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Twitter censorship: the Saudi connection

Photo by Jeremy Keith . (MintPress)—A new tool on Twitter is causing a buzz amongst anti-censorship activists, and those concerned by a wave of recent efforts to restrict the freedom of expression on the world wide web. Twitter posted, on it’s corporate blog this week entitled “The Tweets Still Must Flow” which read,  « As we continue […]

Carissa Wyant
Par Carissa Wyant
Twitter Censorship

Photo by Jeremy Keith . (MintPress)—A new tool on Twitter is causing a buzz amongst anti-censorship activists, and those concerned by a wave of recent efforts to restrict the freedom of expression on the world wide web. Twitter posted, on it’s corporate blog this week entitled “The Tweets Still Must Flow” which read,  "As we continue to grow

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US Post-9/11 Press Freedom Index Ranking Tumbles

A variety of post-9/11 has brought the US press freedom index rating closer to that of a « third world country. »

Joey LeMay
Par Joey LeMay
US Press Freedom feature photo

A Reporters Without Borders study detailing the latest Press Freedom Index revealed a 27-spot drop for the United States, down to a tie for 47th place. The 15 percent plunge in the index may seem staggering for a country that has “freedom of the press” guaranteed by the 1st amendment of the U.S. Constitution. However, a variety of bills that have

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US taxpayers still owed $133B from corporate bailout

Photo by Octavio Ruiz Cervera   WASHINGTON (AP) — Companies that were bailed out during the financial crisis still owe U.S. taxpayers nearly $133 billion. Treasury’s plans to recoup that money have been slowed by the volatile stock market and weakness among smaller banks. Some of the money will never be recovered. That’s the conclusion […]

AIG Building

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Companies that were bailed out during the financial crisis still owe U.S. taxpayers nearly $133 billion. Treasury's plans to recoup that money have been slowed by the volatile stock market and weakness among smaller banks. Some of the money will never be recovered. That's the conclusion of the acting inspector

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World stocks slide as US growth stagnates

Photo by Katrina Tuliao LONDON (AP) — World stocks turned lower on Friday after official data showed the U.S. economic recovery was not as fast as many had hoped. The Commerce Department said that the U.S. economy, the world’s largest, grew at a modest 2.8 percent in the final three months of last year. While […]

Photo by Katrina Tuliao

LONDON (AP) — World stocks turned lower on Friday after official data showed the U.S. economic recovery was not as fast as many had hoped. The Commerce Department said that the U.S. economy, the world's largest, grew at a modest 2.8 percent in the final three months of last year. While that is the fastest growth in 2011, economists had expected

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World Economic Forum: Capitalism has widened income gap

AP Photo DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — A four-year economic crisis has left societies battered and widened the gap between the haves and have-nots, financial leaders conceded Wednesday — with one suggesting that Western-style capitalism itself may be endangered. As Europe struggles with its debt crisis and the global economic outlook remains gloomy at best, there’s a sense […]

Brian T. Moynihan, Chief Executive Officer of the Bank of America speaks during a panel session on the first day of the 42nd annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott)

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — A four-year economic crisis has left societies battered and widened the gap between the haves and have-nots, financial leaders conceded Wednesday — with one suggesting that Western-style capitalism itself may be endangered. As Europe struggles with its debt crisis and the global economic outlook remains gloomy at best,

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Oil industry decries use of the word ‘fracking’

AP Photo NEW YORK (AP) — A different kind of F-word is stirring a linguistic and political debate as controversial as what it defines. The word is « fracking » — as in hydraulic fracturing, a technique long used by the oil and gas industry to free oil and gas from rock. It’s not in the dictionary, […]

Gillie Waddington

NEW YORK (AP) — A different kind of F-word is stirring a linguistic and political debate as controversial as what it defines. The word is "fracking" — as in hydraulic fracturing, a technique long used by the oil and gas industry to free oil and gas from rock. It's not in the dictionary, the industry hates it, and President Barack Obama didn't use

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