EU to Govern “Internet of the Future”

EU TO GOVERN "INTERNET OF THE FUTURE"

Published: Thursday 9 October 2008

The European Commission will roll out a range of initiatives in the coming months to promote the Internet of the Future, while remaining highly vigilant in protecting citizens and networks, Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding told EurActiv in an interview.

The EU executive identified the following key topics to be addressed by 2009 in to prepare Europe to the new generation of the Internet: the early challenges of the Internet of Things, rolling out Next Generation Access Networks, opening radio spectrum to wireless services, broadband for all, security of critical communication infrastructure, privacy concerns related to the massive deployment of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags and Internet governance.

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WAXMAN TELLS BANKS TO JUSTIFY BONUSES

WAXMAN TELLS BANKS TO JUSTIFY BONUSES
Globe Wire Services / October 29, 2008

Congressional investigators demanded State Street Corp., Citigroup Inc., and seven other banks justify billions of dollars in pay and bonuses after they accepted $125 billion as part of a taxpayer-funded bailout.


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Countrywide’s ‘VIP’ Loan Program

Countrywide’s ‘VIP’ Loan Program

Lisa Myers & Amna Nawaz
NBC News
October 30, 2008

The wide-ranging criminal investigation into wrongdoing at Countrywide - once the nation’s largest mortgage originator - now includes serious scrutiny of a loan program that provided special mortgage deals to the well-connected and powerful, including two U.S. senators.

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New York Attorney General Cuomo warns nine banks about bonus payments

NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who negotiated executive payment clawbacks by American International Group Inc (AIG.N) as it received a taxpayer bailout, warned nine banks receiving government money on Wednesday that using the funds for bonus payments may be illegal under state law.

In a letter sent to Bank of America Corp (BAC.N), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (BK.N), Citigroup Inc (C.N), Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N), JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N), Merrill Lynch & Co Inc (MER.N), Morgan Stanley (MS.N), State Street Corp (STT.N) and Wells Fargo & Co (WFC.N), he also asked their boards to explain what mechanisms they have put in place to protect taxpayer money.

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Psychological Control: States of Mental Disempowerment: Deconstructing the Power of the Global Elite

Dr. Judith H. Young
Global Research
October 25, 2008


Normalization of the abnormal has been achieved in large part through the power elite’s control of the news media and entertainment.

In Part I of "Deconstructing the Power of the Global Elite," I discussed a threefold model of power: Brute Force, the Power to Hurt and Psychological Control.

In Part II, I will address several forms of psychological control designed to induce states of mind that are inherently disempowering, that eliminate or severely diminish our will to take corrective action in the face of grievous harm.

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FORBES BLAMES THE FEDERAL RESERVE FOR ECONOMIC CRISIS

EXPLOSIVE: CYNTHIA MCKINNEY TOLD 5000 EXECUTED DURING KATRINA

Nigerian streets to be named for Bob Marley, Malcolm X, others

Wed Oct 1, 3:38 PM ET

ABUJA (AFP) - Nigeria will re-name streets after music legends Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and Bob Marley, as well as Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, a minister said on Wednesday.

Names of some 80 streets in Nigeria's administrative capital are to be rebranded in coming days, some of them stripping off names of former military governors, the minister said.

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