Corporate Trade Agenda Threatens American Consumer’s Right to Know Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2014. Today, the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled that mandatory country of origin labels (COOL) rules for meat and poultry that went into effect in 2013 still ran afoul of the global trade rules. The WTO’s compliance panel[Read More…]
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Chicago Investment Advisor Convicted Of Defrauding Suburban Bank And Two Clients Of More Than $3.2 Million
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2014. A Chicago investment advisor was convicted on Friday of federal bank fraud charges for engaging in a scheme to defraud Oak Brook-based Leaders Bank and two of his clients of more than $3.2 million and ultimately causing the bank to lose more than $2.7 million. The defendant,[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Applauds Administration’s Move To Increase Security & Prevent Fraud For Credit and Debit Cards
Executive Order requires federal government credit and debit cards to incorporate “chip-and-PIN” technology WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2014. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today applauded President Obama’s decision to issue an Executive Order that is intended to better secure financial transactions and safeguard sensitive consumer data. The Order requires government payment[Read More…]
New Report Details Human Rights Violations Surrounding Ex-Im Bank-Financed Coal Plant
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2014. Today, the Sierra Club, 350.org, Carbon Market Watch, Pacific Environment, and Friends of the Earth U.S. released a report detailing the catastrophic human rights, labor, and environmental violations at Reliance Power’s Sasan coal-fired power plant and mine in Singrauli, India. Even more striking is the[Read More…]
Lawsuit Launched to Protect Disappearing Pinto Abalone From Ocean Acidification, Climate Change and Poaching
Once Common From Alaska to Mexico, Abalone Has Declined 99 Percent in Some Places ANCHORAGE, Alaska–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2014. Conservation groups notified the National Marine Fisheries Service today of their intent to sue the agency for delaying Endangered Species Act protection for the pinto abalone, an approximately six-inch snail with an[Read More…]
Nigeria is Now Free of Ebola Virus Transmission
GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–20 October 2014. The lines on the tabular situation reports, sent to WHO each day by its country office in Nigeria, have now been full of zeros for 42 days. WHO officially declares that Nigeria is now free of Ebola virus transmission. This is a spectacular success story that shows[Read More…]
Michigan Luxury Car Mechanic Indicted for Tax Fraud
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2014. A mechanic who specializes in repairing exotic foreign cars and other high-end luxury vehicles was arrested on Friday after being indicted on tax charges by a grand jury in Detroit, the Justice Department announced. Terry Myr, a resident of Smith’s Creek, Michigan, was charged with tax[Read More…]
From Dublin to Detroit: Water is a Human Right
Community activists, faith leaders and families without water to march November 1st through downtown Detroit DETROIT —(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2014. Detroiters will march in solidarity with the people of Ireland against water charges and the privatization of our public water systems on November 1st, at 9:30am at the Spirit of Detroit[Read More…]
How Bruce Rauner Makes Money From For-profit Schools and Worthless Degrees
Students get stuck with a substandard education and crushing debt, while Rauner and his Wall Street buddies run away with profits Chicago, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2014. This morning the Chicago Reader published a piece outlining how billionaire Bruce Rauner attempts to profit from ripping off college students and taxpayers. Both in his[Read More…]
Tale of Two New Yorks Endures Under de Blasio as NYPD Continues Discriminatory Marijuana Arrest Crusade
From March to August Under de Blasio/Bratton, NYPD Made More Marijuana Possession Arrests than Bloomberg/Kelly in Same Period of Previous Year; Extreme Racial Disparities Persist as Blacks and Latinos Make up 86% of Marijuana Possession Arrests, Despite Young Whites Using at Higher Rates NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2014. A new report[Read More…]
