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Hollande Says Peugeot Must Renegotiate
The new president of France Francois Hollande said that Peugeot must renegotiate its plan to cut 8,000 jobs. Hollande said the cutback would create a huge social impact. He accused the automaker of lying about its intentions and said... More of this article »
Murder Rate in El Salvador Falls
The murder rate in the Central American country of El Salvador has dropped thanks in part to a gang truce. Two gangs – the Mara Salvatrucha and Calle 18 – helped make the country the world’s most murderous last year behind its... More of this article »
Diggs Sells for Just $500,000
Social-media pioneer Digg, Inc. once considered to be valued at over $160 million is selling for a discounted price of only $500,000, said people familiar with the situation. Betaworks, a technology development company based in New... More of this article »
Mastercard, Visa and Banks Forge Retail Settlement
A settlement has been reached by Mastercard Inc, Visa Inc and banks that are issuers of their credit cards for $7.25 billion with retailers in the U.S. over a lawsuit that fixed debit and credit card fees. The agreement could be the... More of this article »
Italy Downgraded by Moody’s
On Friday, Moody’s surprised markets by downgrading the bond rating of Italy’s government by two notches to Baa2. It also warned that it might cut the rating even further. The move placed even more pressure on the country just... More of this article »
Contamination at Drug Plant Could Hurt Bladder Medication Supply
The Sanofi Plasteur Toronto facility is having an ongoing problem with contamination, which might affect the global supply of ImmuCyst, the drug for bladder cancer, said Health Canada on Wednesday. The remark was made by the agency... More of this article »
Gates Foundation Pledges Millions for Contraception
Melinda Gates, wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, has announced that their foundation has pledged $560 million in a campaign to increase access to contraception for women in developing countries. The commitment was announced at... More of this article »
PSU Did Not Regard Children’s Safety
An internal investigation has revealed that both senior school officials at Penn State University and Joe Paterno the Hall of Fame football coach concealed critical facts about the child abuse committed by Jerry Sandusky. The investigation... More of this article »
Police Try To Determine Cause of Billionaire’s Death
More tests were being conducted on Wednesday by investigators in an attempt to shed new light on Eva Rausing’s mysterious death. She was one of the wealthiest women in Britain and her body was located in her London mansion on Tuesday. Hans,... More of this article »
Penney’s Struggles, Lays off More Workers
Retail giant J.C. Penney has had a hard time trying to transform its business under the helm of new CEO Ron Johnson who came over from Apple. The retailer announced on Tuesday that it was eliminating another 350 jobs at its Plano,... More of this article »
Sit Less and Gain Years on Your Life
A new study has found that Americans could add up two years to their life expectancy if they stood more often and viewed fewer hours of TV. Previous studies have indicated that too much sitting and viewing TV can be bad for the health... More of this article »
Family Blasts Tour for Son’s Death
On Monday, Hawaii law enforcement officials said that the tour operator, which took a group of adolescents on a tour where a teenager from New York was killed when he was swept out to sea, did not have the permit needed to be in the... More of this article »
Usher’s Stepson is Brain Dead
Usher’s stepson, who is just 11, was declared brain dead by his doctors. The youngster collided with a jet ski on Sunday. Kyle Glover, Usher’s estranged wife’s son, has not had brain activity since he arrived at the hospital... More of this article »
Taliban Brutally Kill Helpless Woman
A video was released to an international news agency by the Taliban on Sunday. The video contains the brutal, senseless and inhuman killing of a woman as she sits on the ground. The woman, dressed in a burqa can be seen sitting against... More of this article »
Apple Ends Relationship with Environmental Group
Apple has withdrawn its products from the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) certification, which is a program that gives products ratings of gold, silver and bronze classification. The classifications are based... More of this article »
Cholera Outbreak in Cuba Hits Havana
A patient in a Havana hospital was diagnosed with having cholera. This followed the deaths of three people in the town of Manzanillo in the southeastern region of the Caribbean nation. Latest numbers have 50 people being infected with... More of this article »
