LONDON — Perhaps the only consistent thing about Britain’s socialized health care system is that it is in a perpetual state of flux, its structure constantly changing as governments search for the elusive formula that will deliver the best care for the cheapest price while costs and demand escalate. Even as the new coalition government […]
By Sheda Vasseghi The barbaric regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran recently amputated hands of several convicted thieves in the city of Hamedan or ancient Ecbatana, one of the capitals of the Achaemenid Persian Empire (550-330 BC) whose founder Cyrus the Great declared the world’s first known Bill of Human Rights. Ms. Sakineh Mohammadie […]
Remember all that discussion about the Congress not reading the entire healthcare bill? Well here are a few details that they aren’t bragging about. Under the new health care bill – did you know that all real estate transactions are now subject to a 3.8% Sales Tax? The bulk of these new taxes don’t kick […]
A former CIA director says military action against Iran now seems more likely because no matter what the U.S. does diplomatically, Tehran keeps pushing ahead with its suspected nuclear program. Michael Hayden, a CIA chief under President George W. Bush, said that during his tenure “a strike was way down the list of options.” But […]
by INN Staff– The United States State Department has announced to the Palestinian Authority/Palestinian Liberation Organization Mission representative in the United States that its status will be upgraded from a ‘bureau’ to that of a “general delegation’ and that this change will allow the office in which the representation is situated to fly the PLO, […]
The “heavy lifting is over” when it comes to the Obama administration’s legislative priorities this year, Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday evening. Biden said now that Wall Street reform is finished and signed into law, the administration could go out and make its political case for its accomplishment. “Now that the heavy lifting is […]
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — A top Chinese central bank official suggested switching away from the U.S. dollar as a benchmark for the yuan’s foreign-exchange rate, switching instead to a basket of currencies, according to remarks published Thursday. In comments posted to the People’s Bank of China Web site, the central bank’s Deputy Gov. Hu Xiaolian […]
A Virginia man charged with providing material support to terrorists abroad appeared in court today requesting an attorney be appointed to him. Zachary Chesser, 20, is accused of trying to join Al-Shabaab, a Somali-based Islamist militant group suspected in the recent bombing attacks in Uganda that left 73 dead and dozens more injured as they […]
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The Dodd-Frank financial regulation reform bill is now law. The bill is being touted as the most sweeping financial legislation since Glass-Steagall, but with 2300 pages of rules and proposals it’s hard to know exactly how it will play out in the market. Peter Schiff, president of EuroPacific Capital tells Tech ticker it will fail. […]
