Swiss Headache: German and French Authorities Raid UBS, Credit Suisse
by Matthew Allen
July 17, 2012 (TSR) - More raids on UBS premises in France and a reported crackdown on Credit Suisse clients in Germany have tightened the screw on Swiss...
French infrastructure to be privatised?
by Gordon Feller
July 9, 2012 (TSR) France has one of the most modern transport systems in Europe, the result of decades of public spending on the sector as well...
Americans to Go Thirsty: U.S. House Cuts Funding for Water Programs and Infrastructure in...
July 6, 2012 (TSR) - Last week, the House Appropriations Committee, which handles the federal budget process, approved a fiscal year 2013 spending bill with significant cuts for water infrastructure...
New Chinese immigration law to crack down illegal foreigners
July 3, 2012 (TSR) - China's top legislature on Saturday passed a new exit and entry law that stipulates harsher punishments for foreigners who illegally enter, live or work in...
OBAMACARE “TAX AND SPEND” “Victory”: What Businesses Didn’t Get From the Health Care Ruling
June 28, 2012 (TSR) - For American businesses, uncertainty over the health care law is anything but over.
When the Supreme Court upheld Obamacare on Thursday-including the individual mandate that forces most Americans to have...
US Dollar is overvalued
June 16, 2012 (TSR) - Industrial production unexpectedly fell and consumer confidence declined, adding to evidence of US economic weakness just before Federal Reserve policy makers meet to decide...
North Korea: DPRK Commission for Joint Venture and Investment Outlines Investment Environment
May 18, 2012 (TSR) - The DPRK Commission for Joint Venture and Investment held a meeting at Koryo Hotel on May 14 to give an outline of the investment policy...
2012 French President Elections: The Political Issues
April 26, 2012 (TSR) - The first round of the French presidential election on Sunday starkly exposed the political crisis in France and throughout Europe and the immense dangers facing...
No nationalization of military in China: senior PLA officer
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is resolutely opposed to nationalizing the military, a senior PLA officer has said, urging the PLA to unswervingly uphold the principle of the absolute...
LONDON: A city of children who cannot read
London is in the grip of a literacy crisis. One million people in this great city cannot read.
In London, the home of Charles Dickens, Shakespeare's Globe, and T S Eliot, schools are,...
Asylum seekers sew lips
SYDNEY, Australia. November 19, 2010 (AFP) - UP TO 10 asylum-seekers in a remote Australian immigration detention centre have sewn their lips together, the government said on Friday, just...
Mali, Mauritania to fight al-Qaeda
The government of Mali has joined forces with Mauritania in a fight against al-Qaeda through the establishment of the first ever joint patrols between the Malian and Mauritanian armies.
This...