Mexican clergy seek global help as violence grows Nov 10, 2009
"We have become hostages in these violent confrontations between the drug cartels living among us," said Archbishop Felipe Aguirre, who works in Acapulco, located in Guerrero state where the priest and seminary students were killed in June ... Guzman, the leader of the Sinaloa cartel, remains at large ... Mexico's struggle with drug traffickers has long posed a dilemma, sometimes deadly, for priests whose congregations may include impoverished marijuana farmers or cartel hit men. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Kufuors Cartel Unmasked Nov 10, 2009
Kufuors Cartel Unmasked ... Welcome to Kufuors Modus Operandi Part II - a story of how a cartel of the ex-presidents confidants run the show from beginning to the end ... Folks, its a cartel of Kufuors confidants, who started the deal from the beginning. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
A 1970s book exposes health care Nov 10, 2009
Each of these books educates the reader on the true meaning of the word "cartel," and they expose America's two greatest cartels in banking and health care ... I.G. Farben formed monopolistic or cartel agreements with over 180 companies which we know well in American ... " danielh wrote on Nov 9, 2009 3:48 PM:" If one is operating a medical cartel, laetrile is not very good for business. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Ministry: NATO Strike Kills Afghan Forces Nov 8, 2009
The Obama recession is caused by his allegiance to a blood thirsty oil cartel ... Now, just like the drug cartels in Mexico, the corrupt business cartels have more power than the government. (CBS News)
Koda put in Rs 61 cr in 1 month in Mumbai bank Nov 7, 2009
Sleuths have found that Zaveri Bazar branch of Union Bank of India failed to find anything amiss about Rs 61 crore that the Koda cartel deposited with it. The whole transaction took place in the space of less than 30 days -- between March 2 and March 31, 2007 -- and should have set off alarm bells claimed to have been installed in the aftermath of 9/11 terror attack. (India Times)
Focus Shorts Nov 7, 2009
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Heroin seized in Madera County bust Nov 7, 2009
2 pounds of black tar heroin worth $300,000 and arrested two men with ties to a Mexican drug cartel, a sheriff's spokeswoman said Friday. The men, ages 32 and 24, were taken into custody Thursday on the 300 block of North G Street, spokeswoman Erica Stuart said. (Fresno Bee)
Elvira’s has arrived from Nogales, Sonora, and is making a splash already. Photo by Scott A. Taras | Special for the Green Valley News Nov 7, 2009
All that changed when a combination of drug cartel violence, a major economic downturn and the imposition of passport requirements for U.S. citizens returning from Mexico caused a major slump in business, said owner Ruben Monroy, Jr., 40. Monroy s dad ran the Nogales, Sonora, restaurant and adjacent discotheque after Elvira died until 1993, when Ruben Jr. took over. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
UPS driver/comic delivers Nov 6, 2009
Schwab also moonlights as a wrestler, Eric Xtasy of the International Wrestling Cartel. He's also appeared on "WWE Raw.". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Dems Reassess Party Agenda After Losses Nov 6, 2009
And under the Bush cartel, exactly how much was paid to Haliburton, Blackwater, KBR, Northrupp-Grumann. by Empire-George November 5, 2009 3:39 PM EST. (CBS News -- US)
Europe.view: An easterner to the front Nov 6, 2009
But at least in part it also reflects an informal cartel among the countries of old Europe in dividing the spoils of office. If Ms Vike-Freiberga s candidacy does nothing more than to shake that up, then it will have been well worth it. (The Economist)
Scarlett case chargesheet exposes drug cartel in Goa Nov 6, 2009
Scarlett murder case: Chargesheet exposes drug cartel in Goa - Goa - City - The Times of India ... Scarlett murder case: Chargesheet exposes drug cartel in Goa ... PANAJI: The statements made by witnesses in CBI charge sheet in Scarlett Eden Keeling death case has exposed the underbelly of drug cartel run in Goa through beach shacks. (India Times, India)
* Mexico mayor announces death before body is found Nov 5, 2009
Now this cartel-plagued nation, usually nonchalant about a spate of kidnappings, extortion and executions, is engrossed with this not-so-straighforward murder that links drug lords and politicians ... Does he have associations with the cartel that may have killed the men ... He said US authorities tipped him off that somebody intercepted cartel communications and learned Saldana was planning to kill him, and he said unspecified intelligence sources told him Saldana was dead hours before the... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Google's 3Q lobbying costs eclipse $1 million Nov 5, 2009
Google is negotiating revisions with U.S. authors and publishers in an attempt to persuade the Justice Department that the deal won't create a cartel that could drive up the prices of electronic books. Some of Google's lobbying efforts in the third quarter addressed plans for digital books, as well as other intellectual property issues. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Esorfranki grows despite work drying up Nov 5, 2009
