Elon Musk refuses to patent technologies developed at his SpaceX rocket company for fear that foreign space agencies would simply pinch them.
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How to embrace psychotic murderers and alienate a continent.
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The European Union’s General Court in Luxembourg ruled Thursday that the central bank was right to keep secret documents that would reveal how much the ECB knew about the true state of Greece’s accounts before the country needed a 240 billion-euro
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Argentina raked up huge debts during the Junta (with the blessing of Henry Kissinger). Todays leaders in Argentina have worked out a deal to pay only 30 cents on the dollar on those debts, and The US vulture capitalists are not pleased.
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Anais Fournier’s parents have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Monster Beverage Corp. in California nearly a year after the 14-year-old went into cardiac arrest after drinking two 24-ounce cans of the drinks in December 2011. She was pronounced brain dead six days later.
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Iranian private oil companies plan to lodge a complaint against the European Union in international courts in protest to illegal the bloc’s “illegal sanctions” against Iran, the Fars News Agency quoted a source familiar with the issue as saying on Wednesday.
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Two Spanish investment firms that own 31 percent of French property company Gecina have filed one of the biggest bankruptcy actions in Spanish history after a bank refused to refinance a 1.6 billion euro (.1 billion) loan.
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The Associated Press cites a report by Amtrak’s inspector general that says the company’s operating employees who are in responsible for keeping passengers safe have been failing such tests at a rate that is way over what the national average is for the railroad industry.
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“….there’s another, similar list, put out by the Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus (yeah) that has added Switzerland to its “bad countries” list along with China, Russia and Ukraine. Italy also joined Switzerland as a “first-timer” on the list — despite rulings that required ISPs to block access to various file sharing sites….”
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CBS News has learned that the House Oversight Committee expects to file a civil contempt suit against Attorney General Eric Holder Monday. The lawsuit is to try to force Holder to release documents from the Fast and Furious gunwalking operation.
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