Clinton Declares Afghanistan Major non-NATO Ally
On Saturday, the White House administration declared that Afghanistan was the United States’ latest “major non-NATO ally,” which is designed to allow for close cooperation in defense following the withdrawal of combat troops... More of this article »
Yahoo Facebook Settle Suits, Sign Licensing Partnership
Yahoo and Facebook have buried the corporate hatchets to settle their lawsuits and have agreed to form a broader partnership for licensing and internet advertising. The agreement settles the technology patents infringement allegations... More of this article »
Salvadoran Journalist Has Immigration Problem
A journalist from El Salvador, who is intent on shedding light on the immigration debate in Georgia, is now in the midst of his own immigration drama. Mario Guevara is a reporter for the state’s largest Spanish-language newspaper... More of this article »
Unemployment Holds at 8.2%, 80,000 New Jobs
A jobs report released Friday morning showed weaker than anticipated new jobs and pushed the three major stock indexes in the U.S. down by over 1% each. The jobs report released by the Labor Department showed a net increase in jobs... More of this article »
ADP: 176,000 New Jobs Added in June
Private sector business added 176,000 new jobs to their payrolls during June said ADP, the payroll giant. June’s increase followed a revised upward figure of 136,000 for May. Economists had predicted that just 95,000 new jobs would... More of this article »
Yacht Capsizes, Three Dead
The joy and excitement of watching July 4 fireworks was short lived for the people on a yacht off the coast of New York. The yacht capsized sending 27 people into the waters of the Long Island Sound. Three of the passengers were killed... More of this article »
Scientists Link Cat Feces to Female Suicide
A new study published this week in a scientific journal says that women who are infected by a parasite spread through cat feces have a higher risk of suicide. The study involved over 45,000 women from Denmark. The senior author of... More of this article »
Nets Get Joe Johnson from Hawks
The Brooklyn Nets do not want to start in their new home without having plenty of power on their team roster. How it appears as if the team will have its first big scorer, as they have agreed to a deal that will bring Joe Johnson,... More of this article »
GlaxoSmithKline Agrees To $3 Billion Settlement
British Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to pay a settlement of $3 billion and plead guilty to three misdemeanor criminal charges. U.S. government officials are calling the agreement the largest healthcare fraud case... More of this article »
Airbus Opens Factory in U.S.
Airbus has enjoyed great success globally and has 53% of the global market of jets. John Leahy is a determined New Yorker who has helped make the company the largest civil jet maker in the world and has forged his career through winning... More of this article »
West Facing Tough Choice in Syria
On Saturday, in Geneva a strange show of unity was attempted by the world powers by making a commitment to support a new transitional government in Syria. However, diplomats led by Kofi Annan the envoy from the United Nations, failed... More of this article »
Mississippi to Become Only State with no Abortion Clinics
A new Mississippi law that restricts abortion providers might force the only abortion clinic in the state to shutter its doors. That could make Mississippi the only state in the nation without any abortion clinics. Critics of the law... More of this article »
Growth in Manufacturing Slows in China
In a sign that the second largest economy in the world has not yet bottomed out, the manufacturing activity in China grew in June at the slowest rate since November of last year. The Purchasing Managers Index the official manufacturing... More of this article »
Mexico Electing New President
Voters in Mexico are going to the polls on Sunday poised to elect a new president. Many believe the voters will bring back the old guard into power. Twelve years ago, the Institutional Revolutionary Party lost the presidency that it... More of this article »
Man Has Porn-Induced Headaches
A man has been plagued by headaches that are porn-induced and caused him to take painkillers at least 30 minutes prior to viewing X-rated movies. The man, unnamed and unmarried is a software professional who has complained of having... More of this article »
Apple Wins Second Ban Against Samsung
On Friday, Apple Inc. was awarded another sales ban against Samsung. A judge in the U.S. ordered South Korean based Samsung Electronics to stop sales of its Nexus smartphone while the an Apple claim is considered by the court over... More of this article »
Seven Deaths Due To Heat
