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Napolitano Says Scandal was Inexcusable
Janet Napolitano, the Homeland Security Secretary, said that the scandal in Cartagena, Colombia involving prostitutes and secret service agents did not cause any risk to the President of the United States. She made her comments to a Senate panel on Wednesday. She faced questioning for the first time since the prostitution scandal erupted in early [...]
Wal-Mart In Bribery Probe
An extensive investigation is taking place, says Wal-Mart into compliance with federal law that prohibits companies based in the U.S. to bribe officials of foreign countries. Wal-Mart released the statement after an article in the New York Times was published Saturday online that alleged that executives of the huge retailer concealed a bribery scheme, involving [...]
Debate on Missile Defense Reignited
For a number of years the military has been trying to have a missile shield system that would help to eliminate any danger from the type of missiles that North Korean launched on Friday. However, over 60 years and $274 billion later it still is not set up. Many missile experts say it is not [...]
Agents Relieved of Duty in Colombia
A number of Secret Service officers and agents sent ahead of the trip of President Barack Obama to Cartagena, Colombia have been relieved of duty and sent home. There was alleged misconduct involving prostitution by the agents and officers. Close to a dozen Secret Service officers and agents are under investigation due to the findings [...]
Hillary Clinton Says Remarks Were Dated
On Sunday, the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized the remarks Mitt Romney made last week that America’s main foe is Russia. Clinton called Romney’s words dated and said there were other more important matters of global concern. Romney last Monday, said Russia was the primary enemy the U.S. had. He called them a [...]
Supporters Say Obama Will Tap Oil Reserves
Aides to President Obama say he had not made a final decision whether he will use oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help battle the increase in gas prices. However, a number of analysts expect he will tap into them. Chris Van Hollen a Democrat in the House of Representatives said Obama has talked [...]
Santorum Says U.S. Weak On Iran
Rick Santorum criticized President Obama Thursday over his foreign policy. He said the U.S. has not responded in quick enough fashion to the threat of nuclear weapons in Iran. Santorum hinted that a number of decisions the Obama administration has made in foreign policy were based on political considerations due to the upcoming presidential election [...]
NYPD Not the Source of Strauss Kahn DNA Report Leak
The New York Police Department denied being the source of the leak regarding the Strauss-Kahn’s DNA report. According to several news outlets, traces of his DNA were found on the clothes of the chambermaid who accused him of attempted rape in his hotel suite. There is no official statement from the investigators about the DNA [...]
Obamas Speech Fails to Ease Away Worries of Key Donors
President Obama spoke at the annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in the hopes of easing the worries of major Jewish donors. According to Steve Rosen, former director of foreign policy for AIPAC, stated that a lot of people in the Jewish community feel that US-Israeli relationship is in danger because [...]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected United States President Barack Obama’s peace deal between the Palestinians and Israel. Jewish settler leader in the West Bank criticized the president’s speech, saying that Israel can’t be safe under the 1967 borders. President Barack Obama said that any peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians should be based [...]
As the shareholders in Germany opposes the re-election of Mr Flint as Chairman and Mr Gulliver CEO of HSBC Holdings ...
Since Obama seems to never know anything about any issue at any given time on any given subject from any ...
a one year high of $63.82? On May 15th?
What a nonsense, the shares were at $77.11!