The world’s biggest candy company has just been formed, as Kraft Foods and Cadbury agree to a $19.5 billion deal.
Eight in 10 Americans support legalizing marijuana for medical use and nearly half favor decriminalizing the drug more generally, both far higher than a decade ago. In related news, e-commerce entrepreneurs are gearing up to serve [...]
Officials fear more than 100,000 people have died as a result of Tuesday’s 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti.
A senior US official has said the country is “troubled” by recent cyberattacks originating from China targeted human rights activists.
Incorporating yoga sessions in your daily routine could lower a number of compounds in the blood and reduce the level [...]
Many believe that the wealthy have a lock on US politics, and that is blocking the ability to do anything about urgent problems like health care, climate change, financial reform, and of course the low-wage, everything-to-the-top structure of jobs. Their top priority for 2010 is getting corporate money out of politics.
Congressman Dennis [...]
A combination of severe food shortage and the worst global economic downturn has, for the first time, more than 1 billion people going to bed hungry every day, according to the United Nations.
A drought in Guatemala is increasing cases of malnutrition in the Central American country. Alejandro Lopez-Chicheri of the World Food Program: “It’s not [...]
Stiff competition from thousands of mom-and-pop marijuana farmers in the United States threatens the bottom line for powerful Mexican drug cartels.
U.S. venture-capital fundraising dropped to the lowest point in 16 years in the third quarter, according to a survey by the National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Reuters.
An average of six unemployed people are competing [...]
Ten things the late Senator Ted Kennedy did for Latinos.
Days after México decriminalized small amounts of drugs for personal use, Argentina’s Supreme Court has ruled that it is unconstitutional to prohibit the personal use of marijuana: “Each adult is free to make lifestyle decisions without the intervention of the state.”
The recession continues to slow remittances [...]
The Beijing plants of US soft drink giants Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have been listed as among the top 12 factories causing major water pollution in China’s capital.
The U.S. Army has announced it will require all 1.1 million of its soldiers to undergo mental stress training, which includes dealing with depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidal [...]
