"The national foreclosure crisis did not only result in large inventories of repossessed properties for sale in the market and declining home prices. It also gave rise to a growing number of homeowners who are...
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Imagine if you were living on a First Nations reserve with 50, 60, 70% unemployment and and faced with this.Exactly."A dying way of lifeNew Canada-U.S. treaty and declining salmon stocks could spell the end of...
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" (ABC News, "20/20")More Photos The Justice Department is declining to talk to concerned lawmakers about its handling of rape and sexual assault cases involving American women in Iraq, making several of them...
"Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg used to bristle about how Apple was crowned a wireless success without earning the title. But with Apple announcing it sold 1 million 3G iPhone in just three days, the AT&T/Apple...
"Peter Viles LA Times Wednesday, July 2, 2008 A financial analyst fresh from a tour of construction sites in the Inland Empire is warning Wall Street of a “ghost town” where finished homes sit vacant and additional homes are still under construction. “At several...
I am quite surprised by this. Just yesterday while I was driving back from dinner, I saw two starbucks that I have not noticed before. In Vancouver it seems like Starbucks is more prevalent than ever, but I guess...
Ahhh, the Brits. Merchants are still dunning for a family debt from 1651 and Prince Charles made good the debt. Something solid there, in those connections to a past not dumped in the dustbin." Prince Charles has...
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In a world where Cultural Traditions and Rituals are sacred and protected. The First Nations are taking steps to forego a tradition for the time being to ensure Cultural traditions continue for...
I guess the adage when in Rome...................... holds true for Quebec in saving their culture, and protecting the French language, though assimilation into French society certainly seems to be their...
It's no surprise when a story like this comes to light. But it's always aggravating to be reminded how knee-jerk American culture has become when confronted with ideas outside the dubious 'norm.'I urge people to follow the link and check out the book in the story--Parenting...
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Faced with a declining birth rate and a rapidly aging population, Japan's toy makers have had to learn life's most sobering lesson: everyone must grow up.
The industry that put "Transformer" robots into toy chests around the world and made "Tamagotchi"...
"DEARBORN, Michigan Ford Motor said Friday that it would cut fourth- quarter production by 21 percent, its steepest cut in more than two decades. The company blamed declining sales of pickup trucks and an unexpected spike in gasoline prices this year for the cuts.
In...
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