Eurozone private sector activity retreated in March, providing new evidence that the 17-nation single currency area is in recession, a key survey showed on Wednesday. The composite Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) compiled by Markit research firm hit a three-month low,
(AP) Palestinians honor columnist Helen ThomasBy DIAA HADIDAssociated PressJERUSALEMThe top Palestinian envoy to the U.S. recently hosted longtime American journalist Helen Thomas at his Washington residence and honored her for taking a tough stand against Israeli occupation, a senior Palestinian
On Monday, yet another Department of Energy funded solar energy company -the world’s largest solar power plant–filed for bankruptcy. Reuters reports: Solar Trust of America LLC, which holds the development rights for the world’s largest solar power project, on Monday filed
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Pakistan will deport Osama bin Laden’s wives and children Pacific tensions build as North Korea approaches long-range missile launch Kurds halt oil exports to Baghdad, increasing sectarian tensions Euro zone unemployment soars to historic
Iran declared on Monday it will not be swayed from its nuclear “path” by sanctions, a week before talks with world powers that are increasingly seen as a last chance for diplomacy in its showdown with the West. The defiant
(AP) Euro unemployment spikes to record 10.8 percentBy PAN PYLASAP Business WriterLONDONUnemployment in the 17 countries that use the euro hit its highest level since the currency was introduced back in 1999, official figures showed Monday, adding to fears that
Breitbart.com has learned that teachers in Wisconsin have been attending routine training workshops with the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF), a radical organization founded by Saul Alinsky in 1940. In a video produced by the MacIver Institute, organizers are seen arriving
(AP) EU eyes small tax on share purchasesBy GABRIELE STEINHAUSER and JAN M. OLSENAssociated PressCOPENHAGEN, DenmarkTentative support from Sweden for a small levy on share purchases may open the door for a limited tax on financial transactions in the European
Europe’s finance ministers Saturday made another effort to achieve a breakthrough on a disputed financial transactions tax, as Germany unveiled a plan to bring on board a skeptical Britain. Ministers entering the second of a two-day meeting here expressed cautious
(AP) Eurozone gets $670 billion in fresh bailout fundsBy GABRIELE STEINHAUSER and JAN M. OLSENAssociated PressCOPENHAGEN, Denmark The 17 countries that use the euro have boosted their emergency funding for debt-troubled countries to (EURO)800 billion ($1.1 trillion), an amount that
(AP) Conspiracy charges dropped against Mich. militia By ED WHITEAssociated Press DETROIT – A federal judge dismissed the most serious charges Tuesday against seven members of a Michigan militia who were rounded up as homegrown extremists accused of plotting war against
The late comedian-violinist Henny Youngman’s emblematic one-liner was “Take my wife–please!” Now an Islamic Bookstore in Toronto, Canada was discovered selling a book titled A Gift for Muslim Couple, which promotes a brutal variant on Youngman’s comedic theme. Illustrating the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. The world in the eye of the hurricane Sudan / South Sudan border clashes threaten oil production China loses big in the Sudan / South Sudan conflict Egypt eyes close ties between South Sudan
OWS will be furious with CNN over this: Global Public Square (GPS) host Fareed Zakaria did a segment on tax reform Sunday in which he argued for a simpler, less progressive tax system. Yes, you heard that right: a CNN
Bad marketing travels fast. That’s the lesson Reebok learned the hard waythis week after ads placed in a handful of locker rooms in Germany madetheir way stateside via social mediasites: The motivational ad campaign’s full tagline is “cheat on yourgirlfriend,
I’m not a big fan of welfare programs, in part because I sympathize with taxpayers (check out these outrageous examples of waste), but mostly because redistribution programs subsidize poverty and trap people in lives of despair. But as I wrote in 2010, the most
The “Drill, baby, drill!” mantra of the 2008 Republican National Convention was cynically answered by Barack Obama supporters at the Democratic Convention with: “You can’t drill your way out of the problem.” To address what President Obama called the worst
Without a hint of irony, THR drops this on us: The book is set in a dystopian society in a perpetual state of war, which in turn leads to a state of paranoia. Propaganda, surveillance, mind control and cult of personality
Yesterday, tape hit the internet of a Libyan mob desecrating dozens of graves where Allied servicemen of World War II are buried. The protestors were apparently responding to the news that U.S soldiers had burned Muslim holy books – books
O’REILLY: Congressman, the reason we like you as a guest is because you’re an honest man, But I will point to history. I will point to history. The same mindset was taken when dealing with Nazi Germany. We’re not going
(AFP) The United Nations called on Iran to ban the death penalty in cases that do not meet standards of “serious crime” as defined by international law, according to a report to be published Monday. In the report, special UN
The scene discussed below is from HBO’s “Game Change,” adapted by screenwriter Danny Strong from the book of the same name by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann. Based upon our sources, and recent comments made in a conference call that included foreign
ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Greece’s Parliament late on Tuesday approved new cuts in public sector pensions and government spending required to secure a second package of international rescue loans. Lawmakers voted 202-80 in favor of cutbacks worth a total euro3.2
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Germany approves Greek bailout amid continuing bad news S&P says that Greece is in ‘selective default’ Merkel chastises German interior minister over Greece leaving eurozone Germany may be replacing America as the new international
BERLIN (AP) – The German parliament approved a second, euro130 billion ($173 billion) loan package for Greece on Monday after Chancellor Angela Merkel warned lawmakers that it would be irresponsible to abandon the country to bankruptcy. Although the motion was
