Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 21, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing SYRIA / CHEMICAL WEAPONS ATTACK ANNIVERSARY ISIL / JAMES FOLEY / SYRIA / IRAQ / IRAN MIDDLE EAST PEACE SOUTH KOREA MIDDLE EAST PEACE SYRIA UKRAINE / MALAYSIA MH17 RUSSIA TURKEY PAKISTAN THAILAND CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC DEPARTMENT TRANSCRIPT:   2:22 p.m. EDT[Read More…]

San Diego, CA—(ENEWSPF)—August 21, 2014. The UPS Store, Inc., among many other U.S. retailers, recently received a government bulletin regarding a broad-based malware intrusion not identified by current anti-virus software. Upon receiving the bulletin, The UPS Store retained an IT security firm and conducted a review of its systems and[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 21, 2014. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending August 16, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 298,000, a decrease of 14,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up by 1,000 from 311,000 to 312,000. The 4-week moving average[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing JAMES FOLEY / REGION / ISIL IRAQ / ISIL / SYRIA SAUDI ARABIA / QATAR / TURKEY GAZA / ISRAEL JAMES FOLEY GAZA / HAMAS ISRAEL / MR. KHDEIR INDIA / PAKISTAN TURKEY AFGHANISTAN / ROSENBERG UKRAINE / RUSSIA TRANSCRIPT:   2:17[Read More…]

Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2014 – 12:52 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Today, the entire world is appalled by the brutal murder of Jim Foley by the terrorist group, ISIL.  Jim was a journalist, a son, a brother, and a friend.  He reported from difficult and dangerous places,[Read More…]

First Investors Fined $2.75 Million for Knowingly Providing Inaccurate Information to Credit Reporting Agencies for Years WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—August 20, 2014. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is taking action against an auto finance company that distorted consumer credit records for years. Texas-based First Investors Financial Services Group Inc., which[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT EGYPT AFGHANISTAN ISRAEL/PALESTINIANS IRAQ TURKEY IRAN SYRIA INDIA/PAKISTAN SOUTH SUDAN PAKISTAN UKRAINE/RUSSIA TRANSCRIPT:   1:24 p.m. EDT Hi, everyone. Welcome to today’s briefing. I just have one item at the top and happy to open it up for questions. This week,[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2014.  Citing the dangers to U.S. national security posed by terrorists and rogue states seeking nuclear weapons, a bipartisan group of 26 senators sent a letter last week to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Shaun Donovan, calling on the President to support[Read More…]

LONDON—(ENEWSPF)—August 19, 2014. The Yemeni government has paid compensation to civilian victims of a 2013 drone strike that hit a wedding convoy – which US Government sources have claimed killed only ‘militants.’ International human rights NGO Reprieve has obtained documents promising compensation for all 12 people killed and all 24[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 18, 2014.  This afternoon at the White House, President Obama delivered a statement on the latest developments in Iraq and in Ferguson, Missouri — two issues he has been following closely each day. First, the President relayed to the nation that the American operation in Iraq has effectively[Read More…]