Archive for the 'Economy' Category
Solution for Oahu’s Slums: Move Homeless to Mainland?
September 19th, 2011Via: Independent: Despite its “aloha” reputation, Hawaii currently has the third-highest ratio of homelessness of any state in the nation, behind Oregon and Nevada. Since the number of Americans living below the poverty line rose above 15 per cent last week, the problem here, like elsewhere, seems likely to get worse before it gets better. […]
Economic Collapse of Britain Entering New Phase: Famine
September 19th, 2011Via: Independent: Tens of thousands of benefits claimants will be referred to food banks by the Government, which is worried that many Britons face a stark choice: starvation or feeding themselves by begging or stealing. From tomorrow, jobcentres in England and Wales will refer the needy to charity-run food banks that will give them a […]
Siemens Exits Nuclear Business
September 19th, 2011Via: The Local: German industrial giant Siemens is turning the page on nuclear energy, the group’s CEO Peter Löscher told the weekly Der Spiegel in an interview published on Sunday. “We will no longer be involved in overall managing of building or financing nuclear plants. This chapter is closed for us,” he said, explaining that […]
Bush’s Toronto Visit Cancelled
September 19th, 2011Via: Vetrans Today: This weeks appearance by former U.S. president George W. Bush at an event hosted by a local evangelical Christian university has been cancelled while the mainstream U.S. Media ignores the international embarrassment. The decision came Wednesday, the same day three former students launched a petition urging the university to cancel the speech. […]
More Bailouts from Fed This Week
September 19th, 2011Via: CNBC: The Fed in the week ahead is widely expected to pull the trigger on a new easing program, as the European debt crisis continues to boil. … Market expectations are high that the Fed will announce a new program — dubbed “operation twist” — at the end of its two-day meeting Wednesday. “Twist” […]
Tony Blair Visited Libya to Lobby for JP Morgan
September 19th, 2011Via: Telegraph: A senior executive with the Libyan Investment Authority, the $70 billion fund used to invest the country’s oil money abroad, said Mr Blair was one of three prominent western businessmen who regularly dealt with Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the former leader. Saif al-Islam and his close aides oversaw the activities of the […]
Quebec: “We finance organized crime with taxpayers money to the tune of $4-billion a year”
September 17th, 2011It sounds like there are some admirers of Boston’s Big Dig up there. Via: Globe and Mail: The allegations of rot have dripped out piecemeal for years, and now they’ve been confirmed by investigators in black-and-white: Organized crime’s grip on the Quebec construction industry has created a system of corruption and influence-peddling in the awarding […]
Mayor Bloomberg: Jobs Crisis Could Spark Riots
September 17th, 2011Via: CNN: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is worried that high U.S. unemployment could lead to the same kind of riots here that have swept through Europe and North Africa. “You have a lot of kids graduating college, [who] can’t find jobs,” said Bloomberg, during his weekly radio show on Friday. “That’s what happened […]
CALIFORNIA: 12 YEAR OLD CHILDREN CAN GIVE CONSENT TO BE VACCINATED
September 17th, 2011Even Californians who vaccinate their children should see this as a slap in the face. What else will the state have your children consent to? Via: Mercola: The state of California has just passed bill AB499, which will permit minor children as young as 12 years old to be vaccinated with sexually transmitted disease vaccines […]
U.S. Taxpayers Could Be On Hook For Europe Bailout
September 17th, 2011Via: MSNBC: The U.S. is coming to Europe’s financial rescue. So far, America’s role is fairly limited. But if the crisis continues to grow and the U.S. takes on a wider role, U.S. consumers and taxpayers could feel a bigger impact. The biggest exposure could come from America’s status as the single largest source of […]
