After serving as the Chairman of the President George W. Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers, Ben Shalom Bernanke became the Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve on February 1, 2006 replacing four-term Fed Chair Alan Greenspan who served for four Presidents. Before joining the Feds, Bernanke was a tenured professor and the Chair of […]
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Syrian killings continue
The most recent news from Syria indicates that three high ranking officials of the President Bashar Assad’s crippling regime have been killed in a bomb attack in Damascus. Among the dead are its Defense Minister Dawoud Rajha (most senior Christian government official), President’s brother-in-law Asset Shawkat (Deputy Defense Minister) and General Hassan Turkmani, President’s senior […]
The IRS is in hot seat for targeting “Tea Party” and other conservative groups
On May 10, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued an apology for closely scrutinizing of those applications that included “Tea Party” and other conservative search terms for tax-exempt status four years ago. The news dominated the newspapers, the Internet and the U.S. politics. The U.S. Congress held a televised hearing on the subject of […]
Facebook is working hard to grab mobile advertising share
Article Submitted by iClimber Social Media Marketing Blog. A year ago Facebook went public raising more than $16 billion in a devastating IPO. The stock hit a bottom in September 2012. Even after a year later, the stock is still down 29 percent of the IPO price and the company has a market value of […]
Where Egypt is heading continue to disappoint its people and the world
Just over two years ago, “The Arab Spring” swept through the Arab world toppling centuries old regimes and establishing people’s power. Egypt was one of those countries just over two years ago people led uprising ousted its several decades old President, Hosni Mubarak and his regime and established a people elected government. Hosni Mubarak, members […]
What will the future holds for 3D printing?
More than 30-years old but hardly used by the masses, 3D printing technology dominated the Internet as well as news media recently due to a group known as Defense Distributed publishing a blue print online to make a gun. According to the news media and the Internet, one person even fired a shot using a […]
Whichever way you look at it, sequestration is bad for the U.S. economy
The Congress and the President were quick to fix the furlough of Air Traffic Controllers which caused flight delays for travelling public for a short period of time. However, much larger issue still remains due to the sequestration that went into effect as of March 1, 2013. Much larger impacts due to across-the-board spending cuts […]
Could the grounded Boeing 787 Dreamliner fly again soon?
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounded the entire global fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliner in January 2013 due to problems with its lithium-ion batteries. It impacted all 50 Dreamliner planes that were in operation globally at the time. Few airplane batteries in Japan Air blew up causing safety concern and grounding all planes. Ever since […]
The impact of the sequester starting to create pain for many
The across-the-board U.S. Federal budget cuts better known as sequester took place on March 1, 2013. It didn’t take too long for people to notice and feel the effect. From airports to border crossings, impact will spread into many parts of our daily lives in coming months. Some worry that the impact will affect the […]
Syrian conflict goes on and the death toll continues to climb
Recent news coming from Syria indicates that two massive blasts in an university campus in Aleppo, country’s largest city and its main commercial center, killed 87 including students who were taking an exam and wounded scores of others. It happened while some students are taking their final exams. Both the rebels and the government point […]