America’s Greediest: Meet YUM! CEO David Novak, Keeping Fast-Food Wages Minimal
December 6th, 2013Among the most venerable Yuletide traditions is the annual appeal on behalf of the “neediest cases,” which has spread nationwide since it first appeared in the New York Times so long ago. More than a century later we still have the poor with us, of course, and the rich, not to mention the unspeakably super-duper-rich
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JPMorgan ‘Employed Daughter Of Wen When He Was China PM’: Report
November 14th, 2013New York City (AFP) – U.S. bank JPMorgan Chase employed a daughter of Wen Jiabao as a consultant when he was prime minister of China, The New York Times reported Thursday. The company of daughter Wen Ruchun, which had just two employees, received $75,000 a month for two years, from 2006 to 2008, the paper
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WATCH: Sarah Palin Distrusts ‘Liberal’ Media, ‘Liberal’ Pope
November 13th, 2013If Pope Francis were a U.S. congressman, his district would be in Sarah Palin’s crosshairs. In a recent interview with CNN, the former governor of Alaska and vice-presidential candidate admits she hasn’t done her “homework” on Pope Francis, and insists that she isn’t going to trust what she hears about him in the media. Still,
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New York Times Sees Losses, Drop In Ad Revenues
October 31st, 2013New York City (AFP) – The New York Times Co. on Thursday reported a third-quarter loss, hit by a writedown related to the sale of the Boston Globe and declines in advertising revenues. The newspaper group said its loss was $24.2 million, compared with a profit of $2.7 million in the same period a year
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N.S.A. Chief Denies Report On Social Network Spying
October 2nd, 2013Washington (AFP) – The head of the National Security Agency said Wednesday the secretive intelligence service does not compile data on Americans’ use of social networks, dismissing a media report as “wrong.” General Keith Alexander told a Senate hearing that a New York Times article “jumped to the conclusion this was done on Americans, that’s
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