Goldman Sachs Bonuses = $18 billion; Health Care for 12 million children = $...

Is this capitalism run amuck or appropriate reward for commensurate risk? Call me Canadian (I'm a dual US-Cdn citizen by the way), but the massive disparity of wealth in the USA is somewhat off putting. 12 million...

'Desperate' stores slash prices for Christmas

"Retailers are offering their biggest pre-Christmas discounts as the credit crisis takes its toll on High Street spending.Prices are being slashed at big-name stores, including Argos, BHS, Debenhams, Halfords,...

Irish shoppers set to flock to New York

"rish shoppers set to flock to New York Number of shoppers increases by 15% as dollar weakens. By Angela Sammon Irish shoppers set to flock to New York More than 170,000 Irish people are expected to make the trip, attracted by a weak dollar and cheaper accommodation. An...

Dairy Farmers & Oil Barons: White Gold vs Black Gold.

North American Dairy Farmers control the worlds thirst for  "White Gold" and the Oil Barons control the worlds thirst for "Black Gold" speaks volumes over the disparity between the two in terms of Global...

Britain is getting warmer and windier

"Hilary Benn, the Environment Secretary, is to declare that Britain has warmed significantly in the past 30 years and violent storms are a regular occurrence. He will unveil a report showing that the annual...

Spreading the media word across the Mexican border

The english-language media market is picking up in Mexico, but it's yet to get online. "Spreading the media word across the Mexican border November 27, 2007 · 1 Comment This story appeared in Campaign Magazine:...

One in Three Toronto Families Live in Poverty

A depressing statistic, to be sure. I live in Toronto and I know that there's financial problems in pretty much every sector of business and area of government."Almost one in three families in Toronto is living...

Disasters quadruple over last 20 years

"LONDON (Reuters) - Weather-related disasters have quadrupled over the last two decades, Oxfam said in a report published on Sunday.  From an average of 120 disasters a year in the early 1980s, there are now...

Dutch May Compensate Kidney Donors

"Dutch May Compensate Kidney Donors "The Dutch health minister, Ab Klink, is considering a recommendation to offer free health insurance for life to anyone who donates a kidney for transplant," reports The London Times. "The initiative has been prompted by a chronic shortage...

Major Iraqi power plants idled due to lack of fuel

"Most of northern Iraq is without lights as two major power plants have been idled due to lack of fuel, a statement by the electricity ministry said. The source said the plants feeding the northern cities of Mosul and Kirkuk are out of...

Buy Nothing Day - Adbusters

"Buy Nothing Day Press Release 2007 2007-11-02 14:22:41 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BUY NOTHING DAY IS COMING – NO PURCHASE NECESSARY (November 23 in the USA and Canada, November 24 internationally) STOP SHOPPING TO GO GREEN: This November, environmentalists, social activists and...

Cow plunges off cliff onto moving minivan

I never realized a cow would be stipid enough to wander off a cliff. Some rancher is going to have some serious explaining to do with their insurance company after this one. "A cow plunged from a 200-foot...

Study links birth control pill to arterial plaque

"ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A European study released on Tuesday has raised new concerns about the safety of women's long-term use of the birth control pill, suggesting increased risk of heart attack or stroke. Women who had used oral contraceptives were more likely than...

Social Media Bomb sent from USAToday office injures thousands

Contributing reporter Greg Farrell from USAToday has written about Lynn Brewer, a business woman and speaker who had earned a reputation as having been one of the whistle-blowers who emerged from the implosion of Enron."Greg’s article attempted to spotlight a series of...

New York City On Brink Of Warmest October Ever

"For the fifth time this month, a RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS SET at LaGuardia Airport on Tuesday, and it's the seventh record high to be set in the last six weeks. The temperature Tuesday topped out at...
 

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