Spill claims to test limits of BP’s liability
A swathe of oil disaster lawsuits sent to a New Orleans court could have a multibillion-dollar impact on the UK company’s finances and a wider effect on the offshore US energy industry
Charlie Rangel Shows Off His Dancing Skills (VIDEO)
What do you do when you’re facing a host of ethics violations charges, accusations that you’re sinking your party’s electoral chances, and watching the power…
World equities slide as markets shun risk
Global equity markets fell sharply and investors sought the safety of government bonds as a deteriorating outlook for economic growth, led by the US, fanned an aversion for holding risky assets
Fed shift aims to avert rate rise
A fundamental problem was undoubtedly gnawing at Federal Reserve officials as they gathered on Tuesday for a highly consequential policy meeting
Google deal splits industry over net neutrality
Google’s compromise with Verizon over so-called net neutrality rules for the handling of online traffic has split the internet industry, with a handful of the most important players on the web coming out against the plan
US and EU in talks on foreign policy summit
The US and the European Union may hold a summit in Lisbon in November, to make up for President Barack Obama’s decision not to attend such a meeting in Spain earlier this year
30,000 people line up for public housing assistance in Georgia
Yesterday, 30,000 people lined up in East Point, Georgia, for the right to apply to be on a waiting list for public housing or housing assistance from the federal government. Authorities expected that a mere 10,000 people would line up on a sweltering day in order to end up waiting as long as ten years for vacancies to open up in one of the area’s public housing units, all of which are filled, for the foreseeable future.
Republican Party Only Winning Key 2010 Poll In Southern States
Findings released in a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll suggest that the Republican Party is very much a Southern regional white party in terms…
