<p>A law-abiding citizen, <a href="http://www.ibnlive.com/news/doctor-who-treated-a-naxalite-is-now-behind-bars/46880-3.html"><strong><font color="#4088b8">Dr. Binayak Sen</font></strong></a> who was actively involved in community service in Chattisgarh has been put behind bars. His crime? He investigated a few fake encounter cases in the Naxalite hit districts of the state. Sen used to teach community health workers, ways of treating common ailments like, malaria and cholera. […]
Dow Closes Down 207 Points; Hold Onto Cash
<p>On Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at: <strong><font size="4">13,028.92, </font><font size="2"><font color="#ff0000">-207.61, -1.57% </font></font></strong><font size="1"><font face="Verdana">4:30pm 08/14/2007<img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.marketwatch.com/charts/big.chart?style=1032&size=1&type=256&uf=8192&time=1dy&freq=1mi&symb=$INDU" /></font></font></p> <p>29 of its 30 components fell, led by big drops in shares of Wal-Mart and Home Depot.</p> <p>The S&P 500 index dropped 26 points to 1,426, and the Nasdaq Composite lost 43 points to 2,499 (<a title="MarketWatch" […]
Wall Street Opens Mixed; Bargain Hungting Season
<p>As of 9:47 am Eastern, the Dow is down 12 points, the tech-heavy NASDAQ up 4.57 points, and the S and P 500 is down 0.94 points. Asian markets closed mixed with the Nikkei up 0.27 percent, and the Hang Seng bluechip in Hong Kong up half a percent. Almost all European benchmarks are trading in […]
Central Banks Pump $$ Into Money Markets
<p>Wall Street has opened, and stocks are taking another beating on Friday on the credit market reprisal. The Dow is down almost three quarters of a percent, the NASDAQ down about a percent, and the S&P500 down three quarters of a percent.</p> <p>Global markets are selling despite central banks flushing money into the system. The European […]
Internet Voting is Central to Direct Democracy
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font face="Times"></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times">As municipalities and telecommunications providers partner on WiFi and WiMax infrastructures – and as debate still rages along the many ridges of the digital divide – the promise this broader web access can bring to the public with respect to […]
How To Overcome Fraud and Investment Risk
How To Overcome Fraud and Investment Risk Investment opportunities generate responsibilities, challenges and risks. Besides, the market-induced risks are the unwholesome practices and frauds, which may lead to gargantuan loss of funds and possible profits. For instance, one investment promoter attempted to get people to invest in a fake coconut plantation in South America, claiming […]