A survey by Cross Sell, and the Idaho Statesman, revealed that new and used car sales, in southwest Idaho, plunged in July 2011.
Southwest Idaho is supposedly doing better economically than eastern Idaho, yet new and used car sales declined. When compared year to year, sales dropped 14%. When you compare July 2011, to June […] Continue Reading…
“Chinese exporters today have a significant price advantage, and combined with eBay’s global reach, it creates a very powerful business opportunity.”-Jay Lee, eBay Asia-Pacific.
California based eBay is seeing huge yuan signs, not dollar signs. That’s because the online auction and retail site is making big gains in China.
Just a few years back […] Continue Reading…
In less than two weeks, four contractors working at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuke plant, have been contaminated with radiation.
All four were contaminated by water from the defective water decontamination system.
Two workers were contaminated when they replaced defective parts, the other two were contaminated when water surged out of a valve that was mistakenly […] Continue Reading…
Hurricane forecasters say Typhoon Talas will hit Japan on Friday. The storm continues to intensify. Talas has sustained winds near 55 knots (63 mph/103 kmh).
Talas is about 465 miles (748 km) south of Kyoto, Japan. It’s moving northward, slowly at 5 knots (6 mph). Storm-force winds extending out 210 miles, making the […] Continue Reading…
An unnamed NATO official admits that members United Kingdom and France sent in ground troops, into Libya, long ago.
The NATO official said it would be “unfair to call them NATO forces.”, implying that Britain and France are acting totally independent of U.S. led NATO, and the United Nations.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is sending a team of experts to a nuclear power plant in the state of Virginia, that was hit by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake on August 23.
The North Anna nuclear power station is about 20km (12 miles) away from the epicenter of the strongest quake to hit […] Continue Reading…
The United Kingdom’s Inner City Press revealed a 10 page document that shows a United Nations backed ground force operation is about to begin in Libya. It will involve 200 military observers, 190 UN police officers and 61 civilians.
The operation is awaiting approval by the UN Security Council, and an official request from Libyan […] Continue Reading…
“We are afraid that the resolution could push the most radical Syrian opposition forces to more active operations to topple the government. Just because of that, we categorically do not accept the aims our Western colleagues try to attain with that resolution.”-Vitali Churkin, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations
Russia, as well […] Continue Reading…
The University of Cambridge found that regular consumption of chocolate might slash the risk of developing heart disease by a third.
114,000 people were studied. People who ate the most chocolate were 37% less likely to develop heart disease, and 29% less likely to suffer a stroke.
Why? Researchers speculate that chocolate’s […] Continue Reading…
“Wild birds may introduce the virus, but people’s actions in poultry production and marketing spread it.”-Juan Lubroth, UN Food and Agriculture Organization
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is warning of a new mutant strain of H5N1 (Bird Flu). They say it’s spreading throughout southern China, and Vietnam.
Current vaccines do not work on […] Continue Reading…