However, Krone said there "is no cartel" involved in the Gautrain project and that Esorfranki had nothing to worry about in regard to the commission's investigation. Krone said the group had a healthy order book of R1. (Business Report, South Africa)
'Druglord dad burned $1.5m in cash to keep girl warm' Nov 5, 2009
Escobar, the head of the Medellin cartel, who had an estimated 18 billion fortune in 1989, was listed by the US 'Forbes' magazine as the seventh-richest man in the world. In fact, during the height of his power in the 1980s, Escobar, controlled a vast empire of drugs and murder that covered the globe, and ruled over a personal empire of mansions, airplanes, a private zoo and even his own army of soldiers and hardened criminals. (India Times, India)
Meet the evil new copyright treaty Nov 5, 2009
These international agreements are used by countries to create a "cartel" Instead of governments competing with each other, they all agree to screw their citizens equally. 4. (Harper's Magazine)
Time is on Telstra's side in broadband agreement Nov 5, 2009
The Government will have to sign that cheque and, given the cartel implicit in Telstra and NBNco dividing up the market, the ACCC will have to be involved sooner rather than later if Thodey and his NBN counterpart Mike Quigley want to stay out of jail. Nor did Thodey repeat his earlier message about the difficulties of talking to a company that has no network and no idea of what services it will offer or at what cost. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Why Big Oil Is Back in Iraq Nov 5, 2009
The Iraqis, though, may want to pump the maximum, arguing that other cartel members who have profited for years from Iraq's market absence should bear any future production cuts. "This is an issue that is going to come to the forefront as deals progress," says David Kirsch, an analyst with Washington consultancy. (BusinessWeek)
Switzerland falls into line with EU laws Nov 4, 2009
Crucial legal areas, including cartel laws, social law and legislation on food are defined to a large extent by Brussels. What's more the media tell you on a daily basis that the government is planning further legal amendments in line with the EU to strengthen Switzerland's economy and eliminate unnecessary trade barriers. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
Letter rebuttal: Obama certainly is anti-gun Nov 4, 2009
They oppose stopping the gun-running that is currently going on between the U.S. and Mexico, where gun-runners from the U.S. are supplying the Mexican drug cartel with AK-47s and other weapons meant to kill people, and not meant for sporting purposes ... We can't even stop the gun dealers in Texas and Arizona from selling military assault weapons to the drug cartels. (Montana Standard, MT)
Nigeria: 'Yar'adua is a Liar!' Nov 3, 2009
Their seething rage stems from the expose published by this paper on Saturday, October 24 on the oil cartel that has been feeding fat from the multimillion dollar kickbacks resulting from the disgraceful importation regime of fuel products into the country ... Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, it will be recalled, had during a press briefing on May 12, 2009, acknowledged that there is a powerful cartel that has been benefiting from the subsidy regime for fuel products ... In an uncharacteristic flash... (allAfrica.com)
Republicans made U.S. nearly bankrupt Nov 3, 2009
Why certain peoplecontinue to blindly "suck up" to a corrupttwo party cartel is the definintion ofinstanity. The obvious answer is anhonest independent third political partydetached from the establishment elite:The Constituiton Party via www. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Tips on how to get busted when smoking pot Nov 3, 2009
If cops know that marijuana isn t the demon weed prohibitionists claim it is and if they know its prohibition isn t worth the $40 BILLION that taxpayers fork out every year nor the 800,000 arrests for possession alone or the 6,000+ brutal cartel murders that are a direct result of the prohibition then for God s sake why don t they speak up. name withheld in case big bro is watchin-as we know he always is. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
ALL BUSINESS: Credit-card rates up before new law Nov 1, 2009
"The delay allowed them to restock their arsenal with weapons," said Lloyd Constantine, an attorney who has spent 22 years litigating cases tied to the credit-card industry and is the author of the new book "Priceless: The Case that Brought Down The Visa/Mastercard Bank Cartel.". It's hardly surprising that banks and other credit-card issuers would use a grace period afforded to them by Congress to their advantage. (WCAX.com, VT)
The Global Anti-Trust Battle Over Google's Library Nov 1, 2009
One incensed objector called Google a "Dickensian street pickpocket." The Open Book Alliance, a coalition that includes goliath rival Microsoft as well as the National Writers Union, likened Google to industrialist John D. Rockefeller and compared the settlement to a monopoly cartel controlling the future of digital publishing. "They have worked very hard to create the impression that this is like a freight train, and if you want to stand in front of it, you'll get run over," Gary Reback, an... (Time.com)
Mathews is good, but let's be real Nov 1, 2009
