General Motors, desperate to increase domestic sales, will include insurance on new car purchases. But only if you live in Oregon or Washington states.
It is part of an experimental marketing program, to increase car sales. The insurance will be provided by Met Life.
The experiment will last until September 6. Oregon and Washington are being […] Continue Reading…
Standard & Poor’s is warning that a French plan to “rollover” Greek debt will force Greece into default. The plan was put forth by the Fédération Bancaire Française.
S & P’s is not the only finance rating company to make such a claim. It’s complicated, but basically they claim the French plan would result in […] Continue Reading…
First the Germans blamed Spanish cucumbers. Then they blamed sprouts, from a northern German farm. Then the French blamed a German owned grocery store selling French grown sprouts. Then the French blamed a U.K. seed company which supplied the seeds to grow the sprouts. Then the Swedish blamed the Germans, then backed off when […] Continue Reading…
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Epidemiology reports a study done by Australian researchers, into the effects of hypoallergenic whey based infant formula.
620 babies were divided into three groups. One group got the whey formula, another group got cow’s milk, and the third got soy milk.
Two years later the babies were checked. Surprise! More […] Continue Reading…
A study in France followed more than 3,000 people and the amount of water they drank over a nine year period.
Over the nine years it was discovered that people who drank at least 1 liter (34 ounces) of water per day, had 21% less blood sugar, than those who drank less water.
Researchers admit there […] Continue Reading…
Denmark announced that starting July 5, no more open borders. They blame drug trafficking and illegal immigrants.
Since the U.S. led invasion of Afghanistan drug trafficking has skyrocketed across Central Asia and into Europe. Many of the drugs come from U.S. occupied Afghanistan.
The NATO attacks on Libya have greatly increased what European governments are calling […] Continue Reading…
A British newspaper reports that a secret meeting was held between NATO and Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal. The subject was nuclear weapons, and how Saudi Arabia could get some.
The Guardian quoted an unnamed Saudi official as saying: “We cannot live in a situation where Iran has nuclear weapons and we don’t.”
The meeting concerned Saudi […] Continue Reading…
The German Parliament is investigating the sale of 200 of the latest version of Germany’s Leopard 2 tank to Saudi Arabia. It was an unnamed Saudi source that revealed the sale.
German law bans the sale of major weapons systems to countries in crisis hit regions: “Selling 200 Leopard tanks to Saudi Arabia is far […] Continue Reading…
German car makers are scrambling to keep up with international orders. They expect that by the end of the year they will have exported 4.15 million German made cars. But the majority of those cars are not going to the U.S., they’re going to China, and to some extent India.
“We are seeing international markets […] Continue Reading…
Germany, not the United States, is becoming China’s most important business partner.
In fact the latest deal puts to shame the recent deal signed between China and the United Kingdom, by several hundred billion dollars. At the end of June Germany and China signed a $290+ billion deal.
The deal includes not just the purchase of […] Continue Reading…