On September 26, PIMCO’s Bill Gross resigned from the firm he built into a $2 trillion world class manager, in order to avoid what the Wall Street Journal described as his impending termination for the abusive treatment of employees. The
BIRMINGHAM England (Reuters) – Chancellor George Osborne will promise on Monday to scrap a tax on inherited pension savings as he lays out the Conservative Party’s economic pitch for next year’s election. Speaking to media before his speech, Osborne also
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: India’s rock star PM Narendra Modi draws mobs at Madison Square Garden. Saudi Arabia warns that Yemen coup could threaten global security. Pro-democracy protests bring Hong Kong to a standstill. India’s rock star PM
(Reuters) – The far-right National Front won its first ever seats in France’s upper house of parliament on Sunday, as President Francois Hollande’s Socialist party lost its Senate majority. The left still controls the lower house, which is the dominant
(Reuters) – A Twitter account run by an Qaeda member said the leader of the al Qaeda-linked Khorasan group was killed in a U.S. air strike in Syria, SITE monitoring service said on Sunday, following several days of uncertainty over whether
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Saudis prepare for MERS and Ebola at Hajj Central African Republican government asks UN to lift arms embargo Saudis prepare for MERS and Ebola at Hajj Hajj in Mecca, 1920 (Getty) Saudis are preparing
Estonian border guards have arrested two Russian fishermen for crossing the border. The two men, Russian news agency 47news.ru claims, are former KGB agents. The news agency claims Mihhail Suhoshin, 64, and Alexander Ladur, 54, held major ranks within the KGB and the
For much of the alarming surge of the terrorist group the Islamic State in Iraq, a great deal of attention on the resistance has remained on the Peshmerga, Kurdish fighters dedicated to keeping the Islamic State from expanding. Now, it
Sierra Leone has again instituting a massive quarantine to stem the deadly Ebola outbreak. The country put travel restrictions on northern districts Port Loko and Bombali and southern district Moyamba. The quarantine affects up to two million people. “The isolation
On September 24, The New York Times cited a study containing gun-related incidents with no fatalities as proof that “mass shootings” are on the rise. The Associated Press followed suit on September 25, citing the same study and making the same
Former Microsoft CEO and the new owner of the Los Angeles Clippers Steve Ballmer vowed to ban all Apple products from his newly-acquired team. Ballmer, who served on the board of Microsoft, and was the company’s CEO between 2000 and
(Reuters) Almost 3,000 West Africans have died from the current outbreak of Ebola virus, and on Tuesday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that by January between 550,000 and 1.4 million people could be infected if nothing is done. But
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a meeting on Wednesday to discuss Israel’s relationship with the Palestinians, the situation in Gaza, Iran nuclear talks, and the fight against Islamic State militants, White
(Reuters) – Islamic State militants are changing tactics in the face of U.S. air strikes in northern Iraq, ditching conspicuous convoys in favor of motorcycles and planting their black flags on civilian homes, tribal sources and eyewitnesses say. They reported fewer
(Reuters) – Over 100 pro-democracy students stormed Hong Kong government headquarters and scuffled with police late on Friday in protest against the Chinese government’s tightening grip on the former British colony. Police used pepper spray on protesters who forced their
Egypt has blamed the Turkish president of backing terrorists and stoking chaos in the Middle East. Reuters reported yesterday that the accusations came after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized the legitimacy of his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, in
New data compiled by Bloomberg Government reveal that Obamacare has already cost taxpayers $73 billion, including $2.1 billion on its busted Obamacare website–a figure more than double what the Obama administration originally claimed. As Bloomberg notes, its “analysis shows that
America’s vanishing workforce continues to evaporate, as nearly one out of every four Americans in their prime working years (ages 25-54) are unemployed. According to figures from the Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Sessions’ (R-AL) office, of the nation’s
DONCASTER, United Kingdom – Nigel Farage has “parked his tanks on Labour’s lawn” in a speech that threatened the “entire political class”. The Ukip leader took to his feet on the second day of the party’s annual conference in Doncaster.
(Reuters) – Islamic State fighters edged towards a strategic town on northern Syria’s border with Turkey on Friday, battling Kurdish forces and sending at least two shells into Turkish territory, witnesses said. Islamic State launched an offensive to try to
In an address to the United Nations on the growing Ebola crisis in West Africa, President Barack Obama vowed the United States would take a central role in helping contain the deadly virus, while calling for a larger international effort
British lawmakers vote Friday on whether to bomb Islamic State militants in Iraq, joining United States-led air strikes against a group that has seized control of swathes of the war-torn country. The hours-long debate is to begin with a speech
Laws giving Australian intelligence agencies stronger powers have passed the nation’s upper house of parliament, as the government also introduced new wording to prohibit torture. Attorney-General George Brandis said the legislation — the first counter-terrorism bill to go to parliament
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak warned Friday that Europe is contractually not allowed to re-export gas to Ukraine and could see its supplies cut if it did so. In an interview with the business daily Handelsblatt published ahead of a
