Sen. Mitch McConnell announced the bill hours before the Senate was set to debate the STOCK Act.
Read the original post:
Bill to ban Congressional insider trading targets president, White House staff
In last night’s debate it was brought up that Romney had stock in Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac among other controversial investments. He told the audience that his stock was not picked by him and it was taken care of through a blind trust. Hands clean? Well, not quite. Here is
More here:
Romney on Blind Trusts: “Age Old Ruse”
Reuters – General Motors Co regained its title as the world’s top-selling automaker in 2011, less than three years after its 2009 taxpayer-funded bankruptcy under the Obama administration.
More:
GM regains crown as world’s top-selling automaker
(Reuters)
You might believe the following photos were award worthy — the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency did. The agency awarded nature photographer Terje Helleso the honor of Nature Photographer of the Year in 2010 for his images of endangered animals. You may be impressed too, but know this: he used stock photos and photoshop and lied. Animal conservationist Gunnar Gloerson was not so impressed. You see, Helleso didn’t pay too much attention to the details. UPI has more: “Doesn’t this lynx in the July greenery have a winter fur (see above photo)? How about the lynx that’s reflected in the pool, is it walking in the air or on land, and can you really see the paws in that angle?” Gloerson wrote in a blog Aug. 26. Gloerson questioned claims by Helleso that the photographer has seen 150 lynx in nine months, when Gloersen had only seen 15 in 52 years of wildlife study. On Saturday, Helleso admitted to the photo manipulations. PetaPixel reveals the stock photos that were used to create Helleso’s photos. Pictured below are the stock photo and Helleso’s doctored image. PetaPixel also points out that Helleso said this while accepting his award last year: We nature photographers should never forget the responsibility we have with our images, from both a documentary and artistic perspective. The Swedish EPA is still reviewing whether or not Helleso will be able to keep his title. Why is that even still on the table? [H/T Gizmodo ]
See more here:
Award-Winning Animal Photos Found to Be Fraudulent
ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | The downgrading of American public debt from AAA to AA+ by Standards & Poor’s has sparked a worldwide financial crisis that is melting financial markets, including the New York Stock Exchange.
Read the rest here:
Financial Crisis Rocks World Markets, Threatens Obama Presidency
(ContributorNetwork)
On the day the iconic operator of the New York Stock Exchange disclosed a potential acquisition by Deutsche Börse, politicians were largely silent. On Thursday, they began to speak out.
View original post here:
Bloomberg Leads Political Chorus
AP – Stocks are headed higher as investors weigh President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address and another round of corporate earnings.
See more here:
Investors focus on State of the Union, earnings
(AP)
Reuters – Stock index futures edged higher on Wednesday, hours after U.S. President Barack Obama called for a lower corporate tax rate to boost the economy, but a drop in Boeing’s profit limited gains.
See original here:
Futures gain on Obama tax comments, Boeing weighs
(Reuters)
