05 September 2015 (10:53 UTC-07 Tango 01)/14 Shahrivar 1394/21 Dhu al-Qa’dah 1436/23 Yi-You 4713
The east Asian People’s Bank of China has signed a three years deal with the central Asian National Bank of Tajikistan.
The deal means Tajikistan is giving up the equivalent of $500-million USD for 3.2-billion RMB (yuan).
Since 2008 the People’s Bank of China has signed direct […] Continue Reading…
05 September 2015 (04:33 UTC-07 Tango 01)/14 Shahrivar 1394/21 Dhu al-Qa’dah 1436/23 Yi-You 4713
“These repeated failures are eroding all confidence, and they have got to stop. Our nation’s bioterrorism response efforts are in jeopardy as we continue to uncover problems….”-joint statement from the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee
Secretary of the U.S. Army John McHugh ordered […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
California: San Jose based internet payment service paypal has notified users that after October they will no longer allow person to person money transfers in or out of Puerto Rico! Foster City based Marvel superhero video game maker Gazillion laid off an undisclosed number of employees, one […] Continue Reading…
03 September 2015 (10:29 UTC-07 Tango 01)/12 Shahrivar 1394/19 Dhu al-Qa’dah 1436/21 Yi-You 4713
Privately owned Cham Airlines has been increasing routes, the latest are two daily flights from Syria to Oman. And thanks to increased passenger volume the Syrian Ministry of Transport requested that ticket prices be greatly reduced to take into account the ongoing U.S.-EU-Saudi-Israeli […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
A new study shows that low income people are making even less money now than in 2009! The National Employment Law Project says overall wages have been collapsing since 2009.
Another study shows that since 1973 all the benefits from increased worker productivity have gone to the 1%! The […] Continue Reading…
Civilian Lives Matter!
Incomplete list of news reports:
Unfair and unbalanced Fox News reports that police recruitment is crashing.
The British theguardian reports that U.S. police “fatally shot 30 people in moving vehicles this year, despite federal guidelines advising them not to.”
Arizona: Peoria police are investigating one of their own after video surfaced showing the cop beating […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
Alaska: Albertsons-Safeway shutting down the old Carrs-Safeway grocery store in The Mall at Sears in Anchorage, by mid-month. It doesn’t help sales when there are two other Carrs-Safeway stores within two miles of The Mall at Sears.
Arizona: In Phoenix, Ameron International laying off five people. Washington based Haggen […] Continue Reading…
02 September 2015 (03:07 UTC-07 Tango 01)/11 Shahrivar 1394/18 Dhu al-Qa’dah 1436/20 Yi-You 4713
In Gansu Province, a fireworks factory exploded killing at least two people and wounding six. The factory was located in the city of Longnan. Homes in the area are damaged.
A second chemical factory in Shandong Province was destroyed by a massive explosion. It […] Continue Reading…
02 September 2015 (21:16 UTC-07 Tango 01, 01 September 2015)/11 Shahrivar 1394/18 Dhu al-Qa’dah 1436/20 Yi-You 4713
“It is time for the silent majority in this country to support law enforcement!”-Devon Anderson, Harris County District Attorney, Texas, ordering silly-vilians to bend over and take it up the ass
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) counts how many police are […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
Arizona: In Scottsdale the Los Sombreros Mexican Restaurant shutdown. In Mesa, the Lo Fi Coffee shop shutdown.
California: The U.S. Postal Service shutting down their Bakersfield mail processing plant: “The only reason they haven’t done it yet is because they need congressional approval.”-John Flores, American Postal Worker’s Union
Colorado: Wisconsin based […] Continue Reading…