Europe's banks on the brink LONDON, May 17 (IFR) - The euro zone crisis was in full swing when Jean-Claude Trichet took the podium in Berlin last October 6 for his final press conference as... (photo: AP / Martin Oeser) Reuters Business Economy Finance Photos Wikipedia: Jean-Claude Trichet |
Obama's Support For Gay Marriage Reveals Voters' Pragmatism In Battleground State YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- On the upper eastern edge of Ohio lies a valley built on the sweat of the working class, where steel mills sit mostly shuttered but a once-struggling... (photo: US Army / Sgt. Christian Palermo) Huffington Post Gay Marriage Photos US Wikipedia: Barack Obama |
Romney Urges Grads to Honor Family Commitments LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Mitt Romney's Mormon faith has shaped his life, but he barely mentioned it as he spoke to graduates at an evangelical university Saturday.... (photo: AP Photo / Chitose Suzuki) The New York Times Photos Politics Republicans US Wikipedia: Mitt Romney |
Is Mark Zuckerberg grown up enough to run a $100 billion company? Mark Zuckerberg is ready for his close-up. His audience this Monday morning, a Who's Who of Wall Street heavy-hitters, with untold billions to command, shifts in its... (photo: AP / Paul Sakuma) Herald Tribune Business Money Photos Technology Wikipedia: Mark Zuckerberg |
JPMorgan's big loss: Explain it to me By Charles Riley @CNNMoneyInvest May 11, 2012: 1:05 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- What, exactly, is going on at JPMorgan Chase? Something about whales? Um, well, yes.... (photo: AP / Richard Drew) CNN Business Economy Finance Photos Wikipedia: JPMorgan Chase |
Defense spending to spike $2.1 trillion under Romney By Charles Riley @CNNMoney May 10, 2012: 5:25 AM ET Mitt Romney wants more ships, planes and troops. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Mitt Romney is campaigning on a platform that... (photo: US Navy / MCC John Lill) CNN Defense Pentagon Photos US Wikipedia: Military budget of the United States |
Zuckerberg cashes in San Francisco - Facebook's debut on Wall Street will make 27-year-old co-founder Mark Zuckerberg a multi-billionaire, with firm control of the world's leading online... (photo: Creative Commons / Brian Solis) News24 Business Photos Social Technology Wikipedia: Mark Zuckerberg |
Is Obama wary of Brazil and Dilma Rousseff? Are there hidden tensions which stand to undermine the important diplomatic relationship between Washington and rising star Brazil? During a recent meeting at the... (photo: ABr / Abr) Al Jazeera Brazil Diplomatic Photos Relationship Washington Wikipedia: Dilma Rousseff |
Obama on unnecessary surgeries What 'The Life of Julia' really tells us Howard Portnoy Manhattan Conservative Examiner RSSFollowSubscribe Comments... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak) The Examiner Campaign Obama Photos President Wikipedia: Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2012 |
Has Obama’s Magic Jobs Number Changed? Earlier this year, just before the government’s January employment report came out, I wrote that creating 150,000 jobs per month seemed to be a rough breakeven... (photo: AP / Bob Leverone) The New York Times Campaign Obama Photos President Wikipedia: Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2012 |
Fact Check: Story about Romney and missing child is true Times-Union readers want to know: Is it true that Mitt Romney closed down his firm, Bain Capital, and flew 30 workers to New York to look for the missing daughter of one... (photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore) The Florida Times Union Campaign Photos Republican Romney Wikipedia: Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2012 |
New Obama ad politicizing bin Laden kill takes Mitt Romney out of context A new Obama ad that politicizes the bin Laden raid asks if Mitt Romney would have made the same decision, and takes a 2007 Romney quote out of context. The ad uses former... (photo: AP / David Goldman) The Examiner Campaign Election Obama Photos Wikipedia: Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2012 |
In Ohio, Romney Hails Two Entrepreneurs Named John WESTERVILLE, Ohio – This is the story of two John’s – Jimmy John’s and Papa John’s. Both have made it big in the fast food world. Mitt Romney, it turns out, has met both... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert) The New York Times Campaign Photos Republican Romney Wikipedia: Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2012 |
Five killed in Syria capital Damascus 'suicide' blast It is the latest in a wave of blasts in Syrian cities in recent months, despite a diplomatic push to end the year-old crisis. An uprising against President Bashar Assad... (photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi) The Independent Death Photos Syria Violence Wikipedia: Syrian uprising (2011–present) |
Romney Uses ‘Cold War Prism,’ Biden Says in Foreign Policy Attack Shifting the battle with Mitt Romney from jobs and taxes to the safer realm of foreign policy, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. traveled to New York City on Thursday to... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert) The New York Times Campaign Photos Republican Romney Wikipedia: Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2012 |
Murdoch: Hacking scandal changed my entire company LONDON - Rupert Murdoch used his testimony before a U.K. inquiry on Thursday to portray himself as the victim, not perpetrator, of a cover-up over phone hacking - a bold... (photo: AP / Sang Tan) Herald Tribune Phone Hacking Photos Scandal UK Wikipedia: Rupert Murdoch |
Romney sweeps 5 wins, promises 'better America' By DAVID ESPO and KASIE HUNT, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney laid claim to the fiercely contested Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night... (photo: AP / Jae C. Hong) US News America Election Mitt Romney Photos Wikipedia: Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2012 |
Michelle Williams Is Open To A Dawson's Creek Reunion; Let's Make This Happen! Michelle Williams and your fan fiction journal have a lot in common: they're both totally into a Dawson's Creek reunion. Based on... (photo: AP / Chris Pizzello) IMDb Celebrities Entertainment Hollywood Photos Wikipedia: Michelle Williams (actress) |
Newswallah: Long Reads Edition In Tehelka, a profile of Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan suggests that within a year or a month, depending on which anonymously sourced politician you listen... (photo: PIB of India) The New York Times Business India Photos Politics Wikipedia: Prithviraj Chavan |
US Hegemony and the "Latin American Backyard" When the heads of both Americas met for their Sixth Summit in Colombia, a key issue was finally put squarely on the table: either Cuba is invited to the next Summit or... (photo: US DoD / Sun L. Vega) GlobalResearch Americas Colombia Latin Photos Summit Wikipedia: Brazil |