“The findings of this survey show declines in each category of economic measurement.”-Jim McNerney, Chairman of Business Roundtable and Chairman, President and CEO of The Boeing Company
September 29, according to Business Roundtable, more than half of the biggest companies in the United States will not hire any new employees for at least six months.
In […] Continue Reading…
Two weeks later, instead of fizzling out like so many greedy corporate America loving right wing nut jobs predicted, the Occupy Wall Street protestors are still there, and they’re growing, nearly 2,000 at last count.
On top of that, ‘Occupy’ protests are spreading to other cities. Some have fizzled out, while others continue.
In Los Angeles, […] Continue Reading…
The cost of getting a higher education in the United States has increased by 29% in just the past five years, and, despite the rhetoric from Corporate America and universities, many jobs taken by college graduates do not require a college degree!
First off, approximately two thirds of all college students graduate with […] Continue Reading…
September 29, according to the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, last month Texas fired 900 people from education related jobs.
It’s part of the U.S.$4 billion in cuts to Texas public schools, that Governor Rick Perry approved this year!
As an example of how bad it’s getting in Texas; near Austin, two newly built […] Continue Reading…
“This unemployment situation we have, the jobs situation, is really a national crisis. We’ve had close to 10% unemployment now for a number of years and, of the people who are unemployed, about 45% have been unemployed for six months or more. This is unheard of!”-Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve Chairman
September 29, […] Continue Reading…
The number of people sick and dying from cantaloupe contaminated with Listeria could hit record levels in the United States. In Idaho they were given away to the public after a grocery distributor decided they were not ripe enough to sell.
So far 16 people have died, and 56 people are sick across the country. […] Continue Reading…
“Ever since it was known that DAS would close down, lots of people started doing business and looking for ways to make a few bucks. Others started pilfering information as a kind of insurance, in case one day they would face a criminal investigation or disciplinary hearing.”-A former unnamed DAS […] Continue Reading…
The bacteria Candidatus Liberibacter (aka yellow dragon) is jeopardizing more than 520,000 hectares (1,285 acres) of Mexico’s citrus trees.
Federal officials said symptoms were detected in Colima, Nayarit and Michoacán. The disease has appeared in Nuevo Leon and threatens states from Tamaulipas to San Luis Potosi.
Mexico is the fourth largest producer of […] Continue Reading…
Four university professors in four days, that’s how many have been assassinated by so called ‘democracy’ demonstrators in Syria. What does killing professors have to do with achieving democracy?
The latest professor to be killed was a nuclear engineer. Mmmm, does anybody suspect Israeli Mossad?
Along with the professors a police commander was also assassinated in […] Continue Reading…
“I think that the fact that there are links that exist between the Pakistani government and the Haqqani network, the nature of those can be assessed and is complicated. But there is no question that they have safe havens in Pakistan.”- Jay Carney, White House spokesman
September 28, U.S. President Barack […] Continue Reading…