Submitted by Matthew Bankert via The Mises Institute,
When was the last time you used a government “service”? Maybe you went to the DMV to get a new driver’s license, or maybe you signed up for new healthcare plan using Healthcare.gov (you’d better — or else!). Whatever transaction it was, there was a government employee on the other end — or as some like to call them, a public servant.
A 25-year-old woman from Hyderabad, India, was allegedly tortured to death while working as a maid against her will in Saudi Arabia. Her Saudi employers kept her working as a maid illegally after her visa expired and against her wishes while allegedly torturing her physically and mentally. dna India reports: The family members of Asima Khatoon were informed about the death on Thursday when an unknown person called her mother from Riyadh and informed that Asima was no more.
The bad news for Hard LendingClub (or perhaps it is LendingClubbed) just keeps on coming.
A huge database of leaked “Panama Papers” containing more than 200,000 offshore entities set up by the rich and wealthy elite of the world is to be made public on Monday. The leak is set to go live at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time. The searchable database includes more than 200,000 offshore companies managed under Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.
To say the least, it's going to be an interesting couple of months for Hillary Clinton. As the FBI probe into Clinton's handling of classified information makes its way to Clinton herself, the Clinton camp will also need be focused on trying to stave off attacks by GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.