Month: January 2016

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3280003-the-dark-sideby Jane Mayer The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals 4.17  ·  Rating

Chinese Stocks Jump as Industrials Surge Amid State-Buying Bets – Bloomberg Business http://www.bloomberg.com/ Chinese stocks jumped the most in two months as industrial companies surged

Water contamination in Flint, Mich., — where the city decided to switch water sources, causing pipe corrosion and ultimately filling the city’s water supply with

Nuclear sanctions lifted as Iran, U.S. agree on prisoner swap | Reuters http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0UU0C7 By Lesley Wroughton and Yeganeh Torbati VIENNA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iran emerged from

by Dan Charles NPR – January 15, 2016 From McDonald’s to Costco, Big Food has been declaring a shift to buying only cage-free eggs. Three

Fed was worried 2010 leak amounted to ‘insider trading’: transcripts | Reuters http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0UT2FD Reuters/Kevin Lamarque The Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington September 16 2015. Reuters/Kevin

Goldman Says It Will Pay $5.1 Billion in U.S. Mortgage Probe – Bloomberg Business http://www.bloomberg.com/ Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said it agreed to settle a

It’s Official: China’s Wanda Acquires Legendary Entertainment for $3.5 Billion – Hollywood Reporter http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/official-chinas-wanda-acquires-legendary-854827 Chinese real estate and investment conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group has acquired

In How Urban Renewal Destroyed The Fillmore In Order To Save It, we examined early proposals for redeveloping the Western Addition and its effect on

The Obama Boom – NYTimes.com http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/01/11/opinion/the-obama-boom.html?_r=0 The Obama Boom Do you remember the “Bush boom”? Probably not. Anyway, the administration of George W. Bush began