April 11, 2012, Iran follows through on threat to cut off oil to Germany, now Italy is next.
Iran also announced sanctions against 100 European Union companies. Sasan Khodaei, Deputy President of Iran Trade Promotion Organization, said the companies will no longer be able to sell products to Iran.
One reason for the sanctions is that Iran […] Continue Reading…
Hydraulic Press Manufacturing (HPM) was a 135 year old Ohio plastics company, but it went bust in 2009.
However, you can still buy products with the HPM brand, but it’s not a U.S. company anymore.
In 2011 a Chinese company called Guangdong Yizumi Precision Machinery, bought all the rights to HPM and all its products. Production […] Continue Reading…
“Recently, China and Russia vetoed a UN Security Council resolution draft on Syria. Some people accuse China and Russia of not being ‘cooperative’ or ‘responsible’. In my view, our decision was the responsible one. We should not forget the lesson in Libya.”-Le Yucheng, Assistant Foreign Minister of China
Chinese officials believe a U.S. led war […] Continue Reading…
The U.S. state of Utah experienced a leak of personal information on the internet after a state Medicaid worker accidentally published the info of 280,000 people on the internet.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is also looking into a possible hack job as well, that affected another 500,000 people.
In total almost 800,000 people, who’ve applied […] Continue Reading…
April 10, 2012, Iran has officially halted oil exports to Spain and Greece.
The official government announcement comes after Iran canceled oil shipments to two Greek companies on April 5.
Back on March 16 Iran had named the next countries on its oil export ban list. Those countries are Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. This […] Continue Reading…
“…an armed group fired more than three rocket propelled grenades on the pipeline, setting it on fire for the second time in less than two weeks.”-unnamed witness
For the second time this month, an oil pipeline, belonging to Saudi Nimir Petroleum Company, was blown up in Yemen. April 11, 2012, a pipeline carrying crude oil from […] Continue Reading…
“…with the decision of Ministers of Protection and Finance, the Greek police is available for hire by private clientele. However, this means if the Greek police is hired by those who can afford it, there are no available forces for those who cannot.”-Proto Thema, Greek news media outlet
The Greek news media outlet Proto Thema […] Continue Reading…
“We have already withdrawn some military forces from several Syrian provinces.”-Walid al-Moualem, Foreign Minister of Syria
The Foreign Minister of Syria made the announcement at the same time U.S. and European media were creating rumors to the contrary.
“The U.S. and other countries which have influence over the Syrian opposition had better stop pointing the finger […] Continue Reading…
“We have decided to identify a range of appropriate defense equipment for joint development and production….which contributes to both countries’ security and presents industrial opportunities.”-Japan-U.K. joint statement
Back on March 14, 2012, U.S. President Barack Obama stated, at a White House press conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron, that the U.S. and U.K. would […] Continue Reading…
April 10, 2012, Sony announced the biggest loss in its history!
Sony says it lost about $6.4 billion USD for their quarter ending in March! That’s $4 billion more than they first estimated back in February.
Sony officials blame the monster loss on huge declines in sales in the United States!
Another Japanese company, Sharp, says it […] Continue Reading…