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…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
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…]
Department of Energy Announces Closing of $529 Million Loan to Fisker Automotive
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2010. The Department of Energy announced today the closing of a $528.7 million loan with Fisker Automotive for the development and production of two lines of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). The loan will support the Karma, a full-size, four-door sports sedan, and a line of family[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…]
Four Abducted UN-AU Blue Helmets Feleased in Darfur
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–26 April 2010 – Four peacekeepers serving with the joint African Union-United Nations Mission in the war-ravaged Sudanese region of Darfur (UNAMID) were released today after having spent more than two weeks in captivity. The unarmed South African police advisers – two women and two men – were abducted[Read More…]
Secretary General Ban Calls for Afghan Probe Into Possible Killing of UN Staffer by Friendly Fire
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–26 April 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the Afghan authorities to probe last October’s attack on a United Nations guesthouse in Kabul after a board of inquiry suggested that a UN staffer may have been killed by Afghan security forces who may have mistaken him for[Read More…]
Everybody Hates Waste, Right?
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 26 – New In The Public Interest column on The Huffington Post from Nicole Tichon, Tax and Budget Reform Analyst, published this afternoon. “Over the last year, serious policy debates have been subject to showdowns and shouting matches. Posturing and partisanship. Scrapping bills and taking names,” Tichon writes. “But[Read More…]
