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By Pat Garofalo The Occupy Wall Street protests that began in New York City more than three weeks ago have now spread across the country. The choice of Wall Street as the focal point for the protests — as even Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said — makes sense due to the big bank malfeasance that led to the Great Recession. [...]
Read More →Banks Collect Financial Data On You Via Social Media
Mashable Many Americans may be unaware that their social media conversations and posts are providing banks and lenders with a treasure trove of information. In fact, a growing number of banks and lenders are currently building a data repository – collecting, storing and analyzing data – in the hopes that one day it could help them [...]
Read More →Moody’s Puts Belgium’s Credit Rating On Review For A Possible Downgrade
Business Insider Moody’s has put Belgium’s Aa1 government bond ratings on review for possible downgrade. It did however affirm the country’s short-term ratings at Prime-1. Troubled Franco-Belgian bank Dexia which may be nationalized by Belgium, has definitely impacted the decision. Moody’s said: “Given the fragility of the funding markets for sovereigns and banks, the likelihood for the [...]
Read More →DHS Research Grant Aims to Find New Ways to Get the Public to Accept a Police State
The Intel Hub The Department of Homeland Security, in conjunction with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council(EPSRC) in England, is funding a study to gauge new and innovative ways to get the public to accept so called “identify management” techniques. The study will be carried out at Loughborough University in England and the Pacific [...]
Read More →Nestle chief warns of new food riots
AFP The head of the world’s biggest food company Nestle said on Friday that rising food prices have created conditions “similar” to 2008 when hunger riots took place in many countries. “The situation is similar (to 2008). This has become the new reality,” the Swiss giant’s chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe told the Salzburger Nachrichten daily in his native Austria in an interview. [...]
Read More →Syria: Assad did not meet Turkish FM, media reports untrue
PressTV The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has dismissed a media report claiming that President Bashar al-Assad and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmed Davutoglu recently held a meeting, Press TV reports. “What was published regarding a meeting between President Assad and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu that allegedly took place recently is false,” the ministry said in a [...]
Read More →US protests spread to 847 cities
PressTV Anti-corruption protests in the US, which started from the Wall Street in New York, have now spread to 847 cities across the country, US activists report. The “Occupy Wall Street” movement started its demonstrations about four weeks ago and it has continued gatherings until now. As of Friday morning, the website “Occupy Together,” a [...]
Read More →Considering a winter flu shot? Here’s a better way to ‘winterize’ your immune system
Paul Fassa Natural News Pharmacies have already begun promoting walk-in flu shots for the “flu season”. The late and early months of each year seem to be when more of us catch colds and come down with the flu. So what measures can you take to ensure you are not sidelined with nagging colds or [...]
Read More →Washington Targeting China’s Achilles Heel
By F. William Engdahl While nervously watching China edging closer to becoming the predominant world power in the 21st century, Washington has also been keeping a keen eye on China’s heavy reliance on foreign oil to meet its growing energy needs. Engdahl analyses the oil trap that Washington has laid for China in Libya and through [...]
Read More →Turkey to take all measures if Syrian turmoil poses risk
Todays Zaman Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said Turkey will take all necessary measures, including military ones, if the ongoing turmoil in neighboring Syria poses a security threat for Turkey. Davutoglu was speaking during a television program hosted by veteran journalist Mehmet Ali Birand on Thursday night. When Birand asked whether Turkey is heading [...]
Read More →Melbourne penalizes city folk who grow veggies on vacant land
FoodFreedom First it was sea-changers then tree-changers that moved into country communities looking for rural bliss. The next migration may be vegie-changers. This is a likely scenario if Melbourne councils continue to whack sky-high rates on vacant land used for vegetable gardens. The latest Melbourne council to penalise – yes penalise – people growing fruit [...]
Read More →Israeli army replicates war call-up
PressTV The Israeli military has simulated a war call-up for an offensive drill in order to test its readiness for possible conflicts, a report says. According to Israeli military officials, the army alerted two reserve divisions as part of an emergency drill on army bases in the central and northern regions of the occupied Palestinian [...]
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