Place an obit: (559) 441-6228. Web Search powered by YAHOO. (Fresno Bee -- Sports)
Gill: Net savings with Medicare for All plan Nov 1, 2009
Many of the elected officials in Washington fail to understand this vital point: When we finally stop handing over 30 percent of our health care dollars to the private health insurance cartel and allow the bulk of that money to be retained by individuals and small businesses, this will provide a tremendous economic stimulus for America. A recent study sponsored by the California Nurses Association demonstrated that "Medicare for All" will result in a net gain of 2. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Tech.view: Seeing in the dark Nov 1, 2009
ONE of the most enduring urban myths is how the patent for an ever-lasting light bulb pioneered by a lone inventor was snapped up by a cartel of lighting manufacturers, who promptly secreted it away to protect their hugely profitable replacement business. The fact is, lots of long-life bulbs have been invented over the years since Thomas Edison borrowed the best from the dozen or so different light-bulb designs patented during the early days of electrification and came up with a winner. (The Economist)
Mathews is good, but let's be real Nov 1, 2009
Place an obit: (559) 441-6228. Web Search powered by YAHOO. (Fresno Bee)
ALL BUSINESS: Credit-Card Rates up Before New Law Oct 31, 2009
"The delay allowed them to restock their arsenal with weapons," said Lloyd Constantine, an attorney who has spent 22 years litigating cases tied to the credit-card industry and is the author of the new book "Priceless: The Case that Brought Down The Visa/Mastercard Bank Cartel.". It's hardly surprising that banks and other credit-card issuers would use a grace period afforded to them by Congress to their advantage. (ABC News -- Business)
Lets end the War on Drugs Oct 31, 2009
Holder followed up with highly publicized raids in several U.S. cities, including Greater Atlanta, on a Mexican drug cartel ... The Drug Enforcement Administration has no choice but to target violent cartels ... Violent death and crimes by the drug cartels would explode. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Stealers In Coteau Oct 30, 2009
Country wrote on Oct 29, 2009 10:53 AM:" We have the local drug cartel running around here and the law won't even stop them. What I do is write down vehicle license plate numbers and description. If anything is stolen, at least I have some description of likely culprits. We should all be watchful of strange vehicles, because the sheriff patrol is too busy with City of New Iberia. ". New Horizons wrote on Oct 29, 2009 10:45 AM:" We had TWO 4 wheelers stolen AND a 3 wheeler. My husband found them... (New Iberia, LA)
Foreign Tax Cheats Find U.S. Banks a Safe Haven Oct 30, 2009
Much of the estimated $42 billion a year of illicit funds flowing out of Mexico each year (not including drug cartel money) ends up in U.S. banks, according to Global Financial Integrity, an advocacy group in Washington ... Still, as clear as U.S. national-security interests are in working closer with Mexico on stopping the flow of illicit funds, especially from its drug cartels, giving in on the issue could prove a slippery slope. (Time.com)
iTunes top 10 Oct 30, 2009
The Montana Standard. The Montana Standard. (Montana Standard, MT)
Five-year block on repossession Oct 30, 2009
Mr Bentley was represented at the hearing by lawyers CCCL, employed by the claims management company Cartel Client Review ... "However, the matter was resolved before it went to court and we agreed to give him further time to repay what he owed. "For the avoidance of doubt there has been no court decision on this case as a satisfactory arrangement was agreed," the spokesman added. Carl Wright of Cartel Client Review put a different interpretation on the outcome. "Peter Bentley was offered a... (BBC News -- Business)
Holder to meet plane carrying bodies of DEA agents Oct 29, 2009
Largest US sting on drug cartel arrests 300-plus. In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the U.S., authorities arrested more than 300 people in a sting that demonstrates an upstart cartel's vast reach north of the border. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
SABMiller's experience prepares it for final frontier Oct 29, 2009
However, the good news was that the Competition Commission and the Trade and Industry Department were "trying to reduce the collusion of cartels". Responding to the suggestion that the fines imposed for cartel behaviour should go to good causes, Naidoo said the money was paid into the national revenue fund - the state's bank account - but the Treasury was "willing to engage" on this idea. (Business Report, South Africa)
Accused spy scientist due in court Oct 29, 2009
In a first of its kind ruling, a federal appeals panel has sided with a prominent Miami defense lawyer who was accused of a crime for giving advice to attorneys for an accused Medellin cocaine cartel kingpin. The 11th U.S. Circuit of Appeals ruling Monday was welcomed by defense lawyers, who had feared that a successful prosecution of Ben Kuehne would force them to stop taking cases involving defendants whose financial situations are murky. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Letter: Health insurance cartel has parallels in Montana history Oct 29, 2009
