FINLAND, Minn.–(ENEWSPF)–June 10, 2014. The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) has joined GMO Inside in a campaign calling on Starbucks to convert its milk purchases to certified organic milk. “Starbucks is perpetuating the unsustainable model of industrial and GMO agriculture,” said Ronnie Cummins, OCA’s national director. “Approximately 75 percent of all[Read More…]
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New Report Explores How Women of Color Are Driving U.S. Entrepreneurship
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 10, 2014. At an event featuring Small Business Administration Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet, the Center for American Progress today released a new report exploring how women of color are a principal force within the U.S. entrepreneurship community and how their success is vital to the U.S. economy. The report[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Joined by 12-Year-Old Chloe Stirling to Sign ‘Cupcake Bill’
Bill Signing Ceremony Takes Place in Chloe’s Kitchen; New Law Loosens Regulations for Home Kitchen Operations in Illinois TROY–(ENEWSPF)–June 10, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn today was joined by 12-year-old Chloe Stirling and her parents at their Troy home to sign legislation that supports home kitchen businesses in Illinois. The “cupcake[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Jen Psaki, June 10, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 10, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing IRAQ / SYRIA / REGION ISIL / Impact of the Situation in Syria / Anbar Province / DAS McGurk’s Meetings Statement on ISIL Assault on Mosul / Iraqi Leadership U.S. Assistance to Iraqi Security Forces / Consultations with the Iraqi Government[Read More…]
Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole Delivers Remarks at the ‘Pills to Needles: the Pathway to Rising Heroin Deaths’ Event
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 10, 2014. Thank you, Joyce, for that kind introduction. And thank you to the University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Public Health and the Jefferson County Department of Public Health for partnering with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama to host today’s community awareness[Read More…]
City of San Jacinto, California, Agrees to End Discriminatory Housing Practices
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 10, 2014. The Justice Department today announced a settlement with the city of San Jacinto, California, that resolves a lawsuit alleging disability discrimination filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Under the settlement, San Jacinto has changed its laws to comply with the[Read More…]
Two Charged with Leading a Conspiracy to Defraud and Extort Spanish-Speaking Consumers Through Fraudulent Call Centers
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 10, 2014. A grand jury in Miami, Florida, indicted two individuals and two corporations for allegedly operating call centers in Peru that lied to and threatened Spanish-speaking victims into paying fraudulent settlements. Assistant Attorney General Stuart F. Delery of the Justice Department’s Civil Division, U.S. Attorney Wilfredo A.[Read More…]
Former Rabobank Trader Pleads Guilty for Scheme to Manipulate Yen Libor
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 10, 2014. A former Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A. (Rabobank) Japanese Yen derivatives trader pleaded guilty today for his role in a conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud by manipulating Rabobank’s Yen London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) submissions to benefit his trading positions. Attorney General Eric H. Holder,[Read More…]
Department of Justice Reaches Landmark Agreement to Improve Missoula County Attorney’s Office’s Response to Reports of Sexual Assault
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 10, 2014. The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a comprehensive agreement with the Missoula County Attorney’s Office, as well as Missoula County, Montana, and the Montana Attorney General’s Office, to resolve the department’s investigation of alleged gender bias in the prosecution of sexual assaults[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on the Presidential Election in Israel
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 10, 2014. The people of the United States join me in offering Reuven Rivlin congratulations on his election as the next President of the State of Israel. Over more than six decades, the United States and Israel have developed a unique relationship based on shared democratic values, our[Read More…]
