Posts Tagged ‘Washington’

Food Consumer Posted by Dr. Mercola | April 17 201 In an important OpEd piece from the Washington Examiner, Barbara Hollingsworth sets the record straight about Gardasil: “Cervical cancer accounts for less than 1 percent of all cancer deaths — so it was somewhat surprising when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration fast-tracked approval of Gardasil, a Merck vaccine targeting the ... Full story

Filed under: Apple Fortune's Apple 2.0 reports on Experian's Simmons survey of the top Apple markets in the US. Experian launched the survey in order to predict where consumers were most likely to line up to buy the iPad, and you can see the results above. Besides the list of the 206 most Mac'd out cities, the survey revealed another ... Full story

On Friday, April 16, I participated in the White House Conservation Conference, which launched the Obama administration’s America’s Great Outdoors initiative. As I had hoped, there were representatives there from all 50 states, from the inner city to rural ranching communities, and with perspectives as different as the Sierra Club and ... Full story

Guess which metropolitan areas are the biggest users of Apple products? Click to enlarge. Source: Experian Simmons In a report issued Friday, Experian Simmons surveyed 206 so-called DMAs (designated market areas, or what we used to call "cities") and identified those that have the highest concentration of Apple (AAPL) users. The idea was to anticipate in what ... Full story

The Obama administration is reportedly signaling another major shift in policy towards one of its staunchest allies, Israel, and this shift could change the way it votes at the Security Council. The change would mean an end to the US' use of its veto power in the United Nations Security Council when certain anti-Israel resolutions are introduced for a vote.‪ Reports surfaced a couple ... Full story

Secretaries Clinton and Chu Praise Energy Cooperation Across the Americas in Joint Op-Ed Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu praised growing cooperation on energy and climate issues among the nations of the Western Hemisphere in an op-ed published today by the Miami Herald. Their piece also appeared in Spanish in La ... Full story

In Illinois … On Tuesday, lawmakers traveled back to Springfield to begin the second half of their regular session. High on the agenda is a proposed rewrite of the state's telecommunications regulations, which is being pushed by politically-connected communications companies such as AT&T (pic 6). The State Senate also passed a redistricting reform bill that may or may not see the light ... Full story

Warning against the dual threats of complacency and unrealistic expectations, Secretary Janet Napolitano of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security urged Americans Thursday (April 15) to “be prepared, not scared” in confronting domestic and international terrorism. Napolitano gave a speech and answered student questions during an appearance at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum. The secretary provided an overview of her department’s latest ... Full story

Ever wondered where Apple (AAPL) draws its greatest following? A new report by Experian Simmons has all the answers. Not surprisingly, the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose area leads the way. In that market, 32% of adults use an Apple product, according to the report. Here are the top 10 markets, based on percentage of adults that use an iPod, iPhone or Mac: 1. San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose:32.3% 2. ... Full story

There was something oddly disproportionate about the just-concluded nuclear summit to which President Obama summoned 46 world leaders, the largest such gathering on American soil since 1945. That meeting was about the founding of the United Nations, which 65 years ago seemed an event of world-historical importance. But this one? What was this great convocation about? To prevent the spread of nuclear material into the ... Full story