Have we forgotten that the health insurance industry is a cartel that is protected from anti-trust law ... The private health insurance industry is a cartel ... That cartel doesn't give a damn about this country or its citizens. (Montana Standard, MT)
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Texas agencies join in sweep of drug cartel ... Published: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 6:42 PM CDT AUSTIN More than 200 Texas Department of Public Safety agents, troopers, pilots and Texas Rangers took part in an Oct. 21 sweep targeting the La Familia Michoacana criminal cartel resulting in 81 arrests in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and Austin areas. (Boerne Star, TX)
La Familia vs. the State Oct 27, 2009
A DEA agent said cartel leader Nazario Moreno Gonzales sees his drug dealing as serving the best interests of the people of Michoacan ... The story quotes Attorney General Eric Holder as saying, Indeed, while this cartel may operate from Mexico, the toxic reach of its operations extends to nearly every state within our own country. (The American Conservative)
No deviation from rules in awarding telecom licences: Raja Oct 27, 2009
Asked if he was victim of a telecom cartel, he said: "It was earlier believed that there should not be more operators so there was an implied stagnation or some sort of cartel... I wanted to bring competition in accordance with (regulator) Trai norms... so the competition might have created some storm... let it be investigated.". Raja has been facing a charge that he doled out spectrum cheaply to new players that may have caused huge loss to the exchequer and the CBI is investigating into it and... (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
Senate health bill will embrace public option Oct 27, 2009
SJT wrote on Oct 26, 2009 8:14 PM:" We're about to witness the power of the health insurance cartel. We know they won't lay down, and a deal's a deal; those Senators (and Representatives) didn't get elected by the tooth fairy. ". SJT wrote on Oct 26, 2009 8:15 PM:" I hope I'm wrong. ". (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Ex-welfare office worker guilty of meth sale Oct 27, 2009
Federal agents and local law enforcement officers arrested 15 people in Tulare County on Tuesday on drug trafficking charges allegedly tied to a Mexican drug cartel. Five were named in a federal grand jury indictment handed down last week. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
FBI, police rescue 52 children in series of prostitution raids Oct 27, 2009
Federal agents swept through Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta, and dozens of other locations Wednesday and Thursday, arresting more than 300 people and seizing drugs, weapons, and money in what officials called the biggest US crackdown against a Mexican drug cartel. The drug raids, which followed a three-year federal investigation, targeted the US operations of La Familia Michoacana, one of Mexico s largest cartels, authorities said. (Boston Globe)
Damon, Brolin circle 'True Grit' Oct 27, 2009
Brolin is shooting the Oliver Stone-directed Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps, and then will star in the Asger Leth-directed drama Cartel. . (Variety)
8 arrested in drug sting Oct 27, 2009
Porter said that the investigation was not tied to a larger narcotics operation announced last week involving La Familia, a Mexican drug cartel. That investigation, which included a raid on a methamphetamine lab in Lawrenceville, was part of a nationwide sweep that resulted in the arrest of 303 people in 38 cities. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Reid to announce push for 'public option'... Oct 27, 2009
The monopolistic insurance cartel and Senator whore's $$$, that's who. Posted By: The Wizard | October 26, 2009 at 01:50 PM. (The Drudge Report)
Immigration Agents' Misdeeds Mire Drug War Oct 26, 2009
More than 300 people were arrested nationwide in an anti-drug raid targeting the violent Mexican drug cartel 'La Familia ... Mark Strassmann reports on the biggest U.S. drug bust of a single Mexican drug cartel in history ... The DEA recovered massive amounts of drugs and $33 million in cash from La Familia cartel members. (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Documents raise questions about conduct, professionalism of US immigration agents Oct 26, 2009
In the case involving one informant charged with the murder of another, Jose Daniel Gonzalez Galeana, a smuggling manager for the Juarez cartel, was gunned down last spring. El Paso police say ICE delayed its investigation, steering detectives away from the man now charged with arranging the contract hit. (Boston Globe)
Your views: Letters to the editor Oct 26, 2009
Can you say health insurance cartel and big banks. Why doesnt everyone see this incongruous influence on our democratic system. (Florida Today)
Hospitals in queue to sue CSL Oct 26, 2009
A MULTIMILLION-dollar class action lawsuit against CSL has dramatically expanded after 11 US hospitals signed up as plaintiffs against the blood plasma company and its chief rival Baxter, claiming Australia's biggest health-care company engaged in cartel behaviour. Documents lodged with the Illinois Northern and Pennsylvania Eastern federal courts reveal an acceleration of litigants stepping forward since September to accuse CSL of involvement in a conspiracy to fix the prices of plasma... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Immigration agents mishandle informants Oct 26, 2009
