Day: April 26, 2010

Assistant Treasury Secretary for Financial Institutions Barr Remarks to the Independent Community Bankers of America

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2010. Just over one year ago, when President Obama took office, the financial system was teetering on the edge. A failing financial system threatened to drag the economy into the depths of another Great Depression. Decisive action staved off the worst. And yet the costs to every[Read More…]

Treasury Commences Plan to Sell Citigroup Common Stock

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2010. The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced the next steps in its plan to sell approximately 7.7 billion shares of Citigroup common stock. To enable such sales, Citigroup has filed a prospectus supplement with the Securities and Exchange Commission covering Treasury’s sale of this common stock.[Read More…]

Does it Make Sense to Lock Up a Man in a Wheelchair?

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2010.  I got a call last week about this absolutely tragic story in Florida, which is as good an example of the senseless nature of our nation’s marijuana laws as any I have ever seen. John Haring, 45, is a quadriplegic who suffers daily from chronic pain,[Read More…]

EU NAVFOR Dutchman Seize Two Pirate Boats

Northwood, Middlesex–(ENEWSPF)–26 April 2010.  On Saturday 24 of April EU NAVFOR Dutch warship HNLMS Johan de Witt prevented yet another pirate group from leaving the Somali coast and confiscated their vessel. After four days of counter piracy operations, this is the second pirate boat, so called whalers, on her flight[Read More…]

EU NAVFOR Frigate Victoria Destroys Pirate Vessels

Northwood, Middlesex–(ENEWSPF)–26 April 2010.  The EU NAVFOR warship ESPS VICTORIA yesterday intercepted a pirate action group (PAG) comprising one mother ship, a “Whaler”, and two skiffs. The suspected pirates were detected by the frigate’s helicopter 40 miles from the Somali coast north west of the Seychelles. The helicopter crew saw[Read More…]

Colombia: Plight of Conflict Victims Mostly Unreported

Geneva–(ENEWSPF)–26 April 2010.  With the shift of the armed conflict away from densely populated areas towards more remote regions, the plight of tens of thousands of people who still bear the brunt of the fighting has become almost invisible, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said today. “The[Read More…]

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