06 June 2011
A federal judge on Thursday awarded the U.S. government nearly $83 million from three companies involved in a Medicare fraud case prompted by whistleblowers. U.S. District Judge William J. Haynes Jr. in Tennessee ruled that Renal Care Group, Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc. and Renal Care Group Supply Co. showed reckless disregard of the federal […]
Posted in Business
06 June 2011
The New York Mets sold a portion of its team to hedge fund manager David Einhorn on Thursday. The baseball team needed a partner and appeared to have stumbled to one with extensive financial wealth. In a statement, the Mets said that Einhorn has agreed to join the team in a minority and non-operating investment […]
Posted in Sports & Recreation
06 June 2011
A businessman, who once headed a major bank in Egypt, was arrested in New York on Monday for allegedly sexually assaulting an employee at an upscale hotel. The incident, which involves salt company board chairman Mahmoud Abdel-Salam Osmar, occurred two weeks after a prominent French politician was arrested for the same grounds in Manhattan. Dominique […]
Posted in Nation and World
02 June 2011
According to a study released on Wednesday, the United States should delay the majority of its multibillion-dollar aid for Pakistan until economic reforms have been settled. The aid has actually led to the inaction of government officials and the resentment of the public. A task force gathered by the Center for Global Development concluded in […]
Posted in Nation and World
02 June 2011
Radiation emitted from a mobile phones is “possibly carcinogenic” and may cause a certain type of brain cancer called glioma, says the International Agency for Research on Cancer or IARC, which is under the World Health Organization. The international group of experts put radio-frequency electromagnetic fields, which are emitted from cellphones, microwaves, radar, radio, television, […]
Posted in Health
02 June 2011
The bacterial outbreak, which killed at least 17 people and sickened thousands more, has sparked a diplomatic argument between two European countries. Germany struggled on Wednesday to identify the real source of a lethal foodborne infection, which has been attributed to a rare strain of E. coli. The outbreak is yet the worst that Germany […]
Posted in Health
02 June 2011
More than one out of three smartphone owners utilize their phones at the same time as watching television. Almost half of the entire users spend their time logged in to social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook. However, most of them access various apps that are particularly designed for TV lovers. The site showed […]
Posted in Entertainment
02 June 2011
The PBS website was infiltrated by a group of hackers, which complained about a news program report, on Saturday evening. The hackers posted a fake story, which alleged that late Tupac Shakur was alive in New Zealand. On Monday, PBS officials confirmed that the website had indeed been hacked. The attackers posted the false Tupac […]
Posted in Entertainment
02 June 2011
Of all the criminal cases that have been sentenced to death in China, those that involve corrupt officials grab the most public interest. Several examples of those cases are the recent death penalties of the deputy mayors of Hangzhou and Suzhou and the Justice Secretary of Chongqing City. China has the most number of corrupt […]
Posted in Nation and World
02 June 2011
The county officials of Bexar County said on Tuesday that they are investigating the possible link between the death of Sergeant Kenneth Vann, their sheriff’s sergeant, and Mexican drug cartel. Vann was ambushed while he was sitting in his patrol car. County Sheriff Amadeo Ortiz said that Vann may have been targeted because he was […]
Posted in Nation and World
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