I was living in Detroit in the 1970s when the Pontiac Silverdome was built, having moved there from California. The Silverdome was welcomed as a real shot in the arm to Detroit's economic morale as well as a fabulous athletic venue. How sad to see the facility being sold at...
The video that was 8 months in the making so far. The first Future News 2.0 show featuring Robamazilla the rampaging robotic T-Rex from outer space in the year 2020. The video is said to drag or wind...
"A study in mice has hinted at the impact that early life trauma and stress can have on genes, and how they can result in behavioural problems. Stressed mice produced hormones that "changed" their genes, affecting their behaviour throughout their lives. " This has to be a...
"Eating a diet high in processed food increases the risk of depression, research suggests.What is more, people who ate plenty of vegetables, fruit and fish actually had a lower risk of depression, the University...
In recent months the U.S. stock market has recovered much of the earlier losses from the financial crisis. What is more, GDP growth has been observed for the first time in a year. According to a survey this month...
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There is a World outside your countries borders and since the last world War USA had that world mostly on a lead, through your money power and drive. However your main Achilles heel is corruption and greed that...
I put 10 gallons of gas in my pickup the other day. It cost me about $2.50 more than it did the week before.Not a large amount. But take that amount times the nearly 200 million drivers in the United States, and...
In an apparent contradiction of the Obama administration prediction's, job losses are continuing their long downhill slide. Earlier this year, the administration released numbers showing projected job gains, by...
Look I am not an economist but just someone that observes the market place and knows a bit about charts and things.. Many years ago when I wore my accountant’s hat I wrote a software program to keep control...
Columnist Clifford Bryan talks about unemployment rates and the unemployed on Labor Day . "The Barack Obama administration stimulus package saved us from a depression and stopped a recession . The one question people are asking , where are the jobs? With unemployment rates at...
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If 18-year Real Estate Boom-Bust cycles are measured 14 years to the top (August 2007) 2 years to the edge, and 2 years to the final bust, this one is obviously not over yet. "Skip the Happy Talk This...
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Theoretically, yes. Hyperinflation is a scary thought. Technical definitions vary, but while it could be argued that mild inflation can be a sign of a growing economy, hyperinflation is certainly never a good...
" If you thought last week’s job numbers were bad, take a look at the latest from Morgan Stanley’s chief economist, Richard Berner. In a research note that’s been making the rounds of economics blogs this...
Because of the cost in the United States of the medical care I need, and the medicines, I have discovered that I simply cannot afford to come back to the country of my birth. Fortunately, Brazil has a lot to offer, including free medical care and medicines.Every two...
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June 20, 2009 - by Sara Star, NS Canada Passing the bar exam should have been one of the happiest days of her life, but that would not be the case for Diane. Instead she found herself at her son’s snowy grave...