Showing posts with label Government. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Government. Show all posts

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Vietnam Offers Free Marxism Degrees to Draw Takers

Market forces are working against college degrees in Marx, Lenin and Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, where the Communist government has resorted to offering free tuition to attract students.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung signed a decree last month giving free tuition to students agreeing to take four-year courses on Marxism-Leninism and the thoughts of Ho Chi Minh, the country's revolutionary hero, at state-run universities.
Vietnam Offers Free Marxism Degrees to Draw Takers 

Scam offers entrepreneurs help on documents

Everyday consumers aren't the only ones who are targeted by scam artists running fake foreign lotteries, sending scam e-mails about a so-called "approved loan" or making phony pitches for "free" trial offers.
Scam offers entrepreneurs help on documents

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Korean Scarves That Really Are Cool

South Korea is feeling the heat again now that the rainy season is almost over. In its drive to save energy over the steamy summer months, the government is now handing out “cool scarves” to workers.
  Developed by a small local apparel company, these scarves contain a refrigerant, which reacts with water and keeps the wearer cool for several hours.
Korean Scarves That Really Are Cool

Monday, July 22, 2013

Obama to Begin New Series of Economic Addresses


(WASHINGTON) — Drawing renewed attention to the economy, President Barack Obama will return this week to an Illinois college where he once spelled out a vision for an expanded and strengthened middle class as a freshman U.S. senator, long before the Great Recession would test his presidency.

Obama to Begin New Series of Economic Addresses

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Yahoo wins lawsuit to declassify docs proving resistance to PRISM — RT News

Yahoo wins lawsuit to declassify docs proving resistance to PRISM — RT News




Search engine Yahoo has won a court case to release NSA records and potentially prove it resisted handing over customer data to US authorities. The ruling could clear Yahoo’s name following allegations it collaborated with the NSA to spy on citizens.
The US Foreign Intelligence and Surveillance Court ruled that data, pertaining to a 2008 order for Yahoo to hand over customer information to US authorities, should be revealed.