The popular protests that began last month in lower Manhattan before spreading across the country have generally been characterized, at least in the media’s short-hand, as “anti-Wall Street” — driven by anger about the financial industry recklessness and greed that helped tank the economy. Given the “Occupy Wall Street” name, and the site of the
Continue reading …The popular protests that began last month in lower Manhattan before spreading across the country have generally been characterized, at least in the media’s short-hand, as “anti-Wall Street” — driven by anger about the financial industry recklessness and greed that helped tank the economy. Given the “Occupy Wall Street” name, and the site of the
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Boston Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein has agreed to a five-year contract with the Chicago Cubs, according to multiple media reports. Epstein would leave Boston with a year left on his contract as general manager. (Oct. 12)
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Boston Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein has agreed to a five-year contract with the Chicago Cubs, according to multiple media reports. Epstein would leave Boston with a year left on his contract as general manager. (Oct. 12)
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A Nigerian man pled guilty Wednesday to trying to bring down a jet with a bomb in his underwear, telling a judge that he acted in retaliation for the killing of Muslims worldwide and referring to the failed explosive as a “blessed weapon.” (Oct. 12)
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A Nigerian man pled guilty Wednesday to trying to bring down a jet with a bomb in his underwear, telling a judge that he acted in retaliation for the killing of Muslims worldwide and referring to the failed explosive as a “blessed weapon.” (Oct. 12)
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WARSAW (Reuters): Donald Tusk will be the first Polish prime minister since the fall of communism in 1989 to rule for two successive terms after his centre-right Civic Platform trounced its rivals in a parliamentary election. An exit poll showed Tusk’s pro-business party had won nearly 40 percent of votes in Sunday’s election, short of an absolute majority but far ahead of Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s nationalist-conservative Law and Justice party on just over 30 percent. Financial markets will welcome Tusk’s victory, which points to four more years of relative political and economic stability in the European Union’s largest eastern member state at a time of deepening crisis in the euro zone. Final…
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SANAA, Yemen — In his first major speech since returning to Yemen, President Ali Abdullah Saleh made vague comments Saturday that he is willing to leave power but offered no concrete plan for the country’s future. Yemen’s opposition voiced doubt that the embattled leader was serious. It was not the first time Saleh has expressed a willingness to step down amid eight months of protests…
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The leaders of Germany and France, the eurozone’s two biggest economies, said they have reached an agreement about how to strengthen Europe’s shaky banking sector amid the region’s debt crisis. “We are determined to do the necessary to ensure the recapitalisation of Europe’s banks,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said last…
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CAIRO-Flames lit up downtown Cairo, where massive clashes raged Sunday, drawing Christians angry over a recent church attack, Muslims and Egyptian security forces. At least 24 people were killed and more than 200 injured in the worst sectarian violence since the uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak in February. The rioting lasted late into the night, bringing out a deployment of more than 1,000 security forces and armored vehicles to defend the state television building along the Nile, where the trouble began. The military clamped a curfew on the area until 7 a.m. The clashes spread to nearby Tahrir Square, drawing thousands of people to the vast plaza that served as the epicenter of the…
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