U.S. media reported that the continued increase in the New York Stock Exchange (reported by the Dow Jones) is because of good economic data, like better than expected job numbers.
Monthly unemployment numbers are still over 400,000, and many economists have repeatedly stated that it needs to drop below 400,000, for several months in a […] Continue Reading…
In an effort to fight inflation the Chinese government recently ordered banks to tighten their grip on the money supply. One way is to cut back on loans.
The China Construction Bank announced they will increase down payments on homes, for first time buyers, to 40% of the purchase price. The Chinese banks were told […] Continue Reading…
Despite repeated public statements, protests and even attacks against U.S. troops, U.S. officials are still haranguing the Iraqi Prime Minister about letting them stay.
U.S. Admiral Mike Mullen admitted that his staff is having a hard time convincing the Iraqi officials that the United States should stay past their agreed upon withdraw date. The U.S. […] Continue Reading…
In Japan, the restart of the Genkai nuclear power plant has been put on hold, after a whistler blower revealed that the company boss ordered false statements about the plant’s safety.
Operator Kyushu Electric Power Company got the go ahead to restart the nuclear plant, located in Saga prefecture, after a public meeting in which […] Continue Reading…
“Our data suggest that the presence of periodontal disease is a modifiable risk factor, which can increase a woman’s time to conception, particularly for non-Caucasians.”-Roger Hart, University of Western Australia.
An Australian study links clean teeth to increased birth rates. 3,416 women were tracked, and the results suggest that bad oral hygiene in […] Continue Reading…
“Cutting down on the amount of salt has no clear benefits in terms of likelihood of dying or experiencing cardiovascular disease.”-Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
No fewer than seven international studies have concluded that reducing salt in your diet does not reduce the chance of death.
A moderately low salt diet might reduce your blood pressure, […] Continue Reading…
Another tea growing prefecture is now contaminated with dangerous levels of cesium. Tochigi prefectural government says 1,810 becquerels per kilogram of cesium is contaminating the harvest, piked earlier this week.
The levels are three times the safe limits set by the Tochigi government. Tochigi Prefecture is 160 kilometers (99.4 miles) from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi […] Continue Reading…
The Transportation Security Administration says they are concerned about terrorists going to the ridiculous trouble of surgically implanting bombs in their bodies.
Of course the TSA says the latest full body scanners can’t detect such things, so they’ll have to resort to even more invasive pat downs, or other means of checking you out.
TSA officials […] Continue Reading…
The Japanese military has built its own air base in the African country of Djibouti. The official reason is to help fight pirates.
The Japanese had been sharing a base with the United States, but built its own 12 hectare (29.6 acre) airfield for its surveillance aircraft.
The French have long time military ties to the […] Continue Reading…
Chile’s Atacama Desert has been hit by record snowfall, 80 centimeters (2.6 feet). A bus full of people had to be rescued after it got stuck in the snow, for 48 hours.
The record snow has shut down some of Chile’s copper mines. There is concern that the snow, along with ongoing strikes by mine […] Continue Reading…