The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 13,338 Tuesday, its highest since December, 2007. The S&P 500 added 16 points. Wall Street will remember May 1 as a great day.
Category: World
New Study Affirms The Grim Role Played By US Guns In Mexican Violence
South of the border, war is raging with guns mostly supplied by merchants in the United States.
Taiwanese Nationals Accused Of Trying To Export U.S. Military Technology To China
NEWARK—Two Taiwanese nationals are charged for allegedly seeking to export sensitive U.S. military technology to China after federal agents investigating counterfeit goods smuggling uncovered plots to smuggle drugs into and sensitive defense articles out of the United States, officials announced Wednesday.
How Europe’s Double Dip Could Become America’s
Europe is in recession. Britain’s Office for National Statistics confirmed today (Wednesday) that in the first quarter of this year Britain’s economy shrank .2 percent, after having contracted .3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011.
Kony 2012 Campaign Aims To Drive Out African War Criminal
Last month, millions watched “Kony 2012,” a 30-minute internet video created by Invisible Children to raise awareness of Ugandan militia leader Joseph Kony and create pressure to bring the accused war criminal to justice.
Who Is Joseph Kony?
Joseph Kony, accused killing civilians and kidnapping thousands of children and forcing them to become soldiers in northern Uganda and neighboring countries for years, has been wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC) since 2005.
Christie Visits Israel
JERUSALEM — Governor Chris Christie talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while Bridget Christie, 8, looks on in the Office of the Prime Minister in Jerusalem, Israel on Monday, April 2, 2012. (Governor’s Office/Tim Larsen)
Earth Hour Fades At US Border
Consider an hour without power, from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, local time. Organizers say as many as 1.8 billion will join in the symbolic environmental event worldwide. But if you live in the US, your neighbors may think you just blew a fuse.
Fukushima Disaster Anniversary Finds U.S. Nuclear Regulation Debate Still Raging
One year ago on Sunday, an earthquake off the coast of Japan and the resulting tsunami triggered a month-long partial meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.
Wagner College Economist: ‘Greece Is Going Down’
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Despite the austerity measures approved yesterday by Greek government leaders, and despite the bailout of Greek national debt offered in return by creditor banks and the European Union, Wagner College economics professor Mary Rose Leacy says that “Greece is going down — it’s just a question of when and how.”