May 16, 2011 Finance, Government No Comments
Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said on Sunday the central bank would provide huge amounts of liquidity to the banking system, reinforcing the bank’s determination to keep markets stable in the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck northeastern Japan. The Bank Of Japan is
May 15, 2011 Computers, Government 4 Comments
The last two weeks have seen a lot of upheaval, uncertainty, and possible revolution in Egypt. The government, in an effort to curb what was going on in their country, turned off cell phones and the Internet last week for several days. Now that web service has been restored, hackers have become a pr
May 13, 2011 Government No Comments
Ohio became the frist state to put an inmate to death by injecting the sedative pentobarbital as the stand-alone execution drug. Johnnie Baston, 37 was sentenced to die for killing Chong-Hoon Mah, a South Korean immigrant who was shot in the back of the head. The 53 year-old victims relatives
May 12, 2011 Government No Comments
A suicide bomber killed at least 36 people at a funeral being held Wednesday by an anti-Taliban militia in the suburbs of this northwest city, police and government officials said. The Pakistani Taliban, which regularly attacks tribal militias organized to combat insurgents, claimed responsibility f
May 11, 2011 Computers, Government, Technology No Comments
Oracle Corp. has agreed to pay the U.S. government $46 million to settle claims that Sun Microsystems, which the business software giant acquired last year, paid kickbacks to firms in exchange for their recommendations to federal agencies that they buy Sun products. The U.S. Justice Department sa
May 11, 2011 Government No Comments
A deputy U.S. Marshal is in critical condition Tuesday after a man opened fire on him and two other officers in St. Louis. The suspect in the shooting was killed after a standoff with police. A spokesman for the U.S. Marshals Service, Jeff Carter, said two deputy U.S. marshals and one task force o
May 6, 2011 Business, Finance, Government No Comments
In an unexpected twist the unemployment benefits dropped last week to the lowest level since May 2008. Applications for unemployment benefits decreased by 20k to 368k in the week ending Feb. 26. What does this mean? It could mean a strengthening labor market and more people back to work. Ma
May 4, 2011 Government No Comments
An urgent appeal is being issued by the UN refugee agency and an international migrant group, saying they are being overrun by the mass evacuation of workers from Libya coming to the aid agencies on the Tunisian border. Since the third week of February up to 75,000 guest workers, mainly Egyptians
April 27, 2011 Government No Comments
// Hard to believe in a nation so troubled with war, natural disasters not to mention rising gas pricing we need to be concerned if the President of the United States is a natural born citizen. Today the White House produced the birth certificate showing that President Barack Obama was b
April 26, 2011 Government No Comments
Republican Ron Paul is expected to announce yet again that he will be running for the presidents seat in 2012. The Libertarian Republican Congressman from Texas said on Fox News Monday that he plans to announce his presidential run on Tuesday afternoon in Iowa. This would be Paul's th
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