The New York State Senate has been in an uproar for weeks after two Democrats from the majority (32 versus 30 Republicans) elected in November 2008 defected to support former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos as Majority Leader. One of these Democrat defectors (Pedro Espada, Jr. from the Bronx) became President Pro Tem, presiding over […]
Q’orianka Kilcher goes to Peru and finds racism but also hope
Actress, singer and human rights activist Q’Orianka Kilcher is right now in Peru, where she traveled after hearing of the massacre of Indigenous peoples in Bagua, a city located in the northern area of Peru’s Amazon region. Indigenous peoples had blocked a regional road to protest government decrees that allow extractive industries in the Amazon […]
Singer AGM held, approved 30 pc Cash Dividend for 2008
The 29th Annual General Meeting of Singer Bangladesh Ltd. was held on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at the National Shooting Complex at Gulshan, Dhaka. Mr. Mahbub Jamil, Chairman, Singer Bangladesh Limited, presided over the meeting. Members present in the meeting approved 30 percent cash dividend for the year 2008. The Chairman in his address mentioned […]
Feds Mulls Cutting Medicaid Costs
At least, some 48 million United States residents do not have health insurance. This is not to include others who are insured but do not have sufficient health coverage to free them from the exorbitant medical expenses incurred when they are admitted to private hospitals for emergency purposes. The problem will get even much […]
Obama grappling with AIG bonus fallout
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is grappling with the AIG bonus furor by both accepting responsibility for the government’s failure to head off the payments and blaming it on the “big mess” he inherited. He is working to protect Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who began his tenure under a cloud over unpaid taxes and […]
Obama Gets Strong Support in Poll
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama enjoys widespread backing from a frightened American public for his ambitious, front-loaded agenda, a new poll indicates. He is more popular than ever, Americans are hopeful about his leadership, and opposition Republicans are getting drubbed in public opinion, the new Wall Street […]
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