Saturday, June 4, 2016

UN: Aid airdrops last resort for Syria's besieged: Al Jazeera English

Published on 3 Jun 2016
Stephen O'Brien, the United Nations under-secretary for Humanitarian Affairs, talks to Al Jazeera from New York, discussing the efforts to deliver aid to besieged areas in Syria.

O'Brien says the UN will make a formal request to Syria's government, asking for permission to drop aid to besieged cities and villages.

He also said that out of 34 requests for June to deliver aid to besieged and hard-to-reach areas by land convoys, the Syrian government had turned down five.
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#FIFA - Ex-Fifa men 'enriched themselves' by £55m in five years: ITV News

Published on 3 Jun 2016
Three former Fifa officials, including ex-president Sepp Blatter, conducted a "co-ordinated effort to enrich themselves" to the tune of £55 over five years, according to an internal investigation.

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Jamie Dimon: Brexit Is a 'Terrible Deal' for U.K. Bloomberg

Published on 3 Jun 2016
June 3 -- Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne and JPMorgan Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon spoke to workers at JPMorgan's office in Bournemoth, England about the Brexit vote.
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#USA - Boxing legend Mohammad Ali dies aged 74 - BBC News

Published on 3 Jun 2016
Social media reaction to the news that the boxing legend Mohammad Ali has died aged 74.
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#USA - FOX Car Report - USA's new supercar: Fox News

Published on 3 Jun 2016
Fox Car Report: Gary Gastelu hits the track at Lime Rock Park in the Ohio-made 2017 Acura NSX
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Friday, June 3, 2016

#USA - The Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy: Council on Foreign Relations

Streamed live 5 hours ago
With another interest rate rise potentially on the horizon, please join Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard for a discussion on the economic outlook of the United States and the monetary policies of the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Speaker:

S. Lael Brainard, Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Former Undersecretary, U.S. Department of Treasury
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#UK - Deepcut verdict: recruit Cheryl James took her own life: Channel 4 News

Published on 3 Jun 2016
Cheryl James was an eighteen year old army recruit who went to Deepcut Barracks in 1995 to learn how to serve her country. Instead she was found dead after being left alone on guard duty.

The army and police assumed she'd taken her own life but there was never a proper investigation and allegations swirled of harassment, rule breaking, heavy drinking and sexual misconduct.

Today at end of a second inquest they had fought for years to get her family were again told Cheryl took her own life.
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Jim Cramer Says WhiteWave (WWAV) Is a Company to Own: TheStreet

Published on 3 Jun 2016
TheStreet's Jim Cramer says investors should own WhiteWave for its fundamentals, and not because an activist investor is accumulating a stake. The Deal reported that Hudson Executive Capital has been buying shares of the company, which is one of Cramer's holdings in the Action Alerts PLUS portfolio. Cramer said WhiteWave's growth is the fastest of any food company. He said if you own the stock, let it go higher. Cramer likes the food industry and said he's also a fan of Whole Foods .

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