by Dafna Linzer, ProPublica Results from the largest public opinion poll in the Arab world indicate that Alhurra [1], the U.S.-funded Arab satellite station that has cost U.S. taxpayers more than half a billion dollars, is the least-watched station in the region and is losing viewers. The annual poll [2], by the University of Maryland […]
Natural Gas Politics
Four years after Vice President Dick Cheney spearheaded a massive energy bill that exempted natural gas drilling from federal clean water laws, Congress is having second thoughts about the environmental dangers posed by the burgeoning industry. With growing evidence that the drilling can damage water supplies, Democratic leaders in Congress are circulating legislation that would […]
Is Social Media Helping or Hurting California Politics?
The following is a three part series funded by Spot.Us, written by Jackson West with editorial support from SFAppeal.com. The content is Creative Commons, but all three parties must be given attribution. Social Media Meets Politics: Pols Chasing Publicity Find Web Waters Welcoming Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other popular sites for publishing online have […]
Bangkok’s ‘Chaos’ Remarkably Orderly
I spent the day Monday moving about Bangkok, checking out the redshirts’ protests and the "hot spots" where occasional clashes with military forces were taking place. And you know what? This revolution was easygoing and friendly. Don’t get me wrong: People were injured. Protesters clashed with riot police, burned some buses and had shots fired […]
Financial Services Industry
Introduction Income tax provisions and Schedule M-1(1) of Form 1120 (Corporation Income Tax Return) bridge the financial accounting world and the Internal Revenue Code. The benefit of understanding an income tax provision and an M-1 is that a preparer can bridge the gap between these two worlds. This will in turn allow the preparer to […]
2 More banks shut in America
US shut down two more banks on Friday. So, now the number of bank failures has raised so far this year to 23. The first bank was Cape Fear Bank in Wilmington, N.C., the first North Carolina bank to fail in nearly 16 years. The other bank was New Frontier Bank of Greeley, Colo., the […]
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