24 October 2012, Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, has pardoned 290 non-violent prisoners, like those who committed crimes such as theft, forgery and military desertion.
This is not the first time prisoners have been pardoned. Since the start of the Syrian Civil War, about one thousand non-violent prisoners have been set free.
Those prisoners not being let […] Continue Reading…
“Economic growth in 2012 has slowed to a trickle, and that has spooked a lot of people.”-Jake Dollarhide, Longbow Asset Management
“Our low cost feedstock [natural gas] advantage enabled us to deliver volume growth, despite weakening demand. These difficult conditions [bad economy] may have extended staying power, as the new reality is that we are […] Continue Reading…
24 October 2012, oil rich Sudan says four Israeli warplanes bombed a factory in their capitol city of Khartoum.
So far no comment from Israel.
The attack took place late Tuesday night setting the factory on fire, the fire is just now under control. The Yarmouk Military Industrial Complex makes ammo and weapons for the Sudanese […] Continue Reading…
“We’ve never seen deaths in Ontario before.”-Neha Gandhi, Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit, Canada
23 October 2012, while Canada is not a state of the U.S., and this posting is about U.S. West Nile cases, it must be noted that much colder Ontario, Canada, has just had four people die from the virus. […] Continue Reading…
22 October 2012, General Motors (GM) and Hewlett Packard (HP) announced a deal that will see 3,000 HP employees go to work for GM.
GM officials claim it’s part of a plan to reduce outsourcing and increase in-house operations, at least when it comes to information technology.
Randy Mott, GM Chief Information Officer, stated that when […] Continue Reading…
21 October 2012
In Uruzgan Province, an Australian Digger was killed: “The soldier was clearing the compound when an IED detonated, killing him instantly.”-David Hurley, Australian Defence Force
In in the northern provinces of Faryab and Sar-e-Pul, China’s National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) began pumping out oil in the Amu Darya basin. China has a 25 years […] Continue Reading…
“….those with high occupancies, solvent anchor tenants, good population density and access to affluent shoppers, as stable, low-risk, income-producing assets and will pay up for them today. Poor quality malls, on the other hand, are either not trading or selling at a steep discount, and perhaps are scheduled for demolition or conversion.”-Ryan McCullough, Property […] Continue Reading…
18 October 2012
In Parwan Province, another U.S./NATO supply convoy was attacked. Local police say Mujahideen managed to put a bomb on one of the fuelers, which exploded. However, Mujahideen say they blew up the fueler with a remote controlled landmine. The driver was killed.
In Zabul Province, Mujahideen claim to have destroyed four vehicles in […] Continue Reading…
“We made a decision not to renew the lease.”-Chris Brathwaite, Sears Holdings
19 October 2012, as I warned, Sears/Kmart continues to close stores simply by not renewing their leases.
Residents of Kelso, Washington, learned on 17 October that the Sears in their local mall is going away in January.
Kelso’s Three Rivers Mall isn’t doing so well […] Continue Reading…
19 October 2012, four years later and still losing money, electronics giant Sony says it’s forced to push 2,000 Japanese employees into early retirement.
This means those employees will have much less retirement money coming to them, with reduced or no benefits. That means people not able to spend as much money as they planned, […] Continue Reading…