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'Safe' Accounts for Unbanked on Rise; Do They Do Much Good?
American Banker - 22 Aug 2016 07:00
U.S. Bancorp is the latest big bank to offer an overdraft-free account. Skeptics are questioning how many Americans are benefiting from these products, and want banks to do more to market them.
Germany will reportedly tell citizens to stockpile food, water in case of major attack
The Week - 22 Aug 2016 07:02
In the wake of stabbing attacks and a shooting rampage last month, the German government is planning to tell citizens they should prepare themselves for a catastrophic event by having a stockpile of food and water, a Ger...
Pokémon Go May Have Just Shown Us What the End of the World Looks Like
Time - 22 Aug 2016 11:32
Thousands of people swarm a Taiwanese intersection in a scene reminiscent of science fiction
Reports: Pills found at Prince estate were mislabeled
USA Today - 22 Aug 2016 01:33
Autopsy results said the singer died of an accidental fentanyl overdose.
Palestinian Rocket Strikes Israel, Drawing Israeli Reprisal
ABC News - 22 Aug 2016 04:03
Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket into southern Israel.
Asian stocks mixed ahead of Fed meeting
Miami Herald - 22 Aug 2016 06:15
Asian stocks meandered on Monday as investors looked ahead to the Fed's meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for clues on timing for possible interest rate hikes. …
S. Korea, US start drills despite N. Korea's nuclear threat
Miami Herald - 22 Aug 2016 05:21
South Korea and the United States began annual military drills Monday despite North Korea's threat of nuclear strikes in response to the exercises that it calls an invasion rehearsal. …
Life inside the Philippines' most overcrowded jail
CNN - 22 Aug 2016 05:54
In an unassuming Quezon City neighborhood, across from a municipal library and around the corner from a police station stands the local jail.
What Overbanked Chicago Augurs for the Future of M&A
American Banker - 22 Aug 2016 19:18
The Windy City is littered with small, privately held banks, some of which are looking to sell. Here is an overview of the challenges — and possible solutions — faced by those banks and ones like them in clogged bank...
Foreign economy drives demand for Sanilac County soybeans
Miami Herald - 22 Aug 2016 07:01
In a middle-class city in China a family sits down for an evening dinner. The kids run around the table, the parents set the food out and call for their energetic boys to sit. …
Southern California Wildfire Evacuees Allowed to Return Home
ABC News - 22 Aug 2016 04:23
The explosive wildfire sent thousands fleeing for their lives.
Driverless Cars Are Missing A Human Touch
Forbes - 22 Aug 2016 18:36
Driverless cars appear to not be ready for prime time, although drivers distracted by digital media may be just as dangerous. Cartoon by Ed Hall.
Wall Street opens lower as oil prices drop
Reuters - 22 Aug 2016 15:53
(Reuters) - Wall Street opened lower on Monday as oil prices dropped the most in four weeks and investors weighed the prospects of an interest rate hike in the coming months.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. honors late Bryan Clauson
USA Today - 22 Aug 2016 04:41
Stenhouse finished second behind Kevin Harvick Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Obama Readies One Last Push for Trans-Pacific Partnership
The New York Times - 22 Aug 2016 01:45
As both presidential candidates campaign against it, the White House is negotiating with Republicans in Congress to ratify the largest regional trade agreement ever.
Nicolas Sarkozy announces presidential run on Facebook
Fox News - 22 Aug 2016 16:45
France's former conservative president Nicolas Sarkozy has formally announced he is running for the presidency again in next year's elections.
Nearly 1,800 Killed in Philippine Drug War, Top Police Official Tells Senators
The New York Times - 22 Aug 2016 16:19
Under President Rodrigo Duterte, 712 suspects have died in police operations and 1,067 have been killed by vigilantes, the nation's police chief says.
Texas judge blocks Obama's transgender bathroom directive
New York Post - 22 Aug 2016 15:45
AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge in Texas has temporarily blocked an Obama administration directive on bathroom rights for transgender students in U.S. public schools. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor in Fort Worth i...
Ethiopia says protesting marathoner to be welcomed as hero
Miami Herald - 22 Aug 2016 15:26
The Ethiopian marathon runner who made an anti-government gesture at the Rio Games while approaching the finish line will not face prosecution upon his return home and will have "a heroic welcome," a government spokesman...
Child bomber in Turkey not the only violent use of children
Miami Herald - 22 Aug 2016 07:40
The suicide attacker who detonated his explosives amid an outdoor Kurdish wedding party in southeastern Turkey, killing at least 51 people, was an Islamic State group child as young as 12 years old. The extremist group h...
Acid attack victim set to walk at Fashion Week
New York Post - 22 Aug 2016 06:41
Like many models set to walk the runway at New York Fashion Week, Reshma Bano is tall and thin with naturally full lips. But unlike other catwalkers, the 19-year-old woman from Northern India is missing an eye and her fa...
Silver Medalist Feyisa Lilesa: 'If I Go Back to Ethiopia, the Government Will Kill Me'
Time - 22 Aug 2016 05:58
The marathon silver medalist made a highly charged gesture of solidarity with the Oromo people as he crossed the finish line Sunday