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Syria says Israeli warplanes hit military site – World
Israel conducted a rare airstrike on a military target inside Syria, foreign officials and Syrian state TV say, amid fears President Bashar al-Assad’s regime is providing weapons to the Islamic militant group Hezbollah. Original post on cbc.ca Comments on reddit.com
French flags selling out in Mali’s capital
France’s military intervention has been widely greeted here. Normally, Malian attitudes towards its former colonial ruler range from resentment to admiration. Original post on csmonitor.com Comments on reddit.com
Malians Rally Against Religious Extremism
Several thousand people have turned out for a rally in Mali’s capital, Bamako, to show support for Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Does the Romney Family Now Own Your e-Vote?
Do you feel that mainstream media spin is obscuring the truth during this election season? Truthout doesn’t take advertising or corporate sponsorships… Original post on truth-out.org Comments on reddit.com
Romney’s Bain Capital Is Sending Many Jobs to China the Day Before the Election
Dot, an employee at Sensata for 43 years, demonstrating during the Bain Bus Tour in Janesville, Wisconsin. (Photo: WisconsinJobsNow)Do you support Tru… Original post on truth-out.org Comments on reddit.com
David Stockman: Mitt Romney and the Bain Drain
Is Romney really a job creator? Ronald Reagan’s budget director, David Stockman, takes a scalpel to the claims. Original post on thedailybeast.com Comments on reddit.com
Tesla CEO plays down concerns – Oct. 5, 2012
Tesla’s Elon Musk says the company is in a solid cash position and in no danger of missing loan payments. Original post on cnn.com Comments on reddit.com
NEW ROMNEY VIDEO: In 1985, He Said Bain Would “Harvest” Companies for Profits
This clip shows the young CEO focusing on businesses as targets for his investors, not as job creators or community stakeholders. Original post on motherjones.com Comments on reddit.com
Naked March in Paris to Open New Office of Femen Feminist Group
Feminists from the Ukraine-based activist group Femen have opened their first training center abroad in Paris to teach like-minded protesters how to evade security forces. For the opening, the women ran half-naked through a predominantly Muslim neighborhood in the French capital. Original post on spiegel.de Comments on reddit.com
The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail
There is evidence that venture-backed start-ups fail at far higher numbers than the rate the industry usually cites: About three-quarters of venture-backed firms in the U.S. don’t return investors’ capital, according to recent research by Shikhar Ghosh, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School. Original post on wsj.com Comments on reddit.com
Costco Founder Says Obama Better for Business Than Romney
President Barack Obama’s re-election will be better for businesses than a country led by Mitt Romney, Jim Sinegal, co-founder of Costco Wholesale Corp., said during a speech at the Democratic National Convention. Original post on bloomberg.com Comments on reddit.com
New York AG probing private equity firms over taxes – Sep. 2, 2012
New York AG Eric Schneiderman has issued about a dozen subpoenas looking at whether firms improperly used tax loopholes to avoid paying taxes Original post on cnn.com Comments on reddit.com
Shanghai ‘Most vulnerable to coastal floods,’ Study Finds – Society – China – Epoch Times
Shanghai, the largest city in China and one of the largest in the world, has been named as the most vulnerable city to major coastal flooding in a new study. Original post on theepochtimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Balloon Juice – Blog Archive – Mitt Romney Profited from Massive Medicare Fraud While at Bain Capital
‘Romney is hiding Bain abortion profits in his tax returns,’ says Tampa foe
CONTACT Rod Mitchell 281 350 5506 Romney is hiding Bain abortion profits in his tax returns says Tampa foe Baldwin Disclose your tax returns and everything else about Stericycle Bain investment Original post on mmdnewswire.com Comments on reddit.com
‘I’m sick to my stomach’: anger builds in Illinois at Bain’s latest outsourcing plan – Business – guardian.co.uk
The Sensata plant in Freeport is profitable and competitive, but its majority owner, Bain Capital, has decided to ship jobs to China – and forced workers to train their overseas replacements. Paul Harris… Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Women challenge Islamists over equality
Women challenge Islamists over equality Original post on today.com Comments on reddit.com
Consumer Watchdog Fines Capital One for Deceptive Credit Card Practices – NYTimes.com
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday delivered its first enforcement action against the financial industry, fining Capital One for pressuring and misleading more than two million credit card customers. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Mitt Romney’s Signature Appears On Bain SEC Filings During Time He Said He Left Bain
WASHINGTON — Between 1999 and 2001, Mitt Romney, then the CEO of Bain Capital, signed at least six documents that the private equity firm filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The documents run in direct contradiction to a claim that Romney has made repeatedly: that he had nothing to do with Bain, and therefore no responsibility for Bain investments, during that period. Original post on huffingtonpost.com Comments on digg.com
Romney faces new questions over tenure at Bain – Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney faced new questions on Thursday over whether he worked for Bain Capital longer than he previously claimed, prompting denials from the Original post on reuters.com Comments on digg.com
Immobile Capital: The Unspoken Secret of Silicon Valley’s Success – PandoDaily
Many people point to the prosperity of Silicon Valley and attribute it to some innate advantage in entrepreneurial culture or arrogantly believe that people in tech are simply better, smarter, o… Original post on pandodaily.com Comments on reddit.com
Assad says Syria at war as battle reaches capital – Yahoo! News Canada
From Yahoo! News Canada: BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declared on Tuesday that his country was at war and ordered his new government to spare no effort to achieve victory, as the worst fighting of the 16-month conflict reached the outskirts of the capital. Video published by activists recorded heavy gunfire and explosions in suburbs of Damascus. A trail of fresh blood on a sidewalk in the suburb of Qudsiya led into a building where one casualty was taken. A naked man writhed in pain, his body pierced by shrapnel…. Original post on yahoo.com Comments on reddit.com
China to encourage private capital in banking industry – Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will give private capital the same entry standards to the banking industry as other capital, state media said on Sunday, as the government makes its hardest push in a decade to Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
Louisiana is the world’s prison capital – NOLA.com
Sheriffs and politicians have financial incentives to keep people locked up Original post on nola.com Comments on reddit.com
Mitt Romney and Bain Capital Represent Everything You Hate About Capitalism – Page 1 – News – Broward/Palm Beach – New Times Broward-Palm Beach
James Sanderson had encountered a rare moment of industrial harmony. It was the early 1990s, and the 750 men and women at Georgetown Steel were pumping out wire rods at peak performance. They had an abiding trust in mana Original post on browardpalmbeach.com Comments on digg.com
Reckless: The Inside Story of How the Banks Beat Washington (Again) – Jesse Eisinger/ProPublica – Business – The Atlantic
The exclusive story of why the Federal Reserve caved to the largest financial institutions over dividends in 2011 — and how Wall Street still owns the place. Original post on theatlantic.com Comments on reddit.com
Capital One Buys ING Direct, and Customers Start to Freak Out – Moneyland – TIME.com
Now that Capital One has bought ING Direct USA for $9 billion, here’s a plea on the behalf of all ING Direct customers who have long gotten a kick out of the way the company’s marketing mocks other banks for being fee crazy and nickel and diming customers: Please don’t turn ING Direct into just another bank that the old ING Direct would’ve made fun of. Original post on time.com Comments on reddit.com
Palin Advises Romney On Bain – OurFuture.org
The Romney campaign’s… More
Avenue Capital Raises $2.1 Billion for Europe Distressed Fund – Bloomberg
Avenue Capital Group, the distressed-debt firm co-founded by Marc Lasry, has raised about $2.1 billion for its second European fund, according to an investor update. More