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Category Archives: International
Wells Fargo Looking for a Cut of India's Rich Remittance Market
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By Charla Bear Wells Fargo wants a bigger piece of the billions of dollars Indian expatriates will send home this year. The bank just announced it’s dramatically expanded its remittance service for Indian customers. It can be a long, complicated … Continue reading
Video: Huge Dock Washed Ashore on Oregon Coast is Debris From Japan Tsunami
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From the Oregonian: Japanese officials have confirmed that a huge dock that washed ashore on the Oregon coast is debris from last year’s tsunami – the first to reach the state from the disaster in Japan. The tsunami cut the … Continue reading
Kara Swisher, Mike Daisey Go at it on Twitter
Remember when monologist Mike Daisey was forced to admit on This American Life that significant parts of his popular show about worker abuses at Apple contractor Foxconn's Shenzen, China plant were fabricated? Well sensitivities around that issue are running high … Continue reading
AP: Schwarzenegger, Brown Used 9/11 Funds to Plug Deficits
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — After the 2001 terrorist attacks, California lawmakers sought a way to channel the patriotic fervor and use it to help victims' families and law enforcement. Their answer: specialty memorial license plates emblazoned with the words, "We … Continue reading
Mien Farmers Make a Garden Grow in East Oakland
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In the heart of East Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood, the Peralta Hacienda Historical Park is an incongruous reminder of California’s Mexican past: six acres of open space in a sea of single-family homes. What was once a massive ranchero now features … Continue reading
Gay Rights Advocate Daughter of Cuban President Granted Visa to Attend SF Conference; Protest From Congressmembers
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HAVANA (AP) — The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro has been granted a U.S. visa to attend an academic conference in San Francisco and another event, one of her associates confirmed Thursday. The decision has already drawn fire from … Continue reading
Beyond the Bubble: Quiet Day in Court for a Legendary Drug Kingpin
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Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with an AM post from somewhere else in California. We're in this Golden State together. Right? Drug kingpins come. Drug kingpins go. So Hollywood tells us. But it doesn't always end in … Continue reading
Beyond the Bay: Can There Be Such a Thing as Too Much Squid?
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Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with an AM post from somewhere else in California. We're in this Golden State together. Right? Off of California's coast, bobbing beneath the waves of the Pacific, there is a huge, seething … Continue reading
Dozens of Homes Collapse in 7.4 Mexico Earthquake
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MEXICO CITY (AP) A strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit central and southern Mexico on Tuesday, collapsing at least 60 homes near the epicenter and a pedestrian bridge in the capital where people fled shaking office buildings in fear. One of the … Continue reading
Listen to This American Life's Mike Daisey Retraction
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In January, the radio show "This American Life" ran an excerpt from monologist Mike Daisey's show "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs," but now it's retracted the segment after Rob Schmitz, a reporter for another radio show, "Marketplace," … Continue reading
