Exploring Wicca As A Path To Women’s Empowerment
“I’m really a witch,” rapper Azealia Banks quipped last January, shortly before all hell broke loose on her Twitter account. – Read the whole story at The Guardian
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Former ‘America’s Next Top Model’ contestant slain
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department responded to a call Tuesday evening that three people appeared to be dead in a Charlotte home. Officers discovered the bodies of Puhar, 19, Jonathan Cosme…
New Rules Spur a Humbling Overhaul of Wall St. Banks
Nearly seven years after the financial crisis, banks are still churning out profits and wrestling with regulators. Yet Wall Street, by many important measures, appears to be in the middle…
Azealia Banks Sparked A Twitter Fight With Erykah Badu, And Things Got Personal
There wasn’t much love between Azealia Banks and Erykah Badu this Valentine’s Day. On Thursday, a Twitter fan asked Badu if she listens to Banks’ music, to which Badu replied…
Ernie Banks’ family, caretaker embroiled in estate dispute
Banks family attorney Mark Bogen said Banks’ agent, Regina Rice, had the octogenarian sign a new will three months before his death. “Our family thought that Ms. Rice was helping…
Greek Debt Talks Break Down
By Renee Maltezou and Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Talks between Greece and euro zone finance ministers over the country’s debt broke down on Monday when Athens rejected…
What we know about the bank hacking ring
What did they get? Hackers managed to steal the money in all sorts of creative ways, Doggett said. They managed to take $7.3 million by reprogramming a single bank’s ATMs….
Hackers Steal Up To $1 Billion From Banks
A report from a cybersecurity firm says an international hacking ring has stolen up to $1 billion from banks around the globe in what would be one of the biggest…
Bank Hackers Steal Millions via Malware
PALO ALTO, Calif. — In late 2013, an A.T.M. in Kiev started dispensing cash at seemingly random times of day. No one had put in a card, or touched a…
U.S. Is Seeking Felony Pleas by Big Banks in Foreign Currency Inquiry
In the final stages of a long-running investigation into corruption in the world’s largest financial market, federal prosecutors have recently informed Barclays, JPMorgan Chase, the Royal Bank of Scotland and…
European Central Bank Steps Up Financial Pressure On Greece To Reach Deal
By John O’Donnell and Jan Strupczewski FRANKFURT/BRUSSELS, Feb 4 (Reuters) – The European Central Bank abruptly canceled its acceptance of Greek bonds in return for funding on Wednesday, shifting the…
China Moves to Free Up Money in Its Economy
HONG KONG — China’s central bank announced on Wednesday evening that it had reduced the share of assets that commercial banks must hold as reserves, freeing them to lend more…
India Moves to Increase Bank Lending
HONG KONG — India’s central bank said Tuesday that it would allow commercial banks to hold less money in reserve, and Australia’s central bank cut rates to an record low,…
For Greece, Bank Trouble Looms Again as New Government Takes Shape
It was not the E.C.B.’s job to “fund the gap of any bank runs,” Mr. Weidmann told the central bank’s governing council, according to confidential minutes of the meeting, citing…
Ernie Banks Statue Moved To Downtown Chicago For Fans To Pay Tribute
CHICAGO (AP) — Ernie Banks fans got their first chance to pay their respects to the most famous and beloved Chicago Cub who ever played after the statue of the…
‘Mr. Cub’ Ernie Banks dies at 83
“Words cannot express how important Ernie Banks will always be to the Chicago Cubs, the city of Chicago and Major League Baseball,” Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts said in a statement….
Ernie Banks, ‘Mr. Cub,’ Dead At 83
Ernie Banks, the legendary Chicago Cubs baseball player and Hall of Famer, died at age 83 on Friday night in Chicago, a spokesperson for his family said. The news of…
European Central Bank Launches 1 Trillion Euro Stimulus
* ECB launches bond-buying program with new money * Amounts to 60 bln euros a month together with existing schemes * Program to run until end-September 2016 * National central…
Greece elections: Have 5 years of austerity paid off?
Related: EU must end austerity and restructure debt 2. Healthier banks: Greece’s banking sector is much more resilient. Banks have been recapitalized and the industry has downsized from 18 commercial…
Can tigers claw their way back from extinction?
Researchers involved in the study, the third of its kind carried out in India, say they used advanced technology to assess the population of the big cats. Debbie Banks, head…
Obama bank tax: Smart policy or bank bashing?
Related: State of the Union Spoilers Will it encourage banks to reduce risk? Maybe. Too much leverage — the amount banks borrow relative to their capital — helped cause the…
European Debt Crisis Fast Facts
December 23, 2011 – After a series of credit downgrades and exposure to the financial crisis in Greece, Cyprus signs an agreement with Russia for an emergency loan worth €2.5…