U.S.: "Leaderless" Protest Movement Continues to Snowball
WASHINGTON, Oct 6, 2011 (IPS) – “First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you then you win,” a middle-aged man yells into the microphone from a ...
U.S.: Changing Key Law Could Mean "License to Bribe"
WASHINGTON, Sep 17, 2011 (IPS) – Changes to a key anti-bribery law that applies to international commerce, proposed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, could have disastrous consequences, hurting multinational ...
U.S.: Budget Talks Have Major Defence Contractors on Edge
WASHINGTON, Aug 25, 2011 (IPS) – When an costly unmanned aircraft built by Lockheed Martin Corporation, a U.S. defence contractor, disappeared during a U.S. military test flight off the Pacific ...
U.S.: Major Mobile Firm in Struggle With Striking Workers
WASHINGTON, Aug 11, 2011 (IPS) – As unemployed young rioters rage across London and frustrated homeless people in Holon burn tires on the streets of Israel, the great capitalist democracy ...
U.S.: Key Committee Slashes Foreign Aid, Warns Palestinians
WASHINGTON, Jul 27, 2011 (IPS) – Amidst growing fears of a new fiscal crisis sparked by a possible U.S. debt default next week, a key Republican-led Congressional committee Wednesday approved ...
U.S.: Recession Turned Back Clock for Blacks, Hispanics
WASHINGTON, Jul 26, 2011 (IPS) – While recession in the U.S. delivered a series of record lows, from crashing property prices to residual birth and marriage rates, an analysis of ...
U.S.: Lethal Injection Treads Murky Ethical Waters
ATLANTA, Georgia, Apr 29, 2011 (IPS) – The death penalty is in limbo in several says since the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency confiscated several states’ supplies of sodium thiopental (ST), ...
5 Reasons You Need a Long-Term Care Plan (U.S. News & World Report)
Surviving to an old age is the dominant good-news story about aging. Improved medical care and better diet and exercise habits, particularly among higher-income seniors, are adding years to lives. ...
Smart Tips for Parent-Child Family Finances (U.S. News & World Report)
Figuring out smart ways to convey money and assets to family members does not require a large estate or sophisticated trusts. Especially during these hard economic times, it can make ...
Make Time for Free Preventive Health Services (U.S. News & World Report)
The new year is barely a month old, but it’s not too soon for Medicare users to start taking advantage of the new, free preventive health screenings and tests provided ...
