Regulators have shut down three banks in Puerto Rico, bringing the number of U.S. bank failures this year to 60.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Friday took over the banks: Westernbank Puerto Rico, based in Mayaguez, with about $11.9 billion in assets; R-G Premier Bank of Puerto Rico, based in Hato Rey, with around $5.9 billion in assets; and San Juan-based Eurobank, with $2.5 billion in assets.
In The International, Interpol Agent Louis Salinger and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman are determined to bring to justice one of the world's most powerful banks. Uncovering illegal activities including money laundering, arms trading, and the destabilization of… Continue
Facebook has been gradually boosting its profile in Washington D.C. over the past year and is on the hunt for a second senior lobbyist to add to its office of four. Disclosures released a few days ago show that, on top of lobbying the usual suspects Internet companies reach out to like the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. senators and representatives, the fast-growing social network has also been busy deepening ties to government intelligence and homeland security… Continue
Jeffrey Smith Author and Founder of the Institute for Responsible Technology
April 20, 2010 HuffingtonPost
“This study was just routine,” said Russian biologist Alexey V. Surov, in what could end up as the understatement of this century. Surov and his colleagues set out to discover if Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) soy, grown on 91% of US soybean fields, leads to problems in growth or reproduction. What he discovered may uproot a multi-billion dollar… Continue
KENT, Ohio - April 23 - On May 1-4, 2010 filmmaker Michael Moore will livecast the hearings of the Kent State Truth Tribunal, streaming in real time the accounts of participants, witnesses and family members of the 1970 Kent State shootings that left four students dead and nine injured. The livecast is the first real-time broadcast of a truth-seeking initiative of this kind and will…
Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com
Monday, April 19, 2010
Bill Clinton, the Southern Poverty Law Center and almost the entire corporate media… Continue
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Unannounced security forces' exercise creates huge traffic jams across nation; police set up roadblocks on major roads, including Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Highway.Eyewitness: I've never seen anything like it
Baking Soda (Bicarbonate) & Maple Syrup Cancer Treatment Index of Diseases / Health Conditions ... Medicinal Foods, Herbs, Spices & Household Items The below provides a general overview on this topic and may not apply to everyone. Any treatment protocol should be discussed with a qualified healthcare… Continue
Fed Shouldn’t Reveal Crisis Loans, Banks Vow to Tell High Court
The big banks are saying "We are above the law."
April 14 (Bloomberg) -- The biggest U.S. commercial banks will take their fight against disclosure of Federal Reserve lending in 2008 to the Supreme Court if necessary, the top lawyer for an industry-owned group said.
Continued legal appeals will delay or block the first public look at details of the central bank’s $2 trillion in emergency… Continue
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DW Description: Chris Langan is known to have the highest IQ in the world, somewhere between 195 and 210. To give you an idea of what this means, the average...