US Stocks: Stocks Trade Flat After Fed Beige Book Report - US Business News. The Fed chairman's comments pushed the U.S. greenback higheragainst a basket of major currencies, while gold and silver tumbled sharply.
Stocks gained at the open after news GDP grew at a 3 percent annual rate, logging the fastest gain since the second quarter of 2010, according to the Commerce Department. The economy expanded at a 1.8 percent pace in the third quarter. And the index of Midwest business activity gained in February to 64.0, hitting its highest level since last April, according to the Chicago ISM.
The strong economic data from this morning is “another reason why you’d expect Bernanke to take the foot off the [QE3] pedal,” said Themis Trading's Saluzzi. Meanwhile, traders seemed to shrug off the Fed's latest Beige Book report that said the economy expanded moderatelyin January through mid-February as hiring picked up across several districts. European shares gained as the ECB’s mass loanissuance released extra liquidity into the financial sector. Coming Up This Week: Bill C-309. Blake Richards Wild Rose, AB moved that Bill C-309, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (concealment of identity), be read the third time and passed.
Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to open debate on Bill C-309 on the concealment of identity. I first introduced this bill a little more than a year ago on October 3, 2011. Food police reject preschooler's homemade lunch... in favour of chicken nuggets. By Meghan Keneally Updated: 16:48 GMT, 15 February 2012 A preschool girl was told her homemade meal wasn't healthy enough - so a school cafeteria monitor made her eat chicken nuggets instead.
The rejected meal consisted of a turkey and cheese sandwich on whole wheat bread, with a side of a banana, potato chips, and apple juice. 'What got me so mad is, number one, don’t tell my kid I’m not packing her lunch box properly,' the mother from North Carolina, who wished to remain anonymous, told a local newspaper. Animal rights group says drone shot down. A remote-controlled aircraft owned by an animal rights group was reportedly shot down near Broxton Bridge Plantation Sunday near Ehrhardt, S.C. Steve Hindi, president of SHARK (SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness), said his group was preparing to launch its Mikrokopter drone to video what he called a live pigeon shoot on Sunday when law enforcement officers and an attorney claiming to represent the privately-owned plantation near Ehrhardt tried to stop the aircraft from flying. "It didn't work; what SHARK was doing was perfectly legal," Hindi said in a news release.
Madonna’s Black Mass, New World Order Rite in Diana’s Place. UPDATE: In the original version of this post, I linked to a YouTube copy of the halftime show, but as of today (2/7/12), it’s been taken down for copyright infringement.
Madonna’s Black Mass, New World Order Rite in Diana’s Place. FBI warns of threat from anti-government extremists. LAPD Pioneers High-Tech Crime-Fighting ‘War Room’ LOS ANGELES (CBS) — The LAPD is fighting crime from a high-tech war room that gives it eyes all over the city.
The surveillance hub is now a model for police forces around the world and KCAL9 got an exclusive tour inside from Chief Charlie Beck. “We are targets on our own soil,” says Beck. “We have to be ready.” What began as a grass roots idea following the 9/11 terrorist attacks is now a state-of-the-art real-time analysis critical response center. Public surveillance from private property questioned. When D.C. police began installing surveillance cameras in neighborhoods more than five years ago as crime-fighting tools, privacy concerns voiced by civil liberties groups limited their scope and use.
Now a less-formal agreement from a citizens association planning to expand the Metropolitan Police Department’s watchful eye in Georgetown over the next few months is hitting a similar hurdle. The Citizens Association of Georgetown, a private neighborhood association, plans to pay for the installation of up to 10 cameras in the hopes that the additional surveillance will deter crime.
“The No. 1 thing we would like is deterrence,” said Diane Colasanto, a member of the association’s public safety committee. “We just want crime not to happen here. But if crimes are committed, we hope the images from the cameras are images police can use.” Congress Calls for Accelerated Use of Drones in U.S. Updated below A House-Senate conference report this week called on the Administration to accelerate the use of civilian unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or “drones,” in U.S. airspace.
US 'no-fly' list of suspected terrorists doubles in 12 months. The size of the US government's secret list of suspected terrorists who are banned from flying to or within the country has more than doubled in the past year.
The no-fly list jumped from about 10,000 known or suspected terrorists one year ago to about 21,000, according to government figures.