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April 2009

Google Disables Uploads, Comments on YouTube Korea

Google has disabled user uploads and comments on the Korean version of its YouTube video portal in reaction to a new law that requires the real name of a contributor be listed along each contribution they make. The rules, part of a Cyber Defamation Law...

What is FCC's (Federal Communications Commission) National Broadband Policy?

FCC LAUNCHES DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL BROADBAND PLAN Seeks Public Input on Plan to Ensure Every American has Access to Broadband Capability The Federal Communications Commission begins the process of developing a national broadband plan that will seek t...

March 2009

Lawrence H Summers on the Crisis!

President Barack Obama’s top economic adviser, Lawrence Summers said that he is confident that the administration’s plan to boost growth and revive financial markets will work, though he acknowledged that the timing of a turnaround is uncle...

February 2009

MBIA launches public finance company

MBIA Inc. today announced that it has established a new U.S. public finance financial guarantee insurance company within the MBIA Inc. group by restructuring (the “Transformation”) its principal insurance subsidiary, MBIA Insurance Corporation (“...

December 2008

Papa John's Named One of Top Franchises for Minorities for Second Consecutive Year

For the second consecutive year, Papa John’s International, Inc. (Nasdaq: PZZA) has been named one of the top 50 franchises for minorities by the National Minority Franchising Initiative (NMFI). NMFI made the selection based on many factors, incl...

November 2008

Vivian Schiller Leaves NYT; Joins NPR As New CEO

Vivian Schiller of The New York Times Web site will be the new president and chief executive officer of NPR (National Public Radio), the NPR board of directors announced Tuesday. Schiller, who is currently senior vice president and general manager of N...

National City Corp CEO Peter E. Raskind says no to PNC Financial Services Group Inc

Raskind had been expected to become a PNC vice chairman. His appointment to that role was announced on Oct. 24, when Pittsburgh-based PNC said it would buy Cleveland-based National City for $5.2 billion in stock, creating the seventh-largest U.S. bank ...

October 2008

Welcome to China- Blackstone Group acquisition, National BlueStar Group Corp

Blackstone Group completed its first Chinese acquisition, paying $600 million for a stake in specialty chemicals maker China National BlueStar. Buyout firm Blackstone agreed in September 2007 to buy a 20% stake from state- owned China National Chemic...

September 2008

A review on joint actions plan Federal Reserve, central bank, bank of england and Swiss National Bank

Now that the entire global financial community is saying that a global collapse is possible, maybe the conspiracy theorists and ideologists will realize that a bailout is simply not optional. Slowing down the Bail Out process and WaMu failure will not...

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