Nokia follows the footsteps of Apple

Nokia has opened Ovi, it's online App store, to some 50 million phone users worldwide on Tuesday. It seems as if Nokia followed the footsteps of Apple whose App store is still a huge success. "Nokia said it opened...

Connoisseur Chocolate from the South Gets a Higher Price

" Like coffee beans, cocoa beans are grown around the world and are a major commodity, highly prized in wealthy countries. West Africa accounts for 70 percent of the world's output, with the rest grown either...

Federal reserve refuses to release where your $700Bn went.

Thats right...they won't tell anyone and they're still lending your money out, 2.2Tril and counting... Reuters: "My question to you is, will you tell the American people to whom you lent $2.2 trillion of their...

B.C. is Now a "World Crime Superpower"

Barry Artiste, Op/EdYou know, I was tempted to include my No Shit Sherlock Photo into this story, but decided against it, as it is far from humorous.With Attorney General Wally Oppal, our Head Judge announcing this...

Human Consumption of Frog Legs Might Cause Frogs to Go Extinct

Humans are overindulging in frog legs according to recent research. Scinetists suspect that anywhere between 200 million to 1 billion of frog legs are consumed each year. This has detrimental effects on frog...

Australia unveils economic boost with $42 billion stimulus

The Australian government has announced a US $26.5bn economic stimulus package, targeting infrastructure and those on low incomes. The  stimulus  aid is aimed at creating more jobs as the economy...

Billion Dollar Wreck Found

The British Government have given an American salvage company permission to explore and recover artifacts including an estimated billion dollars in gold from a shipwreck found in the English Channel. The ship...

Michelle Obama Pregnant? Why The Nation Needs Her Bundle of Joy

"If the pregnancy rumors that are swirling about Michelle Obama are true, then the new presidential couple have truly hit the recession with a trifecta punch." Is this true?  It seems very unlikely.  If...

Citigroup upgrading mile-high club

What can I say?"Beleaguered Citigroup is upgrading its mile-high club with a brand-new $50 million corporate jet - only this time, it's the taxpayers who are getting screwed. Even though the bank's stock is as cheap as a gallon of gas and it's burning through a $45 billion...

Palestinians estimate Gaza damage at $1.4 billion

Palestinian officials estimate the damage from Israel's offensive in Gaza to cost about $1.4 billion at this time. According to the Palestinian Statistics Bureau, about 26,000 Gazans are living in temporary shelters, and cannot live in their homes. They also estimate that...

Rio Tinto to cut 14,000 jobs

The fire in job market is reaching Australia know. slow down in demand of almost all the commodity , and related impact on mining is forcing the Rio to fire 14000 employees.But unfortunately all effort to control...

India moves to contain Satyam fraud fallout

Fraud by top executives inlarge companies is becominga worldwide problem but we must remember most of therm are honest."The $1 billion fraud unearthed last week at a leading Indian outsourcing firm has spawned...

Obama Pledges 3 Million New Jobs, but How?

.This sounds good but thequestion becomes wherethe money will come from.If it just adds to the deficitand national debt it couldbe counter preoductive. " Obama will meet with Democratic as well as Republican...

Merry Christmas: Plant a Tree This Christmas

Why This Project Why has the Conservancy begun the Plant a Billion Trees campaign? Because our forests are on the brink. Coastal development, urban expansion, agriculture, exotic plantations, ranching and...

Obama Looking at $850 Billion Jolt to the Economy

In theory this sounds good,but he as also talking abouttax cuts.  doing both only leads toinflation and deficits.Congress should look long at this. " Anxious to jolt the economy back to life, President-elect...

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