A New York woman is accused of running over a bound man who she said promised her $180000 if she ended his life. Police say they have no evidence he wanted to die. (Sept. 30)
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A New York woman is accused of running over a bound man who she said promised her $180000 if she ended his life. Police say they have no evidence he wanted to die. (Sept. 30)
Continue reading …Bailed-Out, Not Lending, Not Paying Taxes, Rolling in Profits, US Parasitic BofA’s New $5 Fee
September 30, 2011 No CommentIn other words, it’s absolutely a given that Bank of America not only retain its current profit margin, it should be able to grow it off the backs of their overburdened customers . Free markets rock! The nation’s beleaguered banking industry, which has been raising fees and doing away with free services, has a new target: debit-card users. Bank of America Corp. is laying plans to charge millions of customers a $5 monthly fee to use their debit cards , and other big banks are expected to follow suit. The industry says it needs the fees to recoup revenue it will lose because of new government regulations that cap what they can charge merchants for debit-card transactions. Bank of America, the largest U.S. bank by assets, disclosed the plan on Thursday in a memo to its senior staff. It intends to begin collecting the fees nationwide early next year. Several other large banks, including J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo & Co., are testing or plan to test similar fees in some states. Regions Financial Corp., a Birmingham, Ala.-based lender, has said it will start charging a $4 monthly debit-card usage fee on certain accounts on Oct. 1. New federal limits on debit-card “swipe fees” are expected to cost U.S. banks an estimated $6.6 billion a year in lost revenue. To offset that lost revenue, many banks have eliminated or scaled back debit-rewards programs, added monthly fees for checking accounts and raised minimum balance requirements for customers to avoid certain fees. The limits on debit-card swipe fees—one of the most contentious regulations to arise from the financial crisis—were finalized by the Federal Reserve Board in June and take effect on Saturday. The new rules will cap at 24 cents the fee merchants pay banks each time a customer buys something with a debit card, down from the current average of 44 cents. The rules apply to banks with $10 billion and more in assets. Bank of America has said it expects the caps, which the industry lobbied against for months, to erase $2 billion in revenue annually. “The economics of offering a debit card have changed with recent regulations,” a spokeswoman for Bank of America said Thursday. What to do? Move your money. Check out where the community banks in your area are here .
Continue reading …Bailed-Out, Not Lending, Not Paying Taxes, Rolling in Profits, US Parasitic BofA’s New $5 Fee
September 30, 2011 No CommentIn other words, it’s absolutely a given that Bank of America not only retain its current profit margin, it should be able to grow it off the backs of their overburdened customers . Free markets rock! The nation’s beleaguered banking industry, which has been raising fees and doing away with free services, has a new target: debit-card users. Bank of America Corp. is laying plans to charge millions of customers a $5 monthly fee to use their debit cards , and other big banks are expected to follow suit. The industry says it needs the fees to recoup revenue it will lose because of new government regulations that cap what they can charge merchants for debit-card transactions. Bank of America, the largest U.S. bank by assets, disclosed the plan on Thursday in a memo to its senior staff. It intends to begin collecting the fees nationwide early next year. Several other large banks, including J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo & Co., are testing or plan to test similar fees in some states. Regions Financial Corp., a Birmingham, Ala.-based lender, has said it will start charging a $4 monthly debit-card usage fee on certain accounts on Oct. 1. New federal limits on debit-card “swipe fees” are expected to cost U.S. banks an estimated $6.6 billion a year in lost revenue. To offset that lost revenue, many banks have eliminated or scaled back debit-rewards programs, added monthly fees for checking accounts and raised minimum balance requirements for customers to avoid certain fees. The limits on debit-card swipe fees—one of the most contentious regulations to arise from the financial crisis—were finalized by the Federal Reserve Board in June and take effect on Saturday. The new rules will cap at 24 cents the fee merchants pay banks each time a customer buys something with a debit card, down from the current average of 44 cents. The rules apply to banks with $10 billion and more in assets. Bank of America has said it expects the caps, which the industry lobbied against for months, to erase $2 billion in revenue annually. “The economics of offering a debit card have changed with recent regulations,” a spokeswoman for Bank of America said Thursday. What to do? Move your money. Check out where the community banks in your area are here .
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The Corporation Full Length Documentary + Multiple Subtitles The tragedy of the commons – Palais de Tokyo – Robin Meier e Ali Momeni The Browning Tragedy Of Perfection Cover.mp4 Judy_Mccoy says: Ruskin Group Theatre Presents THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS , Opens 9/30 http://t.co/JyM30ca2
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MCI and More at the LIRR Shuttle Ulmer Park ZF RTS at the LIRR Shuttle SSB LIRR Shuttle mariabetzios says: #TRAFFIC update: Rough morning for commuters. # LIRR still limited service out of Penn- trains running hourly. Port Washington branch ok.
