The U.S. Department of Justice says Japanese tire maker Bridgestone has agreed to plead guilty to bid rigging, and bribing Latin American governments.
It involves giant hoses used to transfer oil from oil tankers to storage facilities.
The illegal practice of bribing and bid rigging went on for ten years, from 1997-2007. Bridgestone admitted that it […] Continue Reading…
September 16, Japan’s Meteorological Agency says Tropical Storm Roke could trigger more damage.
The storm is expected to bring up to 40 millimeters (1.57 inches) of rain per hour in Okinawa and the southern part of Kyushu through Saturday. As much as 250mm (9.8 inches) of rain is expected.
Officials are stepping up their monitoring […] Continue Reading…
16 September 2011, the Japan Atomic Energy Agency says the disaster at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant could have been avoided.
They say if water injection began four hours sooner there would have been no melt downs.
Anyone who’s been following the situation from day one knows that Tokyo Electric Power Company has dragged their feet on […] Continue Reading…
16 September 2011, ever since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster began, waste incinerator sites across Japan have reported high levels of radiation in the ashes of burned garbage and sludge.
The latest tests show three Prefectures still with levels of cesium contamination exceeding safe limits: Iwate, Fukushima and Chiba.
The highest measurement was 144,420 becquerels per […] Continue Reading…
CCA, Corrections Corporation of America, is the largest corporate prison operator in the United States. CCA is also in the pockets of Idaho Republicans, and a few Idaho Democrats, as shown by 2006 and 2008 election campaign donations (known as the “Sunshine Summary” or “Sunshine Law”).
Recently CCA announced they were settling dozens of lawsuits […] Continue Reading…
“The big increase in new foreclosure actions may be a signal that lenders are starting to push through some of the foreclosures delayed by robo signing and other documentation problems. It also foreshadows more bank repossessions in the coming months as these new foreclosures make their way through the process.”-James Saccacio, CEO RealtyTrac
The latest […] Continue Reading…
Septmenber 14, a man who sued a corporate run Idaho prison, known as “Gladiator School”, for extreme violence and medical neglect, has reached a settlement with Corrections Corporation of America.
CCA is the largest corporate prison operation in the United States, and also has the worst reputation.
Dozens of other inmates across the U.S. are also […] Continue Reading…
September 15, Pocatello, Idaho, to be hit by latest USPS closings. Local postal workers told me that the Gateway distribution center, on Flandro Road in Pocatello, could be part of the surprise announcement made by U.S. Postal Service officials today.
This would mean all east Idaho mail would be shipped off to Salt Lake City, […] Continue Reading…
“Even if the budget stays the same, the levy is going to go up to compensate for the decline in value of your property.”- Chris Rich, Ada County Clerk
Ada County, Idaho, just raised their property tax rates, even though property values are down.
In fact property values dropped 42% since 2006. But county […] Continue Reading…
A ProPublica report shows more than 1,000 Idaho doctors were paid by 12 drug companies, to the tune of more than $2 million within the last year. The Idaho Board of Medicine sees no harm in it.
Some of those payments were in the form of free meals (a Boise doctor got $607 worth) in […] Continue Reading…