House sales warm up in June

This is good newsfor Victoria.  Home sales increasing may help  the entire economy"House sales closed in on a record last month in Greater Victoria. A total of 946 homes and other properties sold in June, making it one of the top...

Be Prepared… For Any Career Twist

Be Prepared… For Any Career Twist The Boy Scout creed has it right.  Be prepared.  In today’s world, it’s essential.  At my age, I am a throwback.  I’ve been a recruiter for more than 30 years.  People of my generation often went to work for a...

Wall Street Journal, Gannett, to Lay Off over 1,000 Workers

Gannett, one of the largest newspaper publishers in the United States, that publishes Wall Street Journal, is to lay off over 1,000 workers due to a slow off in advertising sales. As much as 2,000 people could be laid off in this latest round of cutbacks, but the actual...

Where are the jobs?

"Republicans concerned about the Obama administration's big spending on economic stimulus, energy and health care are asking, "Where are the jobs?" "The president and Democrats in Congress claim this spending...

Save one job, lose another

Frank de Jong, the Leader of the Ontario Green party, hits the nail right on the head in this article. As soon as this Bust is over, Governments will begin raising taxes to pay the interest on debt accrued from bailing out private corporations. In other words, taxpayers will...

Solar Power to restart the Economy and create Jobs World wide.

By, Uwe Paschen.Solar Power to reduce Carbon emission and fossil fuel dependence and kick start the Economy anew.  Over the past two decades we have been experimenting with Solar power and perfecting it,...

2009 Energy Bill Will Punish Oil Consumers

American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard issued back-to-back statements today related to the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. About the Congressional Budget Office cost estimate on the...

The Value Of $125,000-A-Year Teachers

The New York Times is reporting that a school in the Washington Heights area of New York will open with teachers that are payed up to $125,000 a year with the possibility of up to a $25,000 bonus depending on how...

LaHood Overhauling Mexican Truck Program

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told a National Press Club gathering May 21 that his plan to overhaul the controversial Mexican truck demonstration program is now being vetted by the White House and has the support of “a number of members of Congress.”  If he...

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...

Bubble Economy

The last quarter century the economic model created more mistakes than miracles. It encouraged people to spend, borrow, and speculate. And each time Mr. Market made a correction, the authorities came along with...

Las Vegas stripped by deep recession.

Las Vegas stripped by deep recession. Don’t believe it….! It so happened that I had to visit Las Vegas for Home furnishing trade fair (related to my business) in World Market Center.  When landed the land...

Obama Budget Risks Nation’s Energy Security

President Barack Obama’s 2010 budget proposal makes it appear he’s ready, willing and able to bury Americans in new taxes, place the nation’s energy security in peril and put  six-million American jobs...

Labor Movement Finds New Unity Behind Immigration Proposal

"While the business lobby supported comprehensive immigration overhauls in the past, much of that support has hinged on the expansion of temporary guest-worker programs that bring immigrants into the country for a finite number of years, but do not necessarily offer them...

‘Card Check’ Editorial Cartoon Dubbed ‘Brilliant’

By Bob McCarty There I was, in a Grand Junction, Colo., hotel room killing time while waiting for the my trip-related activities (see BMW Visiting Western Colorado’s Piceance Basin for details) to begin this...

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