulated by Fed

"(CBS/AP) The Federal Reserve and other regulators initiated steps Friday to end "unfair and deceptive" credit card industry practices assailing consumers who are already struggling to cope in a bad...

Latinos outraged over CBS report

"As if Katie Couric didn’t already have enough problems. Weighed down by record-low ratings at the anchor desk of “CBS Evening News,” and by reports suggesting she will leave that post two years before her multimillion-dollar contract expires, Couric now has civil...

California Court Awards Starbucks Baristas $105 Million in Tip Dispute

A judge has given some Starbucks baristas an extraordinary tip of his own"A court in California awarded baristas at Starbucks cafes in California $105 million on Thursday, ruling that the company had wrongly...

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn wants end to the Obama-Clinton spat.

"Congressman to Bill Clinton: 'Chill a little bit' Posted: 09:30 AM ET Clyburn is calling for an end to the Obama-Clinton spat. Clyburn is calling for an end to the Obama-Clinton spat. (CNN) – House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, whose criticism of Hillary Clinton’s recent...

"Shock Jock" Don Imus, Back on Air Tomorrow

The irony either wants to make you laugh or cry--on various film, t.v., radio, video, Internet, and other media outlets, the words like "bitch" and "ho," have been considered...

Now is the biggest transfer of wealth from the poor and middle class to the a...

Goldman says the Cost Of The Crunch Is $2 Trillion. The firm's economic team put a $2 trillion price tag on the ultimate economic cost of the credit crunch, including $400 billion in losses directly tied to mortgages--well north of recent estimates by economists,...

TV Reporter Suspended Over ‘Ambush’ of Home Defender Who Killed Two

 No wonder why journalists poll worse than congress. “This is her idea of journalism? Ambushing a 70-year-old man who has been through life-and-death twice in three weeks? ‘Are you a trigger happy kind...

Alarm at rising tide of sex-bias litigation

"The number of women taking employers to court claiming unfair pay is rising so quickly that it has left the system unfit for purpose, according to the head of Britain’s equality watchdog. Jenny Watson, chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission, has told The Times that...

The West Bemoans China-Africa Commerce

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11428653 NPR did a story about Western complaints over Chinese-African business relationships. Basically the Chinese offer cut rate loans and...

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