Who elected the new Italian Prime Minister, Mario Monti? Not the people of Italy, but one man, the Italian President Giorgio Napolitano.
Here’s the thing, in Italy the position of President is not one of much power. The Prime Minister is the top dog. It’s like John Boehner appointing Barack Obama’s successor (some people would […] Continue Reading…
42 major Tokyo Electric Power Company stockholders are demanding that auditors for the company sue the 61 current, and former, corporate executive members of the nuclear disaster reactor company.
They claim the executives failed to keep their promise to make the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant earthquake and tsunami proof. Japan has been suffering from the […] Continue Reading…
The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation announced that it has disposed of almost all of its investments in Olympus.
Singapore held 2% of Olympus stocks. They are the first major stock holder to announce they were dumping their shares in Olympus. U.S. Olympus stockholders seem to be waiting for Olympus officials to provide an explanation […] Continue Reading…
A few international news sites have reported that CBS News conducted a poll that showed 85% of people in the United States are against war with Iran. Blog sites have been picking up that ball and running with it. The problem is that it’s not true.
I looked at the CBS News Poll, and it’s […] Continue Reading…
According to the Commonwealth controlled (British Empire, via Rupert Murdoch) Wall Street Journal, warmonger U.S. President Barack Obama is about to sign off on a deal to provide the UAE with bunker buster bombs.
The WSJ article claims that the UAE is about to buy 4,900 JDAMs. These are not necessarily bunker busters, but could […] Continue Reading…
“Idaho’s the last state that should say we don’t want to do business with Asia. Asia’s where the money is.”-Brad Little, Lieutenant Governor of Idaho
Recently the U.S. Department of State announced they were increasing staffing in China and Brazil.
Most U.S. and Chinese media reports suggested this was due to the increasing number of […] Continue Reading…
“In Brazil the middle class has grown and has more money nowadays. Consumers are becoming more sophisticated and want more quality, they want differentiation. In 2000 you could not find gourmet coffee on supermarket shelves, now we have 104 different brands that are certified as gourmet coffees in the program in the stores.”-Nathan Herszkowicz, […] Continue Reading…
At the beginning of November, Hewlett-Packard reported they had donated $1 million to charity, for the fiscal year which ended October 31.
Now, according to a Boise TV station, HP employees called and reported a major layoff at the HP Boise operation was in the works.
KBOI says they contacted HP officials. The officials stated they […] Continue Reading…
“Get out of here, now!”-James Trieb, Burlington Detective
In Burlington, Vermont, a local newspaper videographer revealed that the local police tried to stop his coverage of the suicide of a war veteran at the Occupy Burlington demonstrations.
The newspaper’s editor said it was a public news event that justified being covered: “It occurred in a public […] Continue Reading…
On November 10, in two separate incidents, two people were shot and killed during protests on the east and west coasts of the United States.
On the west coast, in Oakland, California, what appears to be a gang shooting took the life of a man who might have used the protest to try an hide […] Continue Reading…