These troubling misdeeds are a sampling of misconduct by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel as the agency seeks to carve out a bigger role in the deadly border war against Mexican drug gangs (Somerset Daily American, PA)
New federal marijuana policy a welcome change Oct 24, 2009
Because millions of people are still smoking the lack of legal supply diverts BILLIONS every year into the hands of the cartels. Fully two-thirds of the cartel s incomes come from selling marijuana in the U.S. ... Don t assist the cartels with your silence demand legalization now. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
More than 300 arrested in U.S. drug raids Oct 23, 2009
Largest US sting on drug cartel arrests 300-plus. Article:Largest US sting on drug cartel arrests 300-plus:/n/a/2009/10/22/national/w071226D22 ... DTL Article:Largest US sting on drug cartel arrests 300-plus:/n/a/2009/10/22/national/w071226D22. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Calif raid of drug cartel nabs at least 24 Oct 23, 2009
More than two dozen people have been arrested across California in a crackdown of a violent Mexican drug cartel ... Among those still wanted are 42-year-old Gerardo Rodriguez-Lopez, who authorities believe is a high-ranking cartel member. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
US drug agents charge 7 arrested in North Andover raid Oct 23, 2009
The investigation is targeting a Mexican cartel known as La Familia Cartel, authorities said. A case of this magnitude can have a real impact on large-scale drug trafficking organizations such as La Familia and sends a strong message that reaches around the globe - that we will continue to aggressively investigate and prosecute anyone or any group that seeks to infiltrate our communities spreading violence, intimidation, and fear, Loucks said. (Boston Globe)
Oil output hike possible in December: OPEC chief Oct 23, 2009
The cartel "will not hesitate to increase its production in December", he told reporters on Thursday, adding the decision was dependent on higher oil prices, improving economic growth and no floating storage of crude. The 12-nation Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), whose members pump 40 per cent of the world's crude oil supplies, will hold their next mee 00004000 ting in Luanda, Angola, on December 22. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
'Family values' of drug gang Oct 23, 2009
Mexico is trying to break the influence of the powerful cartel ... The "Familia" cartel is perhaps the most extreme example of the paradoxical enemy which Mexico faces as it tries to defeat organised crime ... It is a fight which would be much easier if the cartels were simply maverick gangs on the fringe of society. (BBC News -- Americas)
TX authorities free Mexican human rights advocate Oct 22, 2009
A violent and ongoing battle between two powerful drug cartels has pushed this northern border city's murder rate - already one of the highest in the world - to new records in 2009, according to a government report issued Wednesday ... 5 million, can be blamed on an escalating drug war between the Sinaloa cartel run by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the most-wanted man in Mexico, and the Juarez Cartel, said Chihuahua state Public Safety Secretary Victor Valencia ... The cartels are fighting to... (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
US jails Colombian drug kingpin Oct 22, 2009
A federal judge in Miami has sentenced the former leader of one of Colombia's most powerful drug cartels to 45 years in prison. Diego Montoya, also known as "Don Diego", led the Norte del Valle cartel from 1990 to 2004 ... During its heyday, the cartel is believed to have exported more cocaine to the US than any other organisation. (BBC News -- Americas)
Government slaps itself with labour broker whip Oct 22, 2009
Cartel activity concern. The admission by construction and engineering group Murray ts (Mterday that it had received conditional leniency from the Competition Commission once again raises concern about the extent of cartel activity in the economy ... The commission has already fined listed construction group Aveng R46 million for its involvement in a concrete pipes cartel. (Business Report, South Africa)
Veiled Iranian women suspected of drug smuggling Oct 21, 2009
Federal agents and local law enforcement officers arrested 15 people in Tulare County on Tuesday on drug trafficking charges allegedly tied to a Mexican drug cartel ... The United States should reinstate a Clinton-era ban on assault weapons to prevent such guns from reaching Mexican drug cartels, former officials from both countries said in a report released Tuesday. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Asian stocks retreat on lower commodity prices Oct 21, 2009
AT&T, the biggest US phone carrier, filed the complaint in federal court, claiming the companies were among those that formed an international cartel illegally to restrict competition in the United States in the market for LCD panels. . (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
