The State Department lists Afghanistan as a major money-laundering country whose financial institutions either engage in, or are vulnerable to, transactions involving significant criminal proceeds, all of which “continue to pose serious threats to the security and development of Afghanistan.” Money laundering is the process in which the proceeds of crime are transformed into ostensibly […]
Grim Outlooks by Blatant Untruths in S&P
A little more than six years after the start of the financial crisis, the rating agencies are being overtaken by the justice systems. Standard & Poor’s (S & P) have thus been penalized, by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the supervisory authority of the financial markets and the American justice. The subsidiary of the […]
“Russia does not threaten anyone and we try to resolve all disputes by means of negotiations”, says Putin
On January 20, 2015 the President of Russia Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission to discuss, among other things, the funding and resources for the State Armament Program until 2025 and the work of the Advanced Research Foundation. During the meeting, the President said he had signed Executive Order On the Chief Designer […]
US employs non US citizens to work at its diplomatic facilities in Russia who have not been properly vetted in terms of a background check
I was reading the Intelligence Authorization for 2014- 2015 today over my morning cup of coffee and ran across a section that indicates a possible security threat posed by non American citizens working at US Diplomatic Facilities in Russia. The section will requires that locally employed staff be replaced by US citizens who have been […]
Investor Alert: Deadline in Lawsuit against BancorpSouth, Inc. (NYSE:BXS) on September 29, 2014 upcoming
The Shareholders Foundation announces that a deadline is coming up on September 29, 2014 in the lawsuit filed for investors of BancorpSouth, Inc. (NYSE:BXS) over alleged Violations of Federal Securities Laws. Investors who purchased shares of BancorpSouth, Inc. (NYSE:BXS) have certain options and there are strict and short deadlines running. Deadline: September 29, 2014. NYSE:BXS […]
FBI creates seperate Intelligence Branch
On August 15, 2014 I caught the follow podcast on the web, discussing the creation of a separate “Intelligence Branch” at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): Mollie Halpern: In a move demonstrating the FBI’s valuable role of protecting national security, Director James Comey creates a separate Intelligence Branch. Eric Velez-Villar: Intelligence allows us to make […]
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