In what will surely be welcome news for the Finnish economy, which has been devastated by job losses at the national icon, rumours are circulating that the iconic manufacturer will start producing smartphones again. Recode, […]
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Monsanto Furious At WHO For Finding Roundup Causes Cancer
Despite a Monsanto lobbyist refusing to drink water contaminated with Roundup, even though he was tasked with arguing that it was perfectly safe, the agribusiness giant is irate with the World Health Organization for finding […]
Bank Of England Questions Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway
An unusually negative story about Berkshire Hathaway, the giant firm owned by the world’s second richest man Warren Buffett, has emerged. According to reports from the Financial Times The Bank of England wrote to US […]
Greece Announces Capital Controls, Moves Closer To Bankruptcy
Greek citizens awoke this morning to their country being one step closer to bankruptcy. Yesterday, following weeks of intense speculation, Greece finally launched its first round of capital controls, when it declared that due to […]
Jon Corzine, Man Too Rich To Be Jailed, Starting Hedge Fund
Jon Corzine, the man who led MF Global to one of the ten biggest bankruptcies in U.S. history, thinks he’s due for a comeback. After losing $1.6 billion of client money through illegal transactions the […]
Why The String Of Cartel Head Captures Means Nothing
The New York Times reported yesterday that Mexican authorities had captured Juárez Cartel boss Jesús Salas Aguayo, the latest in a string of headlines claiming victories in the war on drugs. Known as ‘The Liquidator’, […]
France To Legalize Snowden Style Whistleblowing
France’s National Assembly is formulating laws to encourage whistleblowing on government and military programs that violate the rule of law, according to reports on Tuesday. The legislation looks to offer protections to whistleblowers in cases […]
New Leaks Show ‘Free Trade’ Deal A Sham
A freshly leaked chapter of the highly secretive Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement shows the so called ‘free trade’ deal is nothing more than a power grab by large corporations and their paid […]
Japanese Nuclear Plant Leaks More Radiation Into Ocean
The Fukushima nuclear disaster shows no signs of getting better as Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Tuesday reported yet another setback. In an announcement they stated that a power outage has shut down all eight […]
Bitcoin Exchange Was Stealing Coins For Years
The mystery around Tokyo based bankrupt Bitcoin exchange Mt Gox got deeper Tuesday morning. WizSec, a Tokyo-based group that’s been analyzing Bitcoin thefts claims the crypto-currency was going missing from the exchange long before it […]
HSBC Leaks Customer Mortgage Data… For Years!
If you have a mortgage with HSBC you may want to get in touch with them this morning. The company revealed that they are notifying American customers of its Finance division that their personal information […]
Why We Can’t Have Japanese Style Bullet Trains
A Japan Railway maglev train hit 374 miles per hour on an experimental track in Yamanashi Tuesday, setting a decisive new world record. Witnesses erupted with excitement and applause when the new record was set. […]
Former Egyptian President Morsy Sent To Prison
Mohamed Morsy, the controversial former Egyptian President, is back in prison. Morsy, who was ousted by military leader Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, was convicted on Tuesday and sentenced to 20 years in prison. He faced charges […]
Blue Bell Pulls All Products From Store Shelves
Blue Bell Creameries is pulling all of its products off store shelves Americans.org has learned. The massive recall comes after weeks of gradual recalls due to Listeria contamination. The products affected are its entire line […]
Should You Be Allowed To Repair Your Own Car? Automakers Say No!
The concept of ownership is at risk of disappearing in America. From music to software to fonts the trend is toward the average American becoming a mere limited rights licensee despite our proud history of […]
Detroit Zoo To Turn Manure Into Green Power
The Detroit Zoo is cleaning up its act with a plan to be the first U.S. zoo biodigester. The project, costing $1.1 million, will convert the 400-500 tons of manure and other organic waste produced […]
Police Let Robbers Go To Avoid Revealing ‘Investigative Technique’
Prosecutors in St. Louis, Missouri, have let four robbery suspects go free instead of explaining law enforcement’s use of a ‘stingray’ device in court proceedings. The stingray devices, also known as cell-site simulators, pretend to […]
Thailand Seizes 4 Tons Of African Ivory
Thai customs officials announced Monday one of the largest seizures of elephant ivory in transit in Southeast Asia. Police seized 739 tusks (about four tons worth) as it sat at the port of Bangkok awaiting […]
WhatsApp Announces It Has 800 Million Monthly Active Users
The $19 billion Facebook paid for WhatsApp seems to have been worthwhile according to a clue dropped by the company today. Whatsapp CEO Jan Koum revealed on his Facebook page that the popular messaging company […]
Private Equity Gets Into The Circus Business
Private equity giant TPG has purchased The Cirque du Soleil it announced Monday. The American PE behemoth has signed a deal to sell a majority stake in the famed circus group for an undisclosed price. […]
H&M Caught Trying To Pay Student Artists In Gift Cards
Swedish retailer of fast fashion to the world H&M is doing damage control this morning after word leaked that it was trying to pay student artist in gift cards for helping them beautify the construction […]
Why Investors Should Be Worried About The Google Tesla Deal
News broke this morning that Google and Tesla reached an acquisition agreement in 2013. Larry Page and Elon Musk reportedly had a handshake deal that would have seen Musk head the electric car maker for […]
Swiss Postal Service Testing Drone Delivery
Swiss Post, Switzerland’s equivalent to the United States Postal Service, has confirmed it is testing a delivery service that uses drones. A spokesman for the national mail carrier confirmed a report in local media to […]
Hacker Group Anonymous Fights For 4th Amendment Rights
Activist hacker collective Anonymous has launched an online campaign to raise awareness about two controversial US information-sharing bills Americans.org has learned. The first bill, CISA (Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act) is widely regarded to sacrifice privacy […]
Latest Bank Earnings Show Nothing Has Changed
Once bailed out Wall Street investment bank Morgan Stanley reported a much stronger than anticipated rise in quarterly profit, boosted by higher revenue from trading bonds and equities. “This was our strongest quarter in many […]
Shocking Street Violence Rocks South Africa
South Africa was shocked this weekend by a stunning series of photos showing helpless Mozambican migrant Emmanuel Sithole pleading for his life as a gang of men brutally murder him in a Johannesburg street. A […]
Target Still Has The Magic
Target showed this weekend that it still knows how to get the merchandise people want at prices people love. On Sunday Target’s collaboration with Lilly Pulitzer, the queen of American resortwear known for her bright, […]
Why Google’s open source strategy works
This morning Matt Rosoff wrote an interesting piece, arguing that Google should stop offering an open source version of Android. This is an interesting argument and Matt is one of the more knowledgeable writers on […]
Why China’s new silk road plan is a pipe dream
China Xi Jinping has grand dreams of new Asian trade routes but his ideas stand in stark contrast to his country’s political and military stance in the region and around the world. Xi first proposed […]
Isolated Amazonian tribe found to have resistance to antibiotics
Despite having never been exposed to antibiotics, the common cause of resistance development, an isolated Amazonian tribe has been found to have the condition according to a paper from the New York University School of […]