Although the U.S.-India economic relationship has grown significantly in recent years, economic barriers continue to prevent U.S. investment in several lucrative sectors. U.S. Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner and Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee met in Washington this week to discuss trade and economic investment opportunities between the United States and India in the second [...]
Tag: Corporation
July 1, 2011
June 30, 2011
American prisons are going private
Most Americans are unaware that private prisons in the country are on the rise. Is there a reason behind this trend that isn’t going reported though? Ana Kasparian of The Young Turks says that private prisons are thriving in America right now because of the profits they are generating, which most people are unaware of. [...]
June 26, 2011
June 17, 2011
June 12, 2011
Some Gay-rights Foes Claim They Now Are Bullied
NEW YORK (AP) — As the gay-rights movement advances, there’s increasing evidence of an intriguing role reversal: Today, it’s the conservative opponents of that movement who seem eager to depict themselves as victims of intolerance. To them, the gay-rights lobby has morphed into a relentless bully — pressuring companies and law firms into policy reversals, [...]
April 8, 2011
March 30, 2011
March 28, 2011
Internet pioneer Paul Baran dies
28 March 2011 Last updated at 06:23 ET Mr Baran was recognised for his work in 2007 when he was awarded a National Medal of Technology US scientist Paul Baran, whose work in the 1960s helped pave the way for the internet, has died aged 84. Mr Baran thought up the idea of making communication [...]
March 20, 2011
Main news of March 20
Russia: * Radiation levels were within the norm in the Russian Far East despite radiation leaks from Japan’s Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant severely affected by last week’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, Russia’s Emergencies Ministry reported * Sochi 2014 Olympics’ mascot snow leopard is a symbol of a new Russia, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said [...]
March 18, 2011
Unrest that began in Wisconsin has arrived in Washington…
Unrest that began in Wisconsin has arrived in Washington. Workers and activists took to the streets and expressed their frustration over the economy, the US government inaction and the widening wealth gap. Hundreds of people stormed and occupied the offices of the BGR Group, a high-profile lobbying and public relations firm, where Wisconsin Republicans were [...]
March 3, 2011
America is Financially Sick…
Would you invest in a company that lost $2 trillion last year and has a net worth of negative $44 trillion? Not me… Still, the idea of the U.S. as a corporation is more than a thought-experiment. It’s a way to reposition our approach to long-term problems. What would USA Inc. be worth? Who would [...]
February 8, 2011
Free Cell Phones for the Poor? – Major Study to Detail Economic Impact of Lifeline Wireless on Poor & Near Poor Americans…
DIALING UP RECESSION/JOBLESSNESS RELIEF: HOW MUCH WOULD AMERICA’S POOR BENEFIT FROM WIDER ACCESS TO THE FEDERAL LIFELINE PROGRAM SUPPORTING FREE CELL PHONE SERVICE? Data to Detail Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Personal Income Lost in States – Including CA, CO, HI, MT, NE, ND, OK, SD, VT and WY – Without Access to Program [...]
November 5, 2010
NIA Projects Future U.S. Food Price Increases…
Bernanke… NIA Projects Future U.S. Food Price Increases: The National Inflation Association today announced the release of its report about NIA’s projections of future U.S. food price increases due to the massive monetary inflation being created by the Federal Reserve’s $600 billion quantitative easing. This report was written by NIA’s President Gerard Adams, who believes [...]
September 2, 2010
The Truth of America…
Relief Rallies Are Never Made To Last Written by Bob Chapman 2009 September America is in a depression not a severe recession. If it were not, why would the Fed and our Treasury Department commit us for $23.7 trillion, and why would our entire financial industry have to be bailed out? Along with this fiat [...]