Banking
Greed, corruption, and unbelievable 'chutzpah'
The Greed Merchants by Philip Augar ... a book from 2006 ... an extract highlighting the issues several years before the 2007/2008 crash
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Open file 3201
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Country ... USA
Politics 2012 ... Democratic National Convention
Robert Reich ... President Obama’s speech to the Democratic National Convention was long on uplifting rhetoric but short on specifics for what he’ll do if reelected to reignite the American economy.
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Open file 3202
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Country ... Palestine
What is the truth about Israel? Maybe very different from the PR
Controversy over Red Hot Chili Peppers heats up ...
Just as a cultural boycott was enforced on apartheid South Africa, so must one be enforced on Israel.
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Open file 3203
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Government Budgets
Zero Base Budgeting
Something about zero based budgeting (ZBB) ... used in the past to control runaway spending
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Open file 3204
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Government Budgets
Zero Based Budgeting
Economist Magazine writes about Zero Based Budgeting as an 'idea' ... but it was first exploited in the 1970s
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Open file 3205
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Government Budgeting
Zero Based Budgeting
Zero Based Budgeting as written up in Wikipedia
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Open file 3206
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Initiatives
wiser.org
An initiative aiming to bring actions to the community level
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Open file 3207
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Country ... Palestine
The prison experience in Israel
Al Jazeera World ... Beyond the Walls ...
We follow Arabs released from Israeli jails as they attempt to adapt to their new lives on the outside.
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Open file 3208
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Country ... USA
Politics 2012
September 5, 2012 ... Rachel Maddow doing a recap of the political situation immediately after the post convention
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Open file 3209
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Country ... USA
Torture
September 5, 2012 ... Rachel Maddow reporting about the issue of torture in the USA ... a very important issue
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Open file 3210
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Country ... USA
Niall Ferguson on US politics 2012
Ferguson’s Newsweek Cover Rebuttal: Paul Krugman Is Wrong
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Open file 3211
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Country ... USA
Politics 2012
Comments from the Niall Ferguson article in Newsweek
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Open file 3212
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Banking
Who is responsible?
Aftershock survival summit ... an interview
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Open file 3213
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Country ... USA
Economic meltdown 2007-2008
Prosperity economics: Answering America's top unasked questions ...
The whole narrative of the economic crisis facing America has been framed wrong since the beginning.
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Open file 3214
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Country ... USA
Domestic Terror
White supremacy: The new national security threat ... The white supremist ideology is a terrorist threat that needs greater attention, writes author.
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Open file 3215
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Food
Dysfunction of food systems
Designing food systems to protect nature and get rid of hunger ...
Industrialisation of agriculture creates hunger and malnutrition, destroying the food web to which we all belong.
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Open file 3216
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Country ... Nigeria
Religious tolerance in Nigeria
Nigeria in flames: Breaking the cycle of revenge ... Nigeria should respect the Fulani's traditional culture and give them their full human and civil rights as citizens.
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Open file 3217
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Addiction
Many different forms
When the addiction cure is another addiction ...
Addiction manifests itself in different compulsions and behaviours, which is critical to recognise during the treatment.
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Open file 3218
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Economics
Analysis of 2007/2008 financial crisis
Prosperity economics: Answering America's top unasked questions ...
The whole narrative of the economic crisis facing America has been framed wrong since the beginning.
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Open file 3219
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Alex Counts
Review of Karlan and Appel’s “More Than Good Intentions”
Blog post by Alex Counts on Karlan and Appel’s book “More Than Good Intentions”
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Open file 3220
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Country ... Libya
Religious intolerance
US envoy dies in Benghazi consulate attack ...
Ambassador and three staff killed during attack in eastern Libya city over film deemed insulting by Muslims.
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Open file 3221
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Religion ... Islam
Too much intolerance
Behind the controversial film ...
An amateur film mocking Prophet Muhammad spurs attacks on US diplomatic missions in Benghazi and Cairo.
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Open file 3222
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Country ... Libya
Governance and insecurity in Libya
Obama: Attack will not break US-Libya bonds ... US president condemns Benghazi killings and orders increased security at diplomatic posts around the world.
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Open file 3223
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Country ... Libya
Libya: Testing tolerance
Attacks on mosques in Libya test not only the country's democratic debut, but also the value of tolerance.
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Open file 3224
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Religion
Or outdated colonial backlash
World War II graves smashed in Libya ...
Libyan government apologises after armed men vandalise graves of British, Commonwealth and Italian soldiers in Benghazi.
