HEALTH

European Science Agency Backs GM Pollen Use in Food

12/19/2012 0

Europe’s top food safety regulator has delivered a scientific opinion backing Monsanto’s application to place genetically modified (GM) pollen on the market for use ‘in or as foods.’ Read more here: http://www.foodnavigator.com/Science-Nutrition/European-science-agency-backs-GM-pollen-use-in-food

FINANCIAL

UBS Libor Traders Face U.S. Criminal Charges

12/19/2012 0

UBS AG (UBSN) will pay about $1.5 billion and two former traders face prison as the bank settled charges with U.S. and U.K. authorities for manipulating interest rates in a global conspiracy to boost profits […]

FINANCIAL

Treasury Announces GM Exit Strategy

12/19/2012 0

Washington — The Obama administration said Wednesday it will sell 200 million shares — or 40 percent of its remaining stake in General Motors Co. — back to the automaker and announced plans to completely […]

GOVERNMENT

State Dept Security Chief Resigns After Benghazi

12/19/2012 0

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three State Department officials resigned under pressure Wednesday, less than a day after a damning report blamed management failures for a lack of security at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, […]

GOVERNMENT

Fast and Furious Gun Found at Mexican Crime Scene

12/19/2012 1

Another weapon from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agency’s controversial Operation Fast and Furious was recently recovered at a Mexican crime scene, CBS News has learned. Congressional investigators say the crime […]

GOVERNMENT

Michigan Governor Vetoes Concealed Weapons Bill

12/18/2012 0

Gov. Rick Snyder, R-Mich., on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have allowed gun owners to carry concealed weapons in schools, churches, day care centers, casinos and other public places. In a letter to the […]

FINANCIAL

Boehner’s House Has Increased Debt $18,944 Per Household

12/18/2012 0

(CNSNews.com) – Under the leadership of House Speaker John Boehner (R.-Ohio), the 112th House of Representatives has thus far approved legislation that has increased the debt of the federal government by $2,176,949,774,695.46—or approximately $18,944 for […]

HEALTH

Human Cloning ‘Within 50 Years’

12/18/2012 0

Sir John Gurdon, whose work cloning frogs in the 1950s and 60s led to the later creation of Dolly the sheep by Edinburgh scientists in 1996, said that progression to human cloning could happen within […]

FINANCIAL

AmEx’s Chenault Said to Be Discussed for Treasury Post

12/18/2012 0

White House officials have approached American Express Co. (AXP) Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Chenault about joining President Barack Obama’s second-term administration, possibly as Treasury secretary, according to two people familiar with the matter. White House […]

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