US telecoms giant AT&T has said it will not pursue its $39bn bid to buy T-Mobile USA after running into fierce government objections. AT&T said the actions of the government to block the deal do not change the problems faced by the mobile phone industry. It says it still requires more... Read more...
Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner filed a lawsuit against Facebook in August claiming that the social network is creating "extensive profiles"of non-users with information gleaned from the profiles of its 800 million users. “Facebook Ireland is gathering excessive amounts of information ab... Read more...
Minority students will likely outnumber white students in the next decade or two, but the failure of the national teacher demographic to keep up with that trend is hurting minority students who tend to benefit from teachers with similar backgrounds. Minority students make up more than 40 percen... Read more...
AT&T Inc. (T), whose $39 billion bid for T-Mobile USA is challenged by the U.S. Justice Department, will record one-time costs of $4 billion this quarter to reflect the risks of a collapse of the deal. AT&T and T-Mobile owner Deutsche Telekom AG withdrew their applications to the... Read more...
S/O to Hulkshare btw... On August 18, popular D.C. rapper Wale dropped a brand new freestylejust one day after he released his latest mixtape, The Eleven One Eleven Theory. Spitting over the instrumental for AZ’s 1995 hit, “Sugar Hill,” Wale took a moment to name-drop thos... Read more...
Following two rough years of drought in the Horn of Africa, the United Nations has declared famine in two regions of southern Somalia. According to the UN, a famine means more than 30% of children in an area are malnourished, at least 20% of households face extreme food shortages and more than tw... Read more...
R.I.Paradise Col. Moammar Gaddafi, Libya’s leader for more than 40 years, who brought his oil-rich country to international pariah status, tried to restore it as a member in good standing in the global community and was ultimately deposed by a nationwide uprising, died Thursday in Sirte, h... Read more...
New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg's announcement on Thursday, August 4 launching the Young Men's Initiative was the culmination of a comprehensive 18-month study led by David C. Banks, Eagle Academy Foundation President and CEO, and Ana Oliveira, New York Women's Foundation President. Banks was n... Read more...
Troy Anthony Davis (born October 9, 1968) was convicted of the August 19, 1989, murder of Savannah, Georgia, USA police officer Mark MacPhail. MacPhail was working as a security guard at a Burger King when he intervened in an argument between several men in a nearby parking lot. He was shot in the h... Read more...