You’d expect the company that Mitt Romney co-founded to fund his presidential campaign, but not to fund President Obama’s re-election bid, but that’s what is happening.
It’s been revealed that between January and September 2011, employees of Bain Capital officially gave Mitt Romney $84,500, and, they gave Barack Obama $27,500!
Not only that but so far […] Continue Reading…
“We are faced with a health crisis linked to a scam. The whole profession is aware of it.”-Laurent Lantieri, plastic surgeon
The case of Poly Implant Prosthesis (PIP) is spreading to other countries, and several cancer cases could now be linked, and insurance companies are now suing.
More than 300,000 women, in 65 countries including France, […] Continue Reading…
“Experienced criminal investigators of the Main Military Investigation Committee flew in from Moscow to provide practical assistance to the investigation team on the site. Fifty witnesses have been questioned. Investigators are studying the documentation seized at the dockyard.”-Vladimir Markin, Investigation Committee
The Russian government said the fire aboard the Yekaterinburg Delta class submarine is no […] Continue Reading…
The Japanese government announced that it hopes to restore farmland damaged by salt contamination, caused by the March tsunamis. However, only 20% will be restored in 2012, leaving 80% unusable.
Most of that farmland is in Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate Prefectures. Those prefectures make up one of the largest agricultural areas of Japan. About 20,500 […] Continue Reading…
“If service is terminated, these high value systems may freeze, causing irreparable and material damage to Hoku’s plant assets. Any damage would need to be repaired, at additional cost, prior to continuing with the commissioning and operation of the plant.”-Hoku Corporation complaint to Idaho Public Utilities Commision
“The fact of the matter is, Hoku has […] Continue Reading…
News reports have been revealing that the Mitt Romney co-founded Bain Capital (and its affiliates) are behind many of the huge job layoffs in the United States, since the late 1980s.
Turns out that Bain Capital could be involved with the problems at Sears and Kmart!!!
In 2005, Vornado Realty Trust bought 7.5 million shares of […] Continue Reading…
“Mitt Romney’s history at Bain Capital is not going to help his image as a job creator. Now, we want to disclose that NBC Universal and Bain Capital are each a part owner of the Weather Channel. Bain Capital’s main business model is buying companies like American Pad and Paper and restructuring [industry code for ‘slash and burn’] them. In […] Continue Reading…
The Japanese government is about to raise taxes on its already struggling population. This after Japanese unemployment hit record high levels.
The national government is pushing for an increase in income tax, from the current 40% to 45%! They want to push their low national sales tax from the current 5% to 10% by October […] Continue Reading…
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…