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Open file 3225
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Book
More Than Good Intentions
by DEAN KARLAN AND JACOB APPEL ... Improving the Ways the World's Poor Borrow, Save, Farm, Learn, and Stay Healthy
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Open file 3226
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Intolerance
Religion sparking a wildfire
Angry protests spread over anti-Islam film ...
Demonstrations over US-made film said to insult Islam are spreading across Middle East and North Africa.
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Religion
Intolerance, ignorance and phobia
Blowback of the ugliest kind: The lessons no one will learn from Benghazi ...
The religious oppression, hatred and violence is 'a toxic brew that… inevitably begets more of the same', writes LeVine.
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Intolerance
Phobia about religion ... or is it?
Angry protests spread over anti-Islam film ...
Demonstrations over US-made film said to insult Islam are spreading across Middle East and North Africa.
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Open file 3229
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Country ... USA
Politics 2012 ... Romney on diplomatic attacks
Embassy attacks spill over into US election ...
Republican candidate Mitt Romney's criticism of the Obama administration's response has been poorly received by many.
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Open file 3230
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Country ... USA
Politics 2012 ... the international Romney
Romney criticised for remarks on Libya attack ...
President Barack Obama and others have criticised Republican candidate Mitt Romney's recent comments on foreign policy.
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Open file 3231
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Country ... USA
Anti-American events in North Africa, Middle East
Rachel Maddow Show ... almost all about the attack in Benghhazi on American diplomatic staff ... also on events in Egypt
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Open file 3232
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Friends and Aquaintances
of Peter Burgess
Amrote Abdella
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Open file 3233
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Breakthrough Capitalism
A perspective from People Centered Economic Development (P-CED)
THE BREAKTHROUGH CAPITALISM THAT ISN’T ... commentary by Jeff of Mowatt of P-CED
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Open file 3234
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Country ... USA
Politics 2012 ... The evil of money
Empire ... US democracy: The power of money ... Just how much does money distort the political process?
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Open file 3235
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Media
The story of AlJazeera English
Al Jazeera English launches digital magazine ...
The monthly magazine will provide iPad users with comprehensive analysis, interactive graphics and video footage.
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Banking
The banking system has 'no rational structure'
NYTimes ... Angry Sandy Lewis, an ex-broker who once manipulated a stock price to make a point, at his Essex, N.Y., farm. “There’s no rational structure” on Wall Street, he says.
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Metrics
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
September 2012 ... Request to work on the exposure draft of the latest Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines
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Open file 3238
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Web Technology
The importance of meta tags in webpage design
Software to help achieve good meta tags in web page generation
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Open file 3239
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Organizations
WelsolSoftware
About WelsolSoftware
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Open file 3240
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Health
A very complicated and costly administrative overhead
What you should know about ICD-10 codes ... Facts, Timing and Impact of IDC-10 Medical Codes
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Open file 3241
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Banking
USA ... UK banks breaking US laws
Counting the Cost ... Is the US unfairly targeting UK banks? ...
We ask if targeting UK banks is a protectionist move to secure New York's position as the centre of Western capitalism.
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Open file 3242
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Banking
Banking industry in crisis ... or immune
Counting the Cost ... Money for nothing ... From Lehman to Libor - are the bankers and the banking system out of control?
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Open file 3243
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Banking
UK ... Rigging the interest rate structure
Inside Story ... Rigged bank rates: Is there more to come? ... Barclays bank's top officials resign after the interest rates scandal but we ask if one bank can do this alone.
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Open file 3244
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Banking
UK ... Rigging interest rates
Counting the Cost ... The impact of the rate-rigging scandal ... How can public trust in Britain's banks be restored?
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Open file 3245
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Banking
Spain ... effectiveness of bank bailout
Counting the Cost ... Was the Spanish bank bailout botched? ...
It has been a big week in Europe, with what was once seen as a periphery crisis now clearly heading towards the core.
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Open file 3246
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Banking
US bank pay fines to settle charges of illegal activity
AJE News ... JP Morgan pays $20m in Lehman case ...
US bank agrees to pay fine to settle federal regulator charges of illegally handling customer funds deposited by Lehman.
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Open file 3247
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Freedom
Civic engagement ... activism
Occupy WallStreet getting ready to celebrate one year since its first major confrontation in New York City
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Open file 3248
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Transparency
This explains why major organizations do not want transparency
Democracy Now September 2011 ... Whistleblower Brad Birkenfeld Rewarded Record $104M for Exposing How UBS Helped Rich Evade Taxes
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Open file 3249
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Banking
The abuse of offshore accounts by rich and powerful
Exhaustive Study Finds Global Elite Hiding Up to $32 Trillion in Offshore Accounts
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