Moody’s released their assessment of the credit ratings for five of the biggest U.S. financial firms, and the news isn’t good. Every one of the firms was downgraded. From top to bottom, they read like this: Goldman Sachs was downgraded two notches
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Syria grounds air force after pilot defects to Lebanon U.S. Ambassador to Syria uses Twitter to encourage defections Report: U.S. helping funnel arms to Syria’s rebels Protests and name-calling dominate Cairo Egypt Economic news
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – One hundred celebrities backed a Greenpeace campaign against oil drilling and unsustainable fishing in the Arctic on Thursday, as oil giant Shell prepares to start exploratory drilling in the region. Paul McCartney, actor Robert Redford
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “Pirates of the Caribbean” star Johnny Depp has separated from his partner of 14 years, French singer and actress Vanessa Paradis, a representative for the actor said on Tuesday. “Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis have amicably
Former Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) will play the role of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney to help President Barack Obama prepare for his forthcoming presidential debates this autumn. Beyond representing the same state of Massachusetts, Reuters notes
On Saturday, the U.S. Conference of Mayors metin Orlando, Florida, and unanimously backed “parent trigger” lawsthat would empower parents of children trapped in failing publicschools to sidestep elected school boards, fire bad teachers and Parenttriggers are also creating a strong
TORONTO (Reuters) – A concert by the British rock band Radiohead was canceled after the roof of an outdoor stage collapsed during sound checks and rehearsals before the show on Saturday, killing one person and injuring three others, police and
Global experts were polled by TrustLaw, a foundation of Thomson/Reuters, before the G20 Summit on June 18-19. According to the poll, Canada was voted as the best country to be a woman and India the worst. The United States came
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Credit ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service cut its rating on Spanish government debt on Wednesday by three notches to Baa3 from A3, saying the newly approved euro zone plan to help Spain’s banks will increase the
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor David Arquette has filed for divorce from “Friends” actress Courteney Cox after 12 years of marriage, following the couple’s initial separation in 2010. Representatives for Arquette declined to comment, but celebrity news website TMZ.com posted
On Monday, Bank of America announced it plans to provide $50 billion in loans and financing over the next ten years for “environmentally friendly energy projects.” During the financial crisis, Bank of America received $45 billion from taxpayers. The 2012
On Monday, a pro-Obama super PAC called Priorities USA Action and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) launched a $4 million television advertising blitz that will run in the battleground states of Colorado, Nevada, and Florida. The group is calling
(Reuters) – U.S. companies are finding it more difficult to grow their revenue now than at just about any time since the financial crisis. Second-quarter revenue growth for companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index .SPX is expected to
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Hezbollah leader Nasrallah’s defiant threat to Syrian kidnappers backfires Significance of Spain’s bailout begins to sink in Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak may be close to death Burma (Myanmar) declares state of emergency over Buddhist/Muslim violence
LOS ANGELES, June 10 (Reuters) – Animated family movie “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted” beat sci-fi thriller “Prometheus” to the top of weekend box office charts with $60.4 million in the United States and Canada, according to studio estimates released
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Spain is expected to ask for a bailout on Saturday Bipolar investors pop champagne corks after week on Wall Street Greece’s debt: $1.3 trillion Israel’s Netanyahu announces plans for 851 new West Bank settlements
NEW YORK (Reuters) – American actress and singer Miley Cyrus is engaged to Liam Hemsworth, the Australian actor and “The Hunger Games” co-star, People magazine reported on Wednesday. “I’m so happy to be engaged and look forward to a life
The challenge of being an incumbent President is that you may have a great record, but if your messaging is poor, you could still lose. If you have a record that is mediocre, then great messaging may not save you.
CAM RANH BAY, Vietnam (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Leon Panetta visited a deep-water Vietnamese port near the contested South China Sea on Sunday, calling access to such harbors critical as the U.S. shifts 60 percent of its warships to the
Debris and smoke after a artillery shell smashed into a building in Homs. Reuters reports.
MADRID (Reuters) – Spaniards alarmed by the dire state of their banks are squirreling money abroad at the fastest rate since records began, figures showed on Thursday, and the credit ratings of eight regions were cut.
(Reuters) – The success of two polarizing figures in Egypt’s presidential election could make it harder to put in place an effective government that can tackle an economic crisis and secure vital foreign aid. No centre-ground figure made it to
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland demanded an apology from the White House after President Barack Obama spoke of a “Polish death camp” while anouncing an award to a Polish resistance fighter for alerting the world to the Nazi Holocaust, largely perpetrated
BOSTON (Reuters) – Security experts have discovered a highly sophisticated computer virus in Iran and the Middle East that they believe was deployed at least five years ago to engage in state-sponsored cyber espionage. Evidence suggest that the virus, dubbed
The National Education Association (NEA) has enlisted 10,000 of its three million members to help reelect Barack Obama, says NEA President Dennis Van Roekel. “Theenthusiasm is there,” Mr. Roekel told Reuters. Last Wednesday, Mitt Romney took aim at teachers unions
