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A Look at How the Field of Psychiatry Is Over-Medicating Our Country

Over recent years, we in the U.S. have become accustomed to the seemingly never-ending parade of prescription drug commercials on television. It's surprising to learn that the only two places advertising of this kind is legal is in the United States and New Zealand.

Halliburton Charged with Selling Nuclear Technologies to Iran

According to journalist Jason Leopold, sources at former Cheney company Halliburton allege that, as recently as January of 2005, Halliburton sold key components for a nuclear reactor to an Iranian oil development company. Leopold says his Halliburton sources have intimate knowledge of the business dealings of both Halliburton and Oriental Oil Kish, one of Iran's largest private oil companies.

Amputee Combat Vet Daniel McConnell's Big Trip

It only takes a few moments in the presence of Daniel McConnell before you start to feel this man is destined for great things. Self-deprecating humor aside, McConnell has a refreshingly positive attitude and his joie de vivre is infectious.

Proposed shake up of EU security includes call for fingerprinting all visitors - International Heral

BRUSSELS, Belgium: A top EU official on Wednesday proposed fingerprinting and screening all visitors who cross the bloc's borders and using a satellite system to keep out illegal immigrants as part of a massive shake up of security at Europe's borders.

Subprime meddling

Senator Chuck Schumer's attempt to lean on the Big Four accounting firms about taking a less rigorous approach to mortgage accounting standards so that their clients can renegotiate bad loans. Now, auditors are supposed to be independent gatekeepers and politicians should not be putting them under any pressure.

Managing people: lessons from the accountants

Being interesting is not everything. The Big Four accounting firms are teaching other companies how to manage and hold on to their talent.

Gordie Johnson: Traveling and Rambling In Austin

Mr. Gordie Johnson is best known up north as the former frontman of the hugely successful Canadian band Big Sugar, which was famous for its orchestra of unlikely collaborators making the sounds of rock and roll, blues, funk, pop, honkey tonk, country and reggae, all rolled into one. After a 13-year run ending with Johnson's disillusionment with the increasingly vicious Canadian music industry, Big Sugar broke up. Johnson headed south...

Taxing times for the Big Four's havens

Do the Big Four help their clients dodge tax by shifting their money into offshore havens? You bet, and they do it big time, according to a new report.

China's accounting push for 10 of its own firms

Worrying news for the Big Four. Plagued by a serious shortage of accountants since the Cultural Revolution, China aims to develop at least 10 accountancy firms to cut reliance on the likes of PwC, KPMG, Deloitte and Ernst & Young.

IDP : The Scan: Your Paper's Please!

The Denver Post reports that the RTD bus system is proposing to reroute three bus lines which currently go through the Denver Federal Center. These buses will be routed around the Federal Center so that their passengers will not be harassed by Federal marshals and rent-a-cops to cough up an ID card or be arrested.