U.S. plan for reduced drug sentences
BBC: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder supports a proposal to shorten prison sentences for most drug dealers.
BBC: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder supports a proposal to shorten prison sentences for most drug dealers.
Bloomberg: Under President Barack Obama’s executive order, some U.S. workers deemed ineligible for overtime compensation will be able to collect extra pay.
BBC: Google purchased the games controller firm for an undisclosed amount.
CNN: A new report from the American Society of Clinical Oncology states cancer as the leading cause of death in 16 years.
BBC: Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy in Japan in February after losing about $473 million work of customers’ bitcoins.
BBC: Irish fruit firm Fyffes and U.S. brand Chiquita will merge to create the world’s largest banana company, worth about $1 billion.
CNN: Researchers have developed a blood test that will predict whether a healthy person will develop the disease.
Reuters: Cerberus Capital Management will acquire the second-largest U.S. mainstream grocery store operator for about $9.4 billion.
WSJ: The U.S. labor force grew as people joined the workforce, but so did the number of unemployed.
Newsweek: The creator of the virtual currency is 64-year-old Satoshi Nakamoto from Los Angeles, CA.