Germany-based health and agricultural giant Bayer reached a deal to acquire seed and pesticide firm Monsanto for $66 billion in yet another jolt to a global agricultural sector that has been rocked by sluggish crop prices. Bayer said Wednesday that it agreed to pay $128 per share in cash for St. Louis-based Monsanto after months…
Jon Stewart returned to The Daily Show for the first time since passing the torch to new host Trevor Noah in August to provide an update on a cause he has been supporting for years: Funding healthcare for 9/11 first responders. Stewart popped up in the second half of the show (“Are you lost?” new…
The U.S. Treasury announced Wednesday that beginning in 2020, a woman’s face will replace Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said he’s looking for public input on which female historical figure should become the first to appear on U.S. paper currency for the first time in 119 years. Hamilton will remain…
Billionaire reality star, birther, and Mexican hater (he called them rapists), entrepreneur Donald Trump say’s he is VERY rich and he announces his candidacy for the 2016 presidential election, and Jon Steward couldn’t be more excited. Neither can we. Thank You Donald, we have already been laughing all day and night, and you’re just getting…
Jeb Bush has done a week of flip-flopping on whether he would have invaded Iraq, knowing what we know today. He appeared on many shows, saying one thing, then the other, until finally settling on one story facing pressure from several corners, he begrudgingly discusses how he would have handled the Iraq War.
Jon Stewart smacks down Megyn Kelly for hypocrisy over GOP corruption Jon Stewart exposes the GOP Hypocrisy in his segment: Friends with Benefactors EXCELLENT! Hillary Clinton comes under fire for a foreign donations corruption scandal, despite pervasive campaign finance deregulation and obscene political spending within the U.S.
The GOP promised action and a break in the gridlock once they took over the Senate (and House), but now the do nothing congress is worse than ever and John Boehner is still bad at his job. President Obama’s executive order on immigration reform has Republican leaders John Boehner and Mitch McConnell struggling to galvanize…
Bitcoin surged over 27 percent to a new high of $675 US on Monday as the U.S. government began hearings on possible regulation of the digital currency. While not an official seal of approval, the hearing is giving some legitimacy to a payment mechanism that has been associated with illegal activities even as it gains…
Government shutdown or not, it’s all about the Benjamins this week. Starting Tuesday, the Federal Reserve will start distributing the long-delayed new $100 bills to banks. [source]
