Amazon deforestation dropped by 45%

A good news on Environmental front. A report from Brazil says that the deforestation in Amazon dropped by 45% last year. It is lowest in 21 year of surveillance period. " The rate of deforestation in the Amazon...

Amazon Uses Twitter As Sales Referral Machine For Associates

Amazon's partnership with Twitter has expanded to include a feature for Amazon Associates called "Share With Twitter." This new function is part of Amazon's advertizing expansion which will allow Associate...

Amazon Finalizes The Sale Of Online Shoe Retailer Zappos

Online retailer mammoth Amazon.com has now finalized the purchase of online shoe and accessories retailer Zappos.com. Earlier it was alleged that the purchase price was finalized at $920 million, but the sale was sealed at $1.2 billion. Healthier stock market this fall is...

Amazon Hosts Sweepstakes for The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Amazon.com is celebrating its 10th anniversary of the Wish Lists feature by announcing a Twilight sweepstakes contest. Fans of The Twilight Saga: New Moon have until October 11th to enter in for a chance to fly to...

Chevron Gets No Love From Andy Rooney

Chevron’s Ecuador problem forces Andy Rooney to drop the H-bomb… something he really, really, hates to do. WATCH IT HERE We love Andy Rooney and he gets mad at a lot of things (like iphones or Ali G). But now...

Amazon Stock Price Lost 6% After Q2 Results: AMZN

Amazon, AMZN, posted a 10% decline in profits from last year in Q2, after the company reported its Q2 financials after the stock market closed today. AMZN has projected sales expectation inline with leading analysts. AMZN - Net income $142 million - Down 10% from Q2 2008AMZN...

Kindle controversy turns up the heat on Amazon

"Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again."Francis BaconObviously the good people at Amazon.com follow the golden...

Steve Jobs Acquires Microsoft, Google, and Amazon

Many people are concerned about Steve Jobs' health. News like this come as a relief to us who have grown to love the man. May he give us more products like the Ipod and Iphone. I'm still waiting for that Kindle-killer product. " Local guy Steve Jobs, 42, a relatively unknown...

What Does Allen Stanford Have in Common with Anti-Chevron Group?

Just when I thought things couldn’t get any shadier, I’ve learned that the lobbyist now representing the Amazon Defense Coalition (via Kohn Swift & Graf, P.C.) in its $27 billion lawsuit against San Ramon,...

What Will Be The Outcome of Lawsuit Against Chevron in Ecuador?

Life in the Oriente Region of Ecuador is full of danger, mystery and intrigue.  Located along the border with Colombia in the northeast part of the country, the region is home to ancient people groups who depend largely upon the resources of the Amazon River basin for...

Peru Protest Leader in Asylum Bid

Alberto Pizango, an Indian leader in the conflict emerging between the indigenous people of the Amazon and the Peruvian government has sought refuge in the Nicaragua's embassey.  The Peruvian government has...

Following the Money Difficult in Ecuador Lawsuit

Ask any investigative reporter how best to get to the heart of any controversial issue, and he’ll say, “Follow the money.”  Doing that has been difficult, however, when it comes to the Amazon Defense...

Rising Amazon floodwaters kill 48, while 405,000 become homeless

River dwellers in the Amazon are having to keep adding new floors to their houses, as they compete with rising floodwaters that have killed 48 people so far and caused 405,000 people to become homeless. Flooding...

Listen Up, Musicians: On-Demand CDs are Coming Your Way

Remember that shiny, rainbow-y, laser-engraved format called the compact disc -- aka the CD? Thanks to TuneCore and Amazon, fledgling bands will soon be able to print, publish, and distribute CDs — on-demand. This...

Volunteer Abroad Tanzania Dar Es Salaam Arusha Children Orphans

http://www.abroaderview.org Our programs allow you to take part in meaningful community service work, while discovering the people, sights, smells and tastes of Tanzania. Volunteering in Tanzania is a way to...
 

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