And talk about the Military-Industrial Complex:
...the company recently bulked up — like many other big federal players — its cyber security business to take advantage of a new focus and financial commitment on national security programs.
Networks including Fox News continued through the time I’m writing this at 8 p.m. local Eastern time reporting that “tens of thousands” showed up. What is up with that? When will we get some reliable reporting out of the corporate media types? UPDAT
In this exclusive report, Al Jazeera's Dan Nolan found that Western companies, involved at all levels of the business, can now expect to make up to half a million dollars from the average $2 million "ransom and release" contracts they are awarded to
About 40 percent of all U.S. junk bonds outstanding in late 2008 will likely default by 2013 as government aid measures end and a wall of corporate debt comes due, Bank of America Merrill Lynch said on Thursday.
By contrast, the cumulative five-ye
Big bucks can be made by getting people to use less energy HSBC says revenues for climate change related businesses like efficiency and climate finance are going straight to the moon.
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Despite a few green shoots in the economy and a rocketing stock market, many large companies are still struggling to avoid bankruptcy.
U.S. Representative Barney Frank, the Massachusetts Democrat who leads the House Financial Services Committee, and Senator Carl Levin, a Michigan Democrat, said this week the FDIC should borrow from the Treasury instead of levying an additional fe
There are many reasons why the Federal Reserve, at minimum, needs to be audited, and eventually, needs to be shut down. One of those reasons is the secret dealings it has with foreign nations’ central banks, which are done completely under the radar
What drives President Barack Obama to want to seize control of the health care and energy sectors of the U.S. economy? Obama was trained as a Marxist from his days as a young boy in Hawaii when his grandfather picked Communist Party USA member Frank
Law enforcement and military personnel are training to set up checkpoints in order to catch people who refuse to take the swine flu vaccination according to whistle blowers, while health authorities are laying the groundwork for a mass vaccination ca
James Tuton, CEO of automated ticketing scam vendor American Traffic Solutions, was booed by fellow “Arizona Corporate Excellence” attendees while receiving an award Thursday evening.
The gathering is organized by the Phoenix Business Journal and
The new technology is the first and only site-specific test of mineralizable soil nitrogen as a basis for nitrogen fertilizer recommendations in any crop. It will help farmers apply just the amount of nitrogen fertilizer needed to maximize yields wit
It is common knowledge that Western banksters operate their own private “casino” - known as the global derivatives market. This unregulated “playground” for the most reckless generation of bankers the world has ever seen finally attracted wide-spread
Magma was set up in January 2008. Its acquisition of the HS Orka stake is the largest foreign investment in Iceland since the collapse of its banking sector in 2008.
The agreement provides that a Magma wholly owned subsidiary will purchase the int
WASHINGTON — President Obama sent a secret letter to Russia’s president last month suggesting that he would back off deploying a new missile defense system in Eastern Europe if Moscow would help stop Iran from developing long-range weapons, American
Earth’s ocean depths are often referred to as the planet’s last great unexplored frontier. Blacker than the darkest night, crushed by unimaginable pressure and for the most part untouched by the hand of Man, the benthic world is bursting with life –
President Obama's decision to abandon a Bush-era missile defense system in Europe and establish a partly ship-based shield against Iranian rockets could tighten U.S. pressure on the Islamic republic and ease a simmering rift with Russia.
[means they have another way to cheat] Federal regulators turned their attention to the fast-paced and opaque electronic trading systems that critics contend gives hedge funds and other financial firms an unfair advantage over individual investors.
Astronomers have found the coldest spot in our solar system and it may be a little close for comfort. It's on our moon, right nearby.
NASA's new Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is making the first complete temperature map of the moon. It found that
Tyrannosaurus rex -- the most fearsome predator ever to have trod the Earth -- had a pint-sized precursor, remarkably similar in appearance but no heavier than a human being, according to a new report from a team of scientists. The creature was what
We spoke this afternoon to Jennifer Mehigan of Boston EMS to find out more about H1N1 and the existence of permanent innoculation bracelets given to those who come for vaccines. The picture is the actual immunization record given to those who volunta
With the scandal involving ACORN now breaking wide open, it is time to ask the dreaded question that is asked each time a President is connected with a group that blatantly breaks the law--what did Barack Obama know, and when did he know it?
ACORN i
Hi, I'm Richard Mack, former sheriff of Graham County, Arizona, and long-time crusader for freedom and individual rights. Right now, it is vital that we restore the Constitution as the supreme law of the land. The greatest threat we face today is not
The Defense Dept's request last week for congressional approval of the sale of $8 billion worth of PAC-3 missiles to Turkey was the latest victory for a disparate group of interests including defense contractors, finance and energy corporations, trad
The 1983 act changed Medicare reimbursements from a fee-for-service to a prospective payment system. The former is pretty much what it sounds like: a hospital charges $30,000 for a hip replacement, and Medicare reimburses it $30,000.
The markets continue to make new highs, but watch out. Long-term mutual fund investors have reversed this month, selling shares, rather than dumping money in. Based on the first two weeks of the month, September's outflows will be bigger than the inf
The markets continue to make new highs, but watch out. Long-term mutual fund investors have reversed this month, selling shares, rather than dumping money in. Based on the first two weeks of the month, September's outflows will be bigger than the inf