04 December 2012, more than a year after the GE designed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor disaster began, decontamination of residential areas isn’t anywhere near completion.
Japan’s Environment Ministry released the results of their study of the progress of radiation cleanup. More than 80% of homes have not been decontaminated!
Of nearly 100,000 homes picked for decontamination […] Continue Reading…
04 December 2012, Iranian media reports that Islamic Revolution Guards Corps have captured a U.S. Navy ScanEagle drone, which flew into Iranian airspace over the Persian Gulf.
The ScanEagle is a small recon unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The recon drone had been flown over the same area for several days. Iranian IRCG officials claim they […] Continue Reading…
“The land in Judea and Galilee is occupied by the Arabs.”
“Well, we’ll take it from them.”……
…….”…We’ll harrass them until they get out … Let them go to Transjordan.”
“As soon as we have a big settlement here we’ll seize the land, we’ll become strong, and then we’ll take care of the Left Bank. […] Continue Reading…
“The UN has decided to send all non-essential international staff out of Syria and to halt all field trips outside of the capital for now.”-UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
03 December 2012, after all U.S. military personnel were banned from drinking alcohol off base in Okinawa on Saturday, the USMC has now extended that order to all U.S. Marines throughout Japan.
This comes after months of increased aggressive behavior (including rape and assaults) by U.S. personnel towards Japanese civilians.
30 November 2012
In Ghazni Province, at least four people killed, one wounded, after they drove over a landmine.
United Kingdom is refusing to hand over prisoners to Afghan control. British say it’s because they suspect the Afghan security officials will torture the prisoners (kettle calling the pot black). This comes after President Hamid Karzai ordered […] Continue Reading…
On 28 November 2012, women’s clothing retailer Coldwater Creek reported a loss of $20.5 million USD. Investors were actually happy, because that was an improvement over the same quarter last year.
Coldwater Creek explained that their losses weren’t as bad as expected because sales actually went up, by 7.3% for same store sales.
Dennis C. Pence […] Continue Reading…
“You make Sears sound like a liquidation play, not a retail recovery.”-from Fortune magazine
“The retail recovery is a potential upside. Regardless, you’ll see gigantic cash flows from the closing of locations, the pulling-out of the cash from inventory, work in process, and distribution centers. They’re not idiots when it comes to real estate. They […] Continue Reading…
29 November 2012, two days ago workers in Ukraine raised steel arches over the entombed Chernobyl reactor: “This is a very significant milestone, which is a tribute to the ongoing commitment of the international donor community, and an important step towards overcoming the legacy of the accident.”-Suma Chakrabarti, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Those new […] Continue Reading…
29 November 2012, anti-Japanese sentiment in China is having a drastic effect on Japanese car production in the (supposedly) communist country.
Overall, the six Japanese car companies operating in China saw a 48.9% drop in production in October (compared to October 2011). It’s even more drastic when you look at production for each company.
Mazda down […] Continue Reading…