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Opposition supporters believe young couple were pressured to testify against missing human rights activist Kouhyar Goudarzi Two Iranian bloggers have killed themselves after being detained by security officials thought to be from Iran’s ministry of intelligence. Opposition activists believe Nahal Sahabi and her partner Behnam Ganji had been under intense pressure to testify against their friend Kouhyar Goudarzi, the prominent human rights activist. Goudarzi was arrested on the same day, 31 July, and remains missing. At the time, the authorities refused to acknowledge holding them. A week after the arrests Sahabi and Ganji were released from jail but Goudarzi, a member of the Committe for Human Rights Reporters (CHRR) in Iran is still missing, his lawyer said by phone from Tehran. Ganji killed himself on 1 September, followed by Sahabi on 28 September, according to an article on CHRR’s website. The reasons behind the double suicide is unknown but speculation is rife that the pair had been pressured while in jail to testify against Goudarzi. “She suffered from depression after Behnam had mysteriously committed suicide a couple days after he was released from prison,” said the CHRR article. “Kouhyar Goudarzi is still detained incommunicado. “There is no information on what happened to Behnam Ganji and Kouhyar Goudarzi in prison. Behnam Ganji’s suicide has raised serious concerns regarding Kouhyar Goudarzi’s unknown situation.” On her last blogpost, addressed to parents and friends, Sahabi wrote about Ganji and shared a YouTube video of a song by the Greek composer Eleni Karaindrou, called Wedding Waltz. Goudarzi, 25, was previously arrested in the aftermath of Iran’s disputed presidential elections in 2009. He was initially accused of moharebeh (waging war against God), which carries a death sentence, but was convicted of “spreading propaganda against the regime” and sentenced to a year in prison. While there, Goudarzi won the National Press Club award for his human rights work. He was released from prison in December last year. A day after his arrest in July, Goudarzi’s mother, Parvin Mokhtareh, was detained in the southern city of Kerman. She has been accused of insulting the supreme leader, propaganda against the regime and acting against national security. Amnesty said the charges stemmed from an interview she gave when her son was jailed in 2010 “in relation to his peaceful human rights activities”. Iran Human rights Middle East Blogging Saeed Kamali Dehghan guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …French ‘supercop’ arrested on suspicion of colluding with drugs barons
September 30, 2011 No Comment
Lyon’s deputy police chief suspected of compensating informants with batches of confiscated drugs and working with criminals The French police force has been shaken by what could become its biggest corruption scandal in decades after Lyon’s deputy police chief, nicknamed “Supercop” for his fight against drugs, was arrested on suspicion of colluding with international drugs barons. Michel Neyret, 55, the bouffant-haired and charismatic Lyon detective, was arrested at home along with his wife and is being held in custody. He is suspected of having compensated informants with batches of confiscated drugs; police claim that Nyret then worked with the criminals to resell the products. He is being questioned about corruption, international drugs trafficking and money-laundering. Neyret, however, is regarded as a hero for his success in cutting drug crime and stopping jewellery heists in the Lyon area. He had appeared regularly in the media to talk about Lyon’s success in busting crime; he was also a script adviser on a recent feature film about Lyon gang crime. Three other senior officers were also arrested yesterday in swoops from Lyon to Grenoble and the investigation spread to Cannes on the French riviera. Several other people linked to organised crime were being questioned in Lyon and Cannes including a man in his 30s believed to have provided Neyret with luxury cars, including a Ferrari and a Rolls Royce. Judges working on the case said they were investigating links between the police and French organised crime as well as potentially the Italian mafia. The trafficking is said to have involved hard drugs transported from South America, linked to a Paris-region cocaine ring dismantled by police last November. Judges are investigating Swiss bank accounts allegedly used to channel profits. Neyret’s lawyers said he contests all the allegations. French police were stupefied at the arrests. If a web of corruption is uncovered at the top of the French force, it would be a major scandal. The interior minister Claude Gueant said that if the allegations are true, it would be “immensely painful” for the French police. The investigation comes just as Nicolas Sarkozy’s inner-circle has been hit by a series of political party-funding corruption investigations and the country is in a state of soul-searching about sleaze. France Drugs trade Europe Angelique Chrisafis guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …American-born al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Alwaki has been killed by an airstrike in eastern Yemen, according to the country’s defense ministry. The radical preacher, believed to be a high-ranking member of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, has been a most-wanted terror suspect for years. Tribal elders in the area say an…
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