Jamelle Agbuis

The noose is rapidly closing in on the collective neck of health freedom in America, as illustrated by a new state mandate in Colorado that unconstitutionally forces hospital employees to submit to flu vaccinations or else lose their jobs.

After struggling with deep losses and a debt load for half of a decade Sprint Nextel Corp. has found its lifeline. The company has announced that it is in negotiations with SoftBank Corp., the Japanese cellphone company.

There is a battle being waged for your mind. To the victor comes influence over your beliefs, you purchase decisions, and even your values.

The surveillance society continues to expand across America, with those who refuse to go along subject to recriminations and reprisals.

CNH Global N.V., the farm and construction maker, voted down the terms of a proposed merger with Fiat Industrial SpA. A special committee at CNH Global N.V. rejected the Fiat Industrial SpA's buyout offer, including listening it to New York from Milan.

The all new digital music service from Microsoft Corp., the Xbox Music is ready and set to take on the Cloud Player of the Amazon.com Inc. and iTunes from Apple Inc. for music on Xbox game consoles.

Japanese mobile operator Softbank Corp. is most likely to announce sometime around the later part of October 15, a deal which nears around $20 billion, in order to gain control over the U.S. carrier Sprint Nextel Corp.

Justin Rose carded a five-under-par 66 to beat Lee Westwood by one shot and win the Turkish Airlines World Golf Final.

Shane Lowry overturned a four-shot deficit at the start of the final day to win the Portugal Masters by one stroke ahead of Ross Fisher.

It's almost comedic that men are running around the gym these days, trying to build up their biceps and shed body fat. Neither of these is useful in a collapse scenario.

Defending champion Na-yeon Choi maintained her two-shot lead after the third round of the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia.

Expanding employee waistlines could be shrinking company bottom lines, new research out of Brigham Young University shows.

What exactly went wrong in Germany? Thomas Jefferson had been dead for 150 years when Adolf Hitler came to power. But he would have recognized the broad outlines of the problem.

We've just got some random thoughts today due to our inability to think clearly on any one topic. It seems like everywhere we turn, a sledgehammer of absurdity hits us right in the face.

Goldman Sachs reckons the Australian dollar is in deep trouble. 'One of the best long term trades out there at the moment is long euro versus short Aussie,' said Thomas Stolper, chief currency strategist at the investment bank. In other words, he expects the Australian dollar to fall in Euro terms.

An appeals court in the U.S. had the ban against Samsung Electronics Co. lifted according to the latest reports that were released. The ban on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone sale was lifted thereby causing a setback to Apple Inc. in the ongoing battle of the company against Google Inc. and its highly popular mobile software.

Oracle Corp.'s Larry Ellison, who is well known for his rich taste in some of the finest things in life, is now set to take over the empire of a fellow billionaire in the Anschutz Entertainment Group auction.

Medical science has known for more than a century that vitamin C is essential to prevent scurvy, and more recently has been demonstrated to help prevent deterioration of the delicate inner endothelial lining of the arteries supplying the heart.

The Foxconn factory accident, that caused brain damage to a worker in Foxconn southern China plant, has thrown a harsh light on the labor rights in the country of China. Incidentally, the Apple Inc.'s largest contract manufacturer has been pushing the Chinese worker to be removed from the hospital.

The share market on the 9th of October saw an Asian shares rise, but was still topped by the concerns over the prospects of global growth. These concerns were based mainly on the expectedly weak U.S. corporate earnings and a slump in China's economic growth, which is the second largest in the world.

Shell in Court over Nigeria Spill Case

As requested, I have undertaken an extensive examination of Mr. Global Economy, both physical and psychological.

Lenovo Group Ltd, China's PC maker, edged out Hewlett-Packard Co. in the global PC market. According to findings of research house Gartner, Lenovo Group dethroned Hewlett-Packard and became the world's No. 1 PC maker in the third quarter of the year.

Germany-based Siemens AG may be looking forward to closing its offices and cutting of jobs owing to the recent fall in Siemens profits as reports released stated on the 11th of October. The steps of Siemens office closures and job cuts come mainly as a result of the fact that its customers are barring from putting orders for engineering equipment from them owing to the economic crisis in Europe.

Dow down. Gold steady. And the ten-year T-note at 1.73%... about 20% higher than earlier this year.

The first words we heard Tuesday morning were: '...starting to think Super is not the solution to...' Then we hit the snooze button for another 9 minutes of peace and quiet.

If you think we've been too hysterical on the China debate, have a read of this. It's the bearded one, Ross Gittins, telling us to chill out...the China/Asia/commodity boom has only just started.

Keir Starmer, the public prosecutions director, is debating whether social networks, especially Twitter and Facebook, should act in a more responsible manner when policing their international networks for harassment and abuse in a bid to decrease the number of cases cropping up on a regular basis in court.

Some cattle ranchers in drought-stricken states are stealing grass and hay from their neighbors to feed their hungry herds.