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Household Net Worth Continues To Fall

According to a Federal Reserve report earlier this month, 2008 was the worst year on record for US household net worth, expressed by assets minus liabilities (loans). “Household net worth in the United States...

Food police in the UK warn you not to throw leftovers away

Just as websites like coupon.com and coupon mom, help you plan your weekly shopping trip and get the most food for your budget in this time of economic recession, in the United Kingdom 'food police' will be visiting...

590,000 Filipinos at risk of losing jobs

590,000 Filipinos at risk of losing jobs By Christine Avendaño Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 23:11:00 12/03/2008   ...

Catching the Sarah Palin Fever!

Barack Obama may have won as the new President of the United States but the clear winner in the 2008 US Elections is no doubt, Republican Vice-Presidential candidate- Gov. Sarah Palin! She came out of nowhere,...

Unique service: Husbands for rent in Argentina

An Aregntianan company has started a unique service of providing husband on hourly basis. "Any woman can get a husband at an hourly rate in Buenos Aires, thanks to a company offering to do the repairs and installations that every home needs, and all "without problems in the...

How To Make Friends…

Seems the American media has found this fine piece of writing from Heather Mallick at the CBC… and it’s starting to really get coverage. Fox did a piece on it today (sorry we can’t watch Fox in Vancouver), and the story is starting to travel. The whole story is rated...

Palin White Trash according to CBC, Yeah Have a Beer aye

"I assume John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential partner in a fit of pique because the Republican money men refused to let him have the stuffed male shirt he really wanted. She added nothing to...

Dead baby thrown out with the trash

A recycling plant in Fengate, UK came across a gruesome discovery yesterday, finding a dead newborn baby coming down the trash-sorting conveyor belt. The baby has not yet been identified, so far they can't even tell if it's a boy or a girl."A newborn baby girl's body was...

German Home Gas prices to raise 25% starting Sept 1 -over the 21% jump in las...

All I can say on this is ouch.  I pay every 3 months - about 300 Eur.  I got a bill for an additional 200 - and it's not even winter yet.  Add to it the fact that food prices have gone up (in some cases doubled)... and that most people's average wage increase...

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...

Village of the Scammed

These stories are becoming more and more common and the new chip and pin technology just doesn't seem to stop this ID theft type fraud taking place. This trend isn't helped by the fact that more and more retailers...

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...

Ancient village offers new tourism products - Duong Lam Ancient Village

Various new and typical tourism products have been restored to offer to tourists to Duong Lam ancient village in Son Tay City, Ha tay Province, the relic management board has announced."Duong Lam Ancient Village,...

German Inflation Hit Record High in June - 3.3 percent

Amazingly, everyone here seems to be hurting when it comes to food costs.  From grocery shopping on Monday I found the following (all prices in Eur) and just in time to confirm the article below:Cookies - Normally 0.69 - up to 1.09 Granola bars - normally 2.09- up to...

HRW: Many Indonesia migrant workers in Saudi Arabia treated cruelly

If Indonesia is rich country..it wouldn't happen. " "Therefore, the Saudi Arabian government should immediately effect reforms in its manpower and immigration sectors, and its criminal courts to protect migrant workers in the country from criminal acts and enslavement," ...

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