Miami-Dade Municipalities tough out economy

" Local Government Budgets ”It’s going to be a time that we all have to buckle down and get through this,” Mayor Julio Robaina of Hialeah said at a recent budget hearing. “Our residents are not in a position to pay more. Assessments are going to go down next year...

Deceiving Consumers, Food brands downsizing products

I don't know if this was once their tactic in tricking consumers, but when I buy chips, some bags are SO stuffed with air you have no idea the quantity of chips inside the bag. To your surprise when you open the bag,...

British Gas provokes fury with biggest ever price rise

The years of cheap gas prices are over as consumer groups call for urgent Government action on essential energy providers who are responsible for throttling the life out of the British economy...."British Gas ...

In 2012 Internet providers want to limit amount of websites you can visit

"06/01/2008 - Every significant Internet provider around the globe is currently in talks with access and content providers to transform the internet into a television-like medium: no more freedom, you pay for a small...

Indian cabinet approves UK India Film Co production Treaty

"The government of India has given its final clearance to sign the Indo-UK Film Co production Treaty. The treaty took three years of tough negotiations and more than 15 overseas visits by the film and govt officials...

Infrastructure: How Would You Spend $1.6 Trillion?

"“China spends 9 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on infrastructure and India budgets 3.5 percent … while aiming to increase its allocation to 8 percent. By comparison, the United States budgets $112.9 billion or just 0.93 percent of its GDP, and sidesteps the...

Moby music free for indie movie makers

More Moby in movies? I like that it's free for indie filmmakers, but isn't there enough Moby floating around in the pop culture universe?  Also, I didn't know he was a "dance musician." I thought he was more of...

Businessmen worried about soaring world oil price

""The world oil price hike had caused concern because sooner or later it will affect budgets (corporate as well as state budgets)," general chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin), MS Hidayat, said here on Wednesday when asked for his comment on...

Vermont: Secede to Succeed

Of the many regional groups throughout the USA working towards secession from the Union, Second Vermont Republic seems to be the most serious and has a growing amount of public support amongst the fiercly...

Jordanian Islamists and Municipal Elections: Confirmation of a Problematic Tr...

The results of the Jordanian municipal elections may portend future Islamists trends in Jordan. As Mr. Schenker notes:"Jordanians go to the polls tomorrow to elect nearly 1,000 local representatives and 92 mayors. On their own, these elections are of minimal interest to...

Ca$hing in on the Dating Game

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorOne of Vancouver's own saw a niche market and ran with it.  Markus Frind needed a girlfriend upgrade, and on the sly, (assuming unbeknownst  to his current...

Where's the Money Moving? Out of Media

"CHICAGO (AdAge.com) -- U.S. ad spending -- at least the measured kind -- fell 0.3% in the January-to-March period, the first down quarter since the ad recovery began in 2002. But a drop in reported ad spending does not mean a drop in marketing spending. That's because what...

CEPR: Report Shows Increased U.S. Military Spending Slows Economy

Need any more evidence that the United States is in the hands of robber barons? - The Angryindian----------------Also posted to Intelligentaindigena:  For Immediate Release: May 1, 2007 Contact: Lynn Erskine,...

PBS at a Crossroads: Why is a film on moderate Islam being suppressed? by Fra...

"On March 21, the ranking Republican on the House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees the federal budgets of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) challenged the leaders of those two organizations concerning their handling...

Marketers Demanding Better Count of the Clicks

Internet companies have had great success selling advertising space, in part because the effectiveness of those ads is supposedly so easily measured. But marketers, even as they continue to push more of their ad budgets online, are starting to ask for better proof.A group of...

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