Mr. Diamond also sought to deflect attention from the bank’s role in the authorities’ continuing investigation, pointing out that other major global financial institutions also had been implicated. United States and British regulators, who announced
"...That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it..."--the Declaration of Independence
Interview with Jim Rogers covering: Why oil prices could fall to $40 a barrel, Investment opportunities with the renewable energy sector, Why we should let Greece fail
Valley Forge, PA – Building on the success of their first checkpoint nullification on June 15, 2012 (See video: http://youtu.be/Mwx6283n81A) the Valley Forge Revolutionaries will be establishing
warning stations several blocks on either side of the
...an extraordinary story that will actually have an impact on the day-to-day lives of tens of millions of Americans is rolling efficiently forward in dozens of state legislatures. And neither mainstream media nor the public is paying much attention.
Ward Cunningham, the creator of the wiki, is proud of his invention. “We changed the world together,” he says of those who contributed to his software development site C2, which spawned the online collaboration software that underpins Wikipedia and c
Prepare the fireworks: The discovery of the Higgs boson is finally here. Early in the morning on July 4, physicists with the Large Hadron Collider at CERN announced they have found a new particle that behaves similarly to what is expected from the Hi
Researchers have taken a step toward personalized medicine for Parkinson's disease, by investigating signs of the disease in patient-derived cells and testing how the cells respond to drug treatments.
The Fall of the Communist Dynasty and The Looting of China touched on the widespread fraud that has become apparent, both in mainland and US listed Chinese companies.
Mexico's election officials on Wednesday recounted votes from more than half the polling booths in Sunday's presidential and congressional elections, responding to claims of fraud and requests for recounts in areas where the race was tight.
The Coming Famine: The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid It by Julian Cribb is a reminder of the worst things to come unless humankind embarks on a different trajectory. Cribb warns against painful food shortages, water scarcity, displac
Two tremendously eloquent pieces of social commentary of New Zealand are Bill Pearson's classic, piercing essay, Fretful Sleepers, initially published in Landfall in 1952, and Gordon McLauchlan's 1976 book Passionless People.
There's been a lot of buzz in the LP about Wayne Allyn Root speaking in this Telethon - and his recent comments about Mitt Romney. I'm popping popcorn to watch this comedy... - Ed
Evidence has mounted in recent years that some dinosaurs gained feathers on their way to evolving into birds. But a new study suggests feathered dinosaurs were more prevalent.
More than 1 million homes and businesses in a swath from Indiana to Virginia remained without power on Wednesday, five days after deadly storms tore through the region.
The European Union held a summit meeting last week, prompting a significant rally in both European and American markets at the perception of progress in controlling the Euro meltdown. However, it’s difficult for a sober analyst to find anything of l
The Brazilian real slid
for a second straight session on Wednesday, one day after a
central bank official suggested policymakers were not
comfortable with the currency's recent gains, while the Mexican
peso inched lower in sync with the euro.
One of the main obstacles in the way of a practical quantum computer has been cracked. Researchers were able to create quantum bits (qubits) and store information on them for nearly two seconds, at room temperature.
Thousands of people are expected to find out whether they have HIV in the privacy of their own home, following approval by US regulators of a rapid HIV over-the-counter test kit.
Regulators took another step toward ending the era of "too big to fail" Tuesday, releasing so-called living wills, guidelines for unwinding nine of the largest banks doing business in the United States.
In a victory trumpeted by Internet freedom groups, the European Parliament soundly rejected an international agreement to combat piracy Wednesday after protests against the pact swept Europe. The vote reportedly came down to just 39 ballots in favor,