Greeks set to pay heavy price for bailout

Sunday, February 12th, 2012

London (CNN) -- Greeks look set to pay a heavy price for the latest bailout package aimed at rescuing the debt-stricken country and preventing the crisis spreading throughout the eurozone. The austerity measures needed to secure another €130 billion ($172.6 billion) in loans were greeted with rioting on the streets ...

Lawsuit says FDA monitored staffers’ private email

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

WASHINGTON — Current and former Food and Drug Administration officials say in a lawsuit that the agency secretly monitored their private email after they raised concerns that approved medical devices might risk public safety. The doctors and scientists who researched the products approached members of Congress and the incoming ...

Dick Smith for sale

Friday, January 27th, 2012

Woolies will ditch Dick Smith to focus on Coles. Woolworths plans to sell off its Dick Smith consumer electronics division as the supermarket giant steps up its price war with rival chain Coles and its latest sales growth fell short of expectations. The Sydney-based retailer said it ...

Google to allow nicknames on social network

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

(CNN) -- In a big swerve in policy, Google has decided to allow people to sign up using nicknames or other pseudonyms on its growing social network, Google+. This summer, Google took some flak for booting users who had used fake names on the 7-month-old site. Members of the tech ...

Airwaves clear slightly for community radio

Saturday, January 14th, 2012

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Mild-mannered community activist Albert Knighten found himself in handcuffs last month when police and federal agents raided his home and shut down a pirate radio station he operated out of a spare bedroom. Supporters say his bare-bones operation filled an important niche in a predominantly ...