Tag: US
US home construction picks up
A sign perhaps that the doom and gloom in the US housing market is finally starting to lift? "WASHINGTON (AFP) — US homebuilding showed a surprisingly strong jump in April, signaling a ray of hope amid the rubble...
Growing genre of cookbooks for children
A NYT piece explored the growing popularity of cookbooks for tikes. Cookbooks that "dumb-down" recipes for kids or are mainly based on tried-and-true favourites like mac&cheese are being replaced by more...
Less Gas, More Sweat: Bike to Work Week 2008 in F...
So wrapped up was I in getting ready for my US Citizenship Test (on May 12) that I almost missed looking into Bike to Work Week 2008.It started on May 12 and is in full swing in the US until May 16.Some people are...
Obama supports medical pot clubs
Clinton isn't so sure but Obama is in support of medical marijuana. He says that states should write their own legislation on medical marijuana regulations."Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois has become an...
Chavez: Government of Colombia is provoking Venez...
Caracas, Venezuela, 11 May 2008. Speaking today during his weekly televised show "Hello President", Chavez said the government of Colombia is proving Venezuela into a war to justify an...
Steepest dip in U.S. retail quarterly profits in ...
Retail spending is a key indicator of consumer psychology. And US consumers are not scoring very well according to latest reports."After slashing inventory and cutting expenses, the retail industry is still...
Fox News Using Subliminal Advertising for McCain
The concept of subliminal messaging is not new. For decades, advertisers have used subliminal messages in order to influence consumers' purchasing decisions. Although it's not clear whether or not subliminal messages...
Gorbachev: US could start new Cold War
Mikhail Gorbachev has accused the United States of mounting an imperialist conspiracy against Russia that could push the world into a new Cold War
Bolivia: Defiant Santa Cruz votes separatist refe...
Caracas, Venezuela, 4 May, 2008. Early this morning, Bolivians from eastern province of Santa Cruz started to cast their votes on a separatist referendum. Even though small bursts of violence and twenty already...
OAS calls Americas to support Bolivian integrity ...
Caracas, Venezuela, 2 May 2008. After meeting during two days (2-3 May), the 34 member Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) at Washington, its Secretary General Jose...
US economic problems not over, sell the ‘dead c...
This is trader terminology for something that happens in a very bad downturn. Eventually things get so bad that they recover just a little, leading to flood of false optimism about the future, partly from traders who...
US: No evidence to include Venezuela in sponsorin...
Caracas, 2 May, 2008. On Wednesday 30 April 2008, US State Department's counter-terrorism coordinator Dell Dailey announced his country had no evidence to support the inclusion of Venezuela in the terrorist...
Bolivia takes over four oil companies and one com...
Caracas, Venezuela, 1 May 2008. Today, the Bolivian government of Evo Morales Ayma formally nationalized four oil companies: Transredes (Shell), Andina (Rapsol), Chaco (BP) and CLHB (British Ashmore...
Duran Duran Teams With Mark Ronson For Concert
Über-producer du jour, Mark Ronson, best known for his work with Amy Winehouse and Lily Allen, will now turn his remixing and mixing talents to a live concert with Duran Duran in Paris this summer.And, after that,...
US conducts missile strike on Somali militants
An al-Qaeda compound in the Somali town of Dusamareb was bombed in an pre-dawn missile attack."A spokesman said the target of the attack in the town of Dusamareb was an al-Qaeda leader, but would not name him or say...
