Antitrust probe into Google expanded Gulf News | San Francisco: The US Federal Trade Commission is expanding its antitrust probe of Google, the world's most popular search engine, to include scrutiny of its new Google+ social networking service, according to two people familiar with the situation. | The competition issues raised by Google+ go to...
Picking up the many local farm crops The Examiner | Giving ground in the local produce markets to growers from outside the county is taking a fall in enterprise to the members that run the San Diego County Farm Bureau. The bureau makes sure the mix of produce at the local markets is largely fresh produce grown on local small family farms. | Straigh...
Thai Government Promotes Red Shirt Leader & Mugabe Supporter Scoop Thursday, 26 January 2012, 11:46 am | Article: Richard S. Ehrlich | By Richard S. Ehrlich | BANGKOK, Thailand -- A Thai businesswoman, who is banned by the U.S. Treasury Department from doing business with Americans because she allegedly facilitated ...
Bill Gates: Rich Should Pay More Taxes (VIDEO) Crunch Get Business Alerts Sign Up Submit this story digg reddit stumble | According to a recent interview, billionaire Bill Gates isn't too upset with the prospect of paying more taxes. | "The United States has a huge budget deficit, so taxes are going to ...
Movement builds to reverse Citizens United, but SuperPacs will dominate 2012 The Examiner | The only thing funny-sadder than Steven Colbert’s exercise in the ease of creating a SuperPac, amassing a fortune, and intruding himself into campaigns (vote for Parry with an “a”; a vote for Herman Cain [in South Carolina] is a v...
Future:Standard, An Eco-Friendly Online Boutique The Examiner | Do you love fashion and great clothes? Do you know the background of your pieces and the origin of their creation? Well Jessica Althoff made it her mission to create ethical clothing and accessories without compromising beautiful and tr...
The coffee review you've all been waiting for... The Examiner | Yes, Examiner readers, this is the coffee review you've all been waiting for: Starbucks. | (And no, it's not because a blonde gets to review another "blonde" – Starbucks Blonde Coffee Roast, that is.) | As much as I adore quaint com...
Change.org is making its mark by 'amplifying' populist causes Seattle Times | Ben Rattray knows that revolution does not always happen spontaneously. | The 31-year-old entrepreneur rattles off a list of populist actions over the past year: the consumer revolts against Bank of America's and Verizon's unpopular fees, a drive t...
Prophetic Russia novelist Voinovich speaks of Putin era's end The Los Angeles Times Reporting from Vatutinki, Russia— Writer Vladimir Voinovich has spent decades skewering Russia's bureaucracy and power structure — and in some cases predicting the future with uncanny accuracy. Soviet officials punished him by stripping h...
Is the union movement making a comeback? CNN January 21, 2012 -- Updated 1449 GMT (2249 HKT) Spectators cheer recall volunteers on their way to deliver one of the boxes containing signatures to recall Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin. | Editor's note: Nelson Lichtenstein is MacArthur Foundation p...
Darling dazzles crowd Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Wauwatosa - "They want a do-over," State Sen. Albert Darling (R-River Hills) said Saturday of Democratic efforts to recall Gov. Scott Walker, Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and four Republican Senators. | "We cannot go back," Da...
Tonette Walker addresses rally for governor Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Wauwatosa - Gov. Scott Walker's wife Tonette thanked the crowd for attending Saturday's pro-Walker rally. | "We're proud that you're all here and ready to step up for us," she said. "I had a conversation with Scott and he asked m...
Wade questionable to face Bucks Milwaukee Journal Sentinel New York - Dwyane Wade will miss Miami's home game against the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night, the third straight game he will be sidelined due to a sprained right ankle. | And his status remains questionable for Sunday's game against the Bucks...
