05 March 2013/22 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/15 Esfand 1391
Cooking oil prices just keep going up at the grocery store. I remember when I could get a gallon of vegetable oil at Walmart for around $1.00 USD, now it’s close to six bucks per gallon (last time I checked, I still have a little bit-o-that last […] Continue Reading…
04 March 2013/21 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/14 Esfand 1391
According to Israeli media sources, U.S. President Barack Obama will demand that Israel pull out of West Bank.
However things get confusing as some Israeli sources cite the Washington DC based World Tribune, which in turn cites unnamed Israeli sources!
Reports say Obama will make the demand during his […] Continue Reading…
Lyon Workspace Products (LWP) of Illinois goes bankrupt. The company also gave a WARN notice that it could layoff more than 400 employees! Company officials say they are trying to sell the business. LWP has been making sheet metal products since 1901.
1200 jobs lost in Illinois according to announcements by several companies! Those companies […] Continue Reading…
04 March 2013/21 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/14 Esfand 1391
The British Empire’s Queen Elizabeth the 2nd hospitalized with what could be norovirus. And yet another U.K. hospital goes down; Cheltenham General Hospital is banning all visitors because of an outbreak. Hospital officials say it’s just “precautionary”. Also, the Worcestershire Royal, Redditch Alexandra and Kidderminster hospitals continue […] Continue Reading…
04 March 2013/21 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/14 Esfand 1391
One thousand companies are refusing to pay their higher electric bills, in Japan.
Back in April 2012, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCo) raised their rates by an average of 14.9%. This was to help cover the costs of dealing with the ongoing Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
The thousand businesses […] Continue Reading…
04 March 2013/21 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/14 Esfand 1391
While glancing at news reports out of Japan, my eye was caught by a report that said eyeglass prices were going up, because of oil, or more specifically petrochemicals!
Most eyeglasses are actually plastic made with petrochemicals, and petrochemical prices have jumped. In January 2013 overall petrochemicals prices […] Continue Reading…
“…we’re learning about this through employees and when we’re dealing with multi-national corporations it makes it very difficult…….It’s just one hit after the other but we’re going to keep plugging.”-Anthony Dolce, Mayor of Dunkirk, New York, reacting to yet more layoffs
In Dunkirk, New York, Cott Corporation laid off at least 20 people. No explanation […] Continue Reading…
02 March 2013/19 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/12 Esfand 1391
While the main streamers have been reporting a decline in flu cases, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said cases of flu B are increasing.
A nursing student became the fifth person to die from flu in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania U.S.A.
Iowa U.S.A. records its first […] Continue Reading…
24 February 2013/13 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/06 Esfand 1391
In Logar Province, a car bomb exploded near a police dormitory, killing one cop and wounding two.
In Nangarhar Province, Mujahideen targeted the National Directorate of Security (NDS) office in Jalalabad. Reports vary, saying between two and 14 NDS agents were killed, and dozens wounded.
President Hamid Karzai has […] Continue Reading…
Fuel station and convenience store operator, Christy’s of Cape Cod, now bankrupt. They closed their last gas station in Massachusetts back in October 2010. The owner, a Republican political wannabe, is facing several lawsuits from creditors.
Reports out of Rhode Island say many employees at Naval Station Newport will become unemployed. The now for sure […] Continue Reading…