Regulators Have Concerns About Lenders’ Use of Facebook, Other Sites By Stephanie Armour Jan. 8, 2014 6:51 p.m. ET WASHINGTON—More lending companies are mining Facebook, FB -2.23% Twitter TWTR -5.62% and other social-media data to help determine a borrower’s creditworthiness or identity, a trend that is raising concerns among consumer …

NASHVILLE, December 27, 2013 — Governor Rick Snyder of Michigan signed Senate Bill No. 94 into law yesterday. The bill seeks to nullify section 1021 of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). “It is important to recall that indefinite detention first appeared in section 1021 of the 2012 NDAA, …

In the final days of the Seattle council election Kshama Sawant was losing by a small margin of votes. Seattle rap cult-hero “SIC ILL” felt sympathy for her causes, one of which is to have the city of Seattle have a $15 minimum wage standard. SIC ILL met Sawant in …

Check this out! http://mymusiccup.com/ This could be one of the best holiday gifts this season. It is called MusicCup. Essentially it is a Bluetooth speaker in a cup shape. Very creative design! It also has NFC enabled so all you have to do is tap and play. The sound quality …

Technologies and lifestyles are constantly changing. Today, we interviewed Bachir Mounsef, Senior Recruiter, to understand how can recruiters progress during the New Year 2014. Work is slowly improving for corporate recruiters, who are affected deeply by the lack of employment. The economic situation forces many companies to decrease staff, but …

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Washington, DC, residents don’t need census data to tell them what’s obvious in their neighborhoods: the city is changing dramatically. But numbers can give us context. They can show us how shifts in population are reshaping the city and can help us prepare for changes to come. In this series, …

BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff December 6, 2013 4:18 pm The number of federal prison inmates has grown 27 percent in the last decade, according the Government Accountability Office (GAO). In a report examining the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) budget, the GAO found that prison population is rising: The …

On Tuesday, conservative news outlets in the United States decided that the best way to commemorate the life of Nelson Mandela, and to report on the memorial services in his honor, was to manufacture a controversy about an AFP photo of President Barack Obama shooting a selfie with Danish Prime …

Tens of thousands of people in Washington, DC depend on hearing aids to hear clearly, or at least better than they do without the device. Unfortunately there are thousands of other people who need hearing aids in Washington, DC who are not using them. Hearing aids of one sort or …