Daily Archives: December 12, 2014

How Fructose Affects FOOD PORN

Researchers found that the food porn lit up the reward centers in the brains of the fructose drinkers, but not so much in the glucose drinkers via How Fructose Affects Weight Gain – Prevention.com.

Banks WILL LIE to stock holders of firms they want to do business with:fined by US regulators over Toys R Us research

The US Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) alleges the banks offered a favourable rating to the US toy retailer in return for being employed on its 2010 stock offering. The banks include Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Credit Suisse and Barclays. They were fined a total of $43.5m. via BBC News – Banks fined by… Read More »

DOCTORS AS BULLIES Medical debt collection, reporting under scrutiny – Chicago Tribune

BULLIES: Many consumers don’t know they owe money for medical procedures until they get a call from a collection agency or they discover it on their credit report, a federal consumer watchdog says. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday released a report spotlighting concerns about how medical debts are collected and reported. About 43… Read More »

Undercover cops outed, attacked at Oakland protest — 1 pulls gun – SFGate

Were the cops trying to incite a riot so they could crack down? Like THEY DID AT THE G20 HERE, AND HERE AND HERE. An undercover law enforcement officer from an outside agency who was attempting to infiltrate a demonstration against police brutality in Oakland pulled a gun on the protesters after he and his… Read More »