WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2013. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered the Canadian bus company, Mi Joo Tour & Travel of Coquitlam, British Columbia, to cease U.S. operations and revoked the firm’s authority to provide passenger service within the United States.  “The safety of all[Read More…]

Mickey Mantle, Billie Jean King, Bill Russell Among Athletes Interviewed Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2013. In 1994, baseball legend Mickey Mantle talked candidly in a radio interview about his alcoholism and the impact of his father’s death. “I’ve always felt like that if he would have lived longer that I would[Read More…]

Human Rights Organization Calls on Government to Stop Crackdown on Dissidents NEW YORK.–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2013. The conviction and heavy sentencing of 13 peaceful Catholic activists in Viet Nam today flies in the face of justice and is part of an escalating government crackdown on freedom of expression, Amnesty International said.[Read More…]

Resolution Addresses Problem of False Rescues BRAZIL–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2013. A resolution by the São Paulo government on the handling of shooting victims is an important step to safeguard against unlawful killings by state police, Human Rights Watch said today. Resolution SSP-05 was issued by Secretary of Public Security Fernando Grella[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2013 – 12:56 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.  Thank you for being here.  Before I start, it is amazing, in today’s era of lightning communications, how this already seems to be a moment that’s passing, but it is worth pausing to remember, perhaps[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2013– American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) confirmed today that the AIG Board of Directors will consider, at a meeting scheduled for January 9, 2013, the demand served on the AIG Board of Directors on September 21, 2012, by Starr International Company, Inc. (“Starr”) as to whether[Read More…]

Official Announcement China Will ‘Stop Using’ System a Positive Sign New York–(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2013. The Chinese government’s announcement today that it will sometime this year “stop using” the notorious Re-Education Through Labor (RTL) system is a rare positive response to the system’s growing unpopularity, Human Rights Watch said today. While[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2013. The Corporate Reform Coalition applauds the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) commitment to seek disclosure of all corporate political spending in response to a historical demonstration of investor demand for such a rule-making.  In one of the last actions of departing SEC Chair Mary Schapiro’s term,[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 8, 2013.  Unemployment rates were lower in November than a year earlier in 322 of the 372 metropolitan areas, higher in 36 areas, and unchanged in 14 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Four areas recorded jobless rates of at least 15.0 percent, while 52[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2013. The U.S. Department of the Treasury yesterday released a new report showing that participants receiving capital through the Small Business Lending Fund (SBLF) continue to increase their small business lending, in total by $7.4 billion over the baseline and by $740 million over the prior quarter.  This[Read More…]