Fish catches, off the coast lines of Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate Prefectures, is down 70%. That’s from the beginning of April 2011 to the beginning of October 2011, compared to the same time last year.
Those three prefectures are the main fishing grounds for the local Japanese fishing industry.
The reasons are a combination of tsunami […] Continue Reading…
Two insurance companies, that are part of Milwaukee based Assurant Health, have notified that Idaho Department of Insurance, that they will jack up rates by more than 10% in 2012.
Those two operations are John Alden Life Insurance and Time Insurance. They’ve both filed rate increases of 13%!
This is part of the 2010 health care […] Continue Reading…
Beginning January 15, 2012, Verizon will charge you and extra $2 when you pay your wireless bill over the phone or online using a debit or credit card.
You can avoid the charge by using an e-check, or signing up for AutoPay.
Verizon officials say the charge is to make up for what they are charged […] Continue Reading…
It’s only been two days since Sears Holdings announced they were closing up to 120 Sears and Kmart stores, and now they have named 79 of those stores.
I already explained why their Chubbuck and Pocatello, Idaho stores could be closed.
Sears store in Lewiston Center Mall, Lewiston, Idaho, makes this initial list of 79 closings. […] Continue Reading…
“The Scottish Government will of course publish a white paper in advance of the referendum, detailing independence, including the new relationship of equality with England, such as the Queen remaining as our head of state, and this will be the positive platform for Scotland’s future that people will be asked to approve.”-Scottish government statement
In […] Continue Reading…
The Russian Emergency Ministry is reporting that a K-84 type nuclear powered submarine is on fire, after wooden scaffolding around the sub caught fire.
The Delta class sub is in a shipyard in the Murmansk region. Crews are currently trying to put out the fire. The Emergency Ministry says radiation levels are normal, the fire […] Continue Reading…
“The sale of our Regional Media Group will enable The New York Times Company to continue our transformation to a multi-platform media company and further sharpen our focus on the development of our brands nationally, globally and in the northeastern U.S.”-New York Times, memo to employees
The New York Times has been in business since […] Continue Reading…
Tied for “Most Unpopular Governor in the United States”, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, along with the State’s Legislature, proved who they really represent; Corporate America.
For 2011 Synder has signed into law, bills passed by Michigan’s lawmakers, which favor corporations and attack unemployed people!
Those laws cut unemployment assistance from a maximum of 26 weeks down […] Continue Reading…
Struggling to figure out what to do with the ever increasing nuclear waste, caused by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster reactors, the Japanese government has decided to dump it in Fukushima.
The county of Futaba, in Fukushima Prefecture, is being asked to allow eight of its cities to become nuclear waste dumps. The official reasoning […] Continue Reading…
China is THE biggest supplier of rare earth minerals, which are absolutely necessary for today’s high tech computer devices, like your cell phone that’s almost permanently attached to your ear while you’re driving (stop that, damn it!).
How big? China supplies 90% of the world’s rare earth metals!
Chinese officials say they will try to meet […] Continue Reading…