Palash Ghosh

Much of the criticism against the corporation by the union has focused on the huge profits Verizon has generated in recent years and the large compensation paid out to its top executives.

Here are the top ten things the bank’s chief executive, Brian Moynihan, should have said about the massive job cuts he is proposing.

In November 1970, the Bhola Cyclone smashed into East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and West Bengal (India) and killed at least 500,000 people

Leaders around the world have reacted (mostly) favorably to news that Libyan rebels have captured the capitol city of Tripoli and have arrested two of Moammar Gadhafi’s sons.

Here is a brief rundown of important events around the world Monday morning, August 22, 2011.

A hint of QE3 could usher in a very explosive global equity rally.

Haley said if offered the V-P spot she would not take it.

I think there is a path to citizenship for those young men and women who have served their country, Perry said.

This is her last chance. She either gets in or gets out. I think she gets in,” Rove said.

There are no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

Almost half of the workers in Verizon's wireline business went on strike on August 7 after talks for a new labor pact failed when their contract expired.

Former state House speaker David Wilkins, who served as George W. Bush’s ambassador to Canada, and now a top Republican mover-and-shaker in South Carolina, gave Perry a rousing welcome.

The company has about 15,000 employees in the Charlotte area.

The striking laborers will be working under terms of the previous contract which has expired on August 6.

Barry is himself a labor activist and authored the book ‘Union Strategies for Hard Times.’

Riverhead police subsequently arrested Googe on charges of second-degree harassment.

There are an estimated 7,000 Verizon workers on strike in the Garden State.

“This is a relatively new event and it appears closely related to the loss of sea ice habitat on the offshore of the Chukchi Sea,”

Deryl Dedmon, 19, of Brandon, is being held in a facility in Hinds County near Jackson without bond.

BBY added that its match policy doesn’t apply if customers find a tablet discounted by another retailer.

Large banks in the U.S. and Europe are undergoing a massive and painful re-organization in order to confront the gloomy new realities of the global economic landscape.

Here are some quotes taken from strikers on the picket line.

I weigh too much because I eat too much, he once told reporters. And I eat some bad things too.

Kashif Parvaiz. 26, was arrested in connection with the murder of his 27-year-old wife, Nazish Nooran.

These banking institutions plan to let go tens of thousands of people around the world, the victims of a merciless economic climate and a brutal refiguring of the global banking industry.

Here are some of the largest global banks that are planning significant job cuts.

Such ‘special needs’ might include ‘extraordinary expenses for a child with a chronic medical condition, or for support with an aging parent with expensive care

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) said it plans cut an additional 3,500 jobs – on top of the 2,500 already announced year-to-date.

If convicted, each woman faces up to 18 months in jail and a $3,500 fine.