WASHINGTON, March 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In a letter issued today, two consumer advocacy groups called on President Obama to obtain Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s resignation. The letter, from Harvey Rosenfield, the California-based consumer advocate who authored the state’s insurance rate rollback Proposition 103, and Jim Donahue of the Washington-based WallStreetWatch.Org, asserts that Geithner has...
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BUSINESS LEADERSHIP GURU AND AUTHOR CALLS FOR ACTION – SAYING NEWS OF AIG A “BOOKMARK IN TIME” CENTERBROOK, Conn., March 18 /PRNewswire/ — This week’s news about AIG paying 76 executives bonuses that started at $1,000,000 each, (including several who then immediately left the company), was the last straw. It’s time for “We the...
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HUNTINGTON, Vt., March 17 /PRNewswire/ — This week marks the sixth anniversary of the start of the Iraq War – which has resulted in the deaths of more than 4,000 Americans and countless Iraqis (estimates vary from over 100,000 to one million). This week, Dream Catcher Films, Inc. will present special screenings of Finding...
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WASHINGTON, March 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Oscar-winning actor and education activist Richard Dreyfuss will be the keynote speaker at a news conference about endangered Civil War battlefields on Wednesday, March 18, 2009. Best known for his roles in films like American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and his Academy Award-winning turn in...
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- Majority of viewers believe Jon Stewart won head-to-head contest with Jim Cramer – FLEMINGTON, N.J., March 16 /PRNewswire/ — A new national study among 448 self-reported Democrats, Republicans and Independents revealed that the majority (74%) indicated that Jon Stewart benefited most from the interview with Jim Cramer on The Daily Show. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071204/NYTU133LOGO...
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TAMPA, Fla., March 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Democrats are moving quickly to socialize American health care with the SCHIP expansion. Michael Tanner of the CATO Institute whined, “Shouldn’t we at least talk about it?” The cost to the federal taxpayers is enormous and President Obama has promised to reduce funding in Medicare to help pay...
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WASHINGTON, March 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Vital Voices, one of the leading non-governmental organizations that trains and empowers women leaders in emerging democracies, will honor five remarkable international women leaders at its Global Leadership Awards on Thursday, March 19 at the Kennedy Center. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will also be recognized for her long-time...
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Human Rights Organization Highlights Cases of Intimidation, Harassment and Arrest in New Report WASHINGTON, March 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Human rights activists in the Middle East and North Africa still face imprisonment, torture, persecution and repression for seeking to uphold the rights of others, more than ten years after the United Nations (U.N.) called on...
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PETALUMA, Calif., March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Since President Barack Obama signed the stimulus bill, the Dow has dropped to a 12-year low and unemployment has jumped to a 25-year high. The most recent U.S. Census Bureau statistics could be the key to understanding why President Obama’s economic stimulus bill hasn’t worked so far and...
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By Alan Singer Referred By: http://www.counterpunch.com/singer12222004.html On Sunday, December 19, 2004, I had a startling exchange with New York Senator Charles Schumer at the Hofstra University graduation. Schumer has a habit of appearing at graduation at the last minute uninvited, speaking to the audience about his experience as a recent college graduate, and then...
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