AMC Entertainment, a Kansas City fixture since 1920, has been purchased
by a Chinese firm for $2.6 billion to create the world’s biggest movie
theater operator.
Britain's banks are strong enough to withstand any Greek exit from
the eurozone but need to keep bolstering their financial strength in the
face of the escalating crisis, according to a member of a Bank of
England regulatory body.
Protesters at the NATO summit meeting clashed with the Chicago
police late Sunday as officers tried to disperse thousands of people who
had gathered several blocks from the site of the meeting and refused
demands to leave.
A standoff between police and anti-war demonstrators near the NATO
summit at McCormick Place left several protesters bloodied and led to
dozens of arrests, as delegates gathered for the first of two days of
meetings.
Good thing he is usually wrong
Iraq already said it is buying more than $15 billion worth of U.S.
military hardware, including 36 F-16 fighter planes, M-1 tanks and
armored personnel carriers, insisting the weapons are for defensive
purposes.
Some 12,500 officers will be deployed daily during the Olympic
Games in the country’s largest ever pre-planned policing operation,
according to the Metropolitan force.
Israel wants its energy projects in Greek Cyprus to be run by
Israelis and is seeking to deploy as many as 20,000 commandos for their
protection, Anatolia news agency reported today.
Egypt's military rulers are expected to decree a temporary
constitution restricting the country's new president, as the nation is
to vote this week in its first presidential election since Hosni Mubarak
was removed from power.
For several years now there has been a dramatic loss of bees in
Europe and North America. As many as 50% to 90% of the bee populations
have simply vanished. This is a big deal.
Close relationship with Putin creates dispute in Russia.
Propaganda that was supposed to target foreigners could now be
aimed at Americans, reversing a longstanding policy. “Disconcerting and
dangerous,” says Shank.
Annusek was released Friday morning along with four others
reportedly suspected of preparing molotov cocktails. At least one other
detainee was released several hours later Friday.
Military defectors in northern Syria have denounced claims that
al-Qaidawas behind a series of deadly bombings in Damascus,
contradicting the UN secretary general’s assessment that the terror
group is taking a lead in the insurgency.
One of the biggest risks to the world's financial health is the
$1.2 quadrillion derivatives market. It's complex, it's unregulated, and
it ought to be of concern to world leaders that its notional value is
20 times the size of the world economy
According to an interview with National Lawyers Guild (NLG)
spokesman Kris Hermes, Chicago police officers raided a Bridgeport
apartment complex on Wednesday evening without a valid warrant and
detained up to nine people without cause.
The system crash of Thailand’s Department of Provincial Administration
central database in Bangkok, affecting Phuket and the rest of the
country yesterday and this morning, has been attributed to a “server
problem”.
A year ago this month, Bolivian President Evo Morales inaugurated
the College for Defense of the Bolivarian Alternative of the Americas
(ALBA) with a speech in which he called for the expulsion of U.S.
intelligence agencies, a new military doctrine based on “asymmetrical
war” against “imperialism” and the “abolition” of the U.N. Security
Council. He also attacked the press, calling CNN a “tool of capitalism”,
Go to Google and type in “H.R. 4133.” You will discover that, apart
from a handful of blogs and alternative news sites, not a single
mainstream medium has reported the story of a congressional bill that
might well have major impact on the conduct of United States foreign
policy. H.R. 4133, the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012
TED Talks, a group that promotes some of the world’s greatest
thinkers in a traveling presentation series, recently refused to publish
a “controversial” examination of income inequality in societies
Liberal economists and financial wonks say that we need to stimulate more to avoid falling back into an economic abyss.
FAA investigating “extremely dangerous” incident
Military intervention in the sovereign affairs of other states may
lead to outright war, including nuclear war, Russian Prime Minister
Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.
The credit rating on Greece's government debt was downgraded deeper into junk bond territory on Thursday.
The British government is making urgent preparations to cope with
the fallout of a possible Greek exit from the single currency, after the
governor of the Bank of England, Sir Mervyn King, warned that Europe
was “tearing itself apart”.
Italy increased security Thursday at 14,000 sites, and assigned
bodyguards to protect 550 individuals after a nuclear energy company
official was shot and letter bombs directed to the tax collection
agency.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has a status update for Facebook
co-founder Eduardo Saverin: Stop attempting to dodge your taxes by
renouncing your U.S. citizenship or never come to back to the U.S.
again.
Everyone driving on Interstate 15 in southwest Utah may soon have their
license plate scanned by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Reports suggest local law enforcement agencies are considering
shutting down cell phone services in the city over the weekend and while
it will most likely be very effective, many are questioning if the move
is legitimate.
An American tax exile living in the Cayman Islands has emerged as a
winner from the chaos engulfing Greece, even as the political and
economic turmoil in the beleaguered nation deepened yesterday, with
Athens putting a senior judge in charge of an emergency government to
lead it to fresh elections.
"The Metropolitan Police has rolled out a mobile device data
extraction system to allow officers to extract data 'within minutes'
from suspects' phones while they are in custody. 'Ostensibly, the system
has been deployed to target phones that are suspected of having
actually been used in criminal activity, although data privacy
campaigners may focus on potentially wider use.'"
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Opponents of a U.S. law they claim may subject them to indefinite
military detention for activities including news reporting and political
activism persuaded a federal judge to temporarily block the measure.
An 844-foot-long U.S. Navy assaultship collided with a refueling
tanker Wednesday in the Pacific Ocean, causing damage to both ships, but
there were no injuries or fuel spills, military officials said.
Syrian rebels battling the regime of President Bashar al-Assad have
begun receiving significantly more and better weapons in recent weeks,
an effort paid for by Persian Gulf nations and coordinated in part by
the United States, according to opposition activists and U.S. and
foreign officials.
Money is being pulled out of Greek banks at an alarming rate, and
if something dramatic is not done quickly Greek banks are going to start
dropping like flies.
The United States has completed its planning for a military strike
on Iran, the US Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro said in remarks at a
closed conference in Tel Aviv that were broadcast on Israel TV on
Wednesday night.
Denied no longer, US officials admit US-Saudi cash & logistical support arming terrorists in Syria.
The bank runs that we are watching right now in Greece are shocking, but they are only just the beginning.
Europe’s financial crisis lurched into a perilous new phase as dire
predictions emerged of a collapse in Greece’s economy, with a run on
its banks bringing an inevitable end to its membership of the euro.
Norman and Oriane Rousseau were one more couple pushed by a huge,
greedy bank to the brink of homelessness. On Sunday, desperate and with
nowhere to go, Norman Rousseau shot himself.
Oops! Another couple billion dollars lost. Oh well, no biggie;
nothing to get too concerned about. That, in essence, was the reaction
of Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, America’s biggest bank, to the
news that Morgan had lost $2 billion in derivatives trading.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) and Merrill Lynch & Co. employees
discussed helping naked short-sales by market-maker clients in e-mails
the banks sought to keep secret, including one in which a Merrill
official told another to ignore compliance rules, Overstock.com Inc.
(OSTK) said in a court filing.
If you needed one more example of how DNA will soon cease to exist
as a private piece of information, you need look no further than the
latest product launch by Applied DNA Sciences.
The world's prison capital is not the United States, per capita,
although it leads the world for its overall prison population. One state
far outdoes America itself and incarcerates nearly double the national
average.
Balancing power with an informed, active, pragmatic citizenry is key to thwarting neo-imperialism in all its forms.
Stocks faded in the final hour of trading Tuesday to finish lower
after a transcript from the Greek meeting showed deposits leaving the
nation's banking system and after the Greece's leaders failed to agree
on a coalition government.
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