Violent storms hit around the Washington D.C. area on Friday and caused the deaths of two people. Authorities also said that five people, including three children, might have died from severe heat that has affected the majority of... More of this article »
Hijackers Overpowered By Passengers
Passengers along with sky marshals aboard a plane in the western province of Xinjiang, China overpowered a group of hijackers on Friday. The flight had 101 aboard and just after takeoff the Tianjin Airlines flight the plane was taken... More of this article »
Research in Motion Reeling From Financial Results
Research In Motion, the Canadian based maker of Blackberry smartphones and the PlayBook tablet could see its cash dry up and fail, even with the proposed launch of its Blackberry 10 early next year, says Wall Street analysts. The price... More of this article »
Sex Abuse Hits U.S. Air Base
An investigation by U.S. Air Force officials has discovered that 31 female cadets have been sexually assaulted by trainers at a military camp in Texas. The internal probe is at this time, looking at 12 military instructors that served... More of this article »
Nadal Defeated By No. 100 Ranked Player
Rafael Nadal, a two-time champion at Wimbledon was stunned by Lukas Rosol the world’s No. 100 ranked player. On Thursday, in the second round of Wimbledon, Rosol defeated Nadal 6-7 (9), 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. The win by Rosol was one... More of this article »
Not Just Calories Matter in Dieting
A new study indicated that the proportion of proteins, carbohydrates and fat eaten may help determine whether someone who losses weight is able to keep it off or if it will be just temporary. A seven-month intensive experiment was... More of this article »
Former My Three Sons Actor Dies
Don Grady played Robbie Douglas the dimpled-chinned son on My Three Sons, a hit sitcom on television from 1962 to 1970. He also was a Walt Disney Mouseketeer at 12, on the original Mickey Mouse Club. According to a reporter in Hollywood,... More of this article »
Kim Dotcom Search Warrants Deemed Illegal
Search warrants that 70 police from New Zealand used to raid a mansion that was the home of a suspected internet piracy kingpin were ruled illegal by a court in New Zealand on Thursday. The ruling deals a huge blow to the copyright... More of this article »
Condor Population Dying in California from Lead Poisoning
A new report published by the University of California says the condor population in the state has been affected by the lead found in ammunition. Myra Finkelstein the author of the study says that the at this time condors is California... More of this article »
Asus Says Tablet with Google Brand to Be Unveiled
An executive for the Taiwanese manufacturer of computers, Asus, has been quoted as saying Google will announce its own branded computer tablet. The device has been designed to compete with the latest handheld tablet from Amazon. This... More of this article »
Barclays to pay $450 million to End Probe
Barclays announced it would pay out over $450 million to regulators in the United States and the United Kingdom to settle allegations that employees tried to manipulate the interbank lending rate in London that is the rate for over... More of this article »
Queen Elizabeth and Ex-Leader of IRA Share Handshake
During the years of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland, Martin McGuinness was a senior member of the IRA. Today he is a member of the Sinn Fein party, which is pro-republican and a Northern Ireland deputy first minister. During... More of this article »
FDA Delays Eliquis Decision
Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer, Inc stock fell on Monday after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration unexpectedly delayed a decision for the second time on whether or not to approve Eliquis, an anti-clotting drug that is highly touted. Some... More of this article »
Murray Wishes He Would have Testified
The physician who was convicted of aiding in the death of Michael Jackson, Dr. Conrad Murray, now regrets he did not testify at his trial that took place last year. Two of his defense lawyers said this on Monday, after visiting the... More of this article »
Microsoft Confirms Acquisition of Yammer
Microsoft Corporation announced it was purchasing social network site Yammer for an estimated $1.2 billion. Yammer will be incorporated into the Office division of Microsoft that Kurt DelBene heads and will continue to report to David... More of this article »
African Americans Not As Likely To Receive Kidney Donation
A new study published in June shows that patients who are African American and awaiting a new organ are not as likely to receive one as a non-black patient is. At transplant centers around the country, of which there are 275, African... More of this article »