Archive for the 'Economy' Category
China Hiding Extent of Lead Poisoning Among Children
June 15th, 2011Via: BBC: China has been accused of trying to cover up the extent of lead poisoning among children, and of blocking effective testing and treatment. A report by Human Rights Watch says local authorities in heavily-polluted industrial areas have been sending sick children back to contaminated homes. It says that in these areas – Henan, […]
$6.7 Billion In Cash Missing in Iraq
June 15th, 2011I don’t know how many times I’ve posted this one, but CNN has just aired a new piece about it, and, yep, the cash is still missing. Maybe it went to the same place as the missing $2.3 trillion that Rumsfeld mentioned on September 10, 2001. Via: CNN:
Half of Properties for Sale in California Are Distressed
June 15th, 2011Via: CNBC: As big banks and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac push foreclosures through the pipeline, the inventory of REO (bank-owned) properties is rising. That pushes distressed and overall home prices down. Note in California, median home prices took their steepest dive in May, down 8.2 percent year over year to $280,000, as distressed sales […]
Europe Braces for Serious Crop Losses and Blackouts
June 14th, 2011Via: Scientific American: One of the driest spring seasons on record in northern Europe has sucked soils dry and sharply reduced river levels to the point that governments are starting to fear crop losses and France, in particular, is bracing for blackouts as its river-cooled nuclear power plants may be forced to shut down. French […]
Miracle-Gro for Pot Growers
June 14th, 2011Via: Wall Street Journal: In an unlikely move for the head of a major company, Scotts Chief Executive Jim Hagedorn said he is exploring targeting medical marijuana as well as other niches to help boost sales at his lawn and garden company. “I want to target the pot market,” Mr. Hagedorn said in an interview. […]
Saudi Oil Spare Capacity Shrinking Fast
June 14th, 2011Via: Reuters: Saudi Arabia’s cushion of spare oil capacity is thinning far faster than widely believed, threatening to trigger price spikes in the months ahead, energy industry experts warned at the Reuters Global Energy and Climate Summit on Monday. Concerns are growing over the kingdom’s ability to pump more oil beyond an anticipated summer boost, […]
Egypt Debt Buoyed by Obama Guarantee for $1 Billion Eurobonds
June 14th, 2011How many houses of cards are being held up by the U.S. Dollar regime??? The thing is insidious. It has crept into most countries. This is why I’ve always maintained that it’s going to be impossible to determine the implications of a hard U.S. Dollar collapse. Via: Bloomberg: President Barack Obama’s guarantee on $1 billion […]
Secret Grand Jury Looking Into Atrocities at Abu Ghraib
June 14th, 2011Unless Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld wind up behind bars, it’s just another distraction. Come to think of it, even if they were thrown in prison, the other members of the Project for a New American Century would still be free to kill again. Via: Time: It has been nearly a decade since Manadel al-Jamadi, an […]
Vietnam Holds Live-Fire Exercises as Territorial Dispute with China Escalates
June 14th, 2011Via: Guardian: China has warned other countries not to become involved in an escalating sea border dispute with Vietnam that reflects concern over Beijing’s increasing international power and confidence. Experts say the stand-off between China and Vietnam – two of the six powers laying claim to a number of islands and their surrounding waters in […]
Burzynski: Cancer Is Serious Business
June 14th, 2011Via: burzynskimovie.com: Burzynski: Cancer Is Serious Business from BurzynskiMovie on Vimeo.
