Archives for May 2015

May 27, 2015 by Ted Leave a Comment

NFA claims 'market manipulation' lifted rice prices

NFA claims 'market manipulation' lifted rice prices
The price of commercial rice is up by P1 per kilo or P50 per sack, traders interviewed by GMA News confirmed on Tuesday, and the National Food Authority is claiming it's because of manipulation. The adjustment took effect as early as two weeks ago, ...
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Hong Kong regulator probes Hanergy for market manipulation -source
The source said the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) had been investigating Hanergy Thin Film Power Group for several weeks. "They're being investigated over market manipulation," the source said. Hanergy officials were not available to comment ...
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SEC Charges New York Lawyer and Two Promoters With Market Manipulation
Insurance-Fraud-Investigators25 The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against a securities lawyer who used his New York law office as the headquarters for planning and implementing market manipulation schemes.
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May 26, 2015 by Ted Leave a Comment

Scalia and Roberts Don't Know Best

Scalia and Roberts Don't Know Best
But if you listened only to some of my colleagues in the legal establishment, you might never know that our unfolding Bill of Rights is a dynamic chronicle of the democratic struggles of the people for participatory political equality nor would you ...
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Bernie's Run Is a New Opening for the Immigrant Rights Movement
In 2013, the Senate passed its own immigration bill, concomitant with the explosion of a new electorate sensitive to – or directly impacted by – reform efforts. Still, the GOP-dominated House failed to produce any meaningful legislation – apart from an ...
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Voices From Baltimore
She co-organized Wednesday evening's student protest calling for the repeal of the Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights, legislation that shields officers during abuse or misconduct investigations. I do not understand how people can fix their lips ...
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May 26, 2015 by Ted Leave a Comment

Bipartisan crony capitalism and America's Constitutional crisis

Bipartisan crony capitalism and America's Constitutional crisis
Schumer noted, the tea party is no friend to the crony capitalists of big business, who influence big government favors to increase profit and to funnel more cheap foreign labor into America. According to the website Open Secrets, 87 percent of Schumer ...
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This Is What Crony Capitalism Looks Like: Boeing Is Threatening to Move ...
When has crony capitalism really gotten out of control? How about when a major U.S. corporation (a huge defense contractor, no less) is publicly threatening government officials to leave the country if the federal government doesn't continue to boost ...
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May 25, 2015 by Ted Leave a Comment

Freedom Fund Banquet benefits local NAACP chapter

Freedom Fund Banquet benefits local NAACP chapter
JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson-Madison County Chapter of the NAACP hosted its largest annual fundraiser Sunday. Nearly 700 attended the 52nd annual Freedom Fund Banquet. The chapter is known for its work in Civil Rights for all people. It honors ...
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Remembering Freedom's Soldiers in Italy on Memorial Day
James V. Lacy is a third generation native Californian. Born in Oakland, he is a graduate of Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, received his undergraduate degree at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and his Juris Doctorate ...
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Cushman: A day to remember freedom's cost
A funeral procession passes behind rows of graves at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. Arlington National Cemetery plans to make available to the public the detailed geospatial database it has developed over several ...
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