" The US economy grew at an annual pace of 3.5% between July and September, its first expansion in more than a year. The growth was helped by a substantial government spending plan, including a scrappage scheme to...
opinion by Babel-Fish | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 133 views | 4 recommendations | 3 comments
There's a lot of questions being raised about the future of using so-called public-private partnerships to provide major infrastructure projects like the Port Mann Bridge and Highway 1 expansion. Just yesterday,...
created by mike_yvr | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 381 views | 12 recommendations | 4 comments
Three climate change activists from Plane Stupid against the Heathrow expansion project, carried out a night-time attack on the Department of Transport in London as they hurled bricks through the window and threw...
created by Amy Judd | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 110 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
The environmental activist group Greenpeace has teamed up with actress Emma Thompson and British millionaire Zav Goldsmith to buy a plot of land on the site of the planned third runway at Heathrow Airport. The...
created by Dave Keating | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 154 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"London National Climate Change March Almost 4000 marchers, along with several hundred cyclists, demonstrated in London on Saturday 6 December, marching from Grosvenor Square along Piccadilly, past...
created by peter marshall | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 218 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
The deep depression in the Bay of Bengal has created a cyclonic storm and roar into the West Bengal-Bangladesh coast by Monday afternoon. The tropical storm with winds of up to 80 kph (50 mph) lashed southern Bangladesh early on Monday, damaging thousands of...
A feisty line up of young volunteers pick on topical news stories and get stuck in. This month’s round up includes Bono’s latest bed net for Africans campaign and a challenge to those who thinks inoculating...
created by worldwrite | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 127 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
According to the latest Capitol Hill estimates, the US government will run a near-record deficit of $407 billion this year. However the actual figure is likely to be much larger than this, because it is not taking into account the recent bailout of the nation's two biggest...
created by Dave Keating | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 156 views | 4 recommendations | 2 comments
Keeping on top of all the goings on is a tough job. Just wanting to bring this to the attention of all the those curious about the developments global media."Rupert Murdoch's News Corp plans to invest $100m...
created by jessica.lam | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 219 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
"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...
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...
created by JeffHuang | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 485 views | 4 recommendations | 3 comments
On the face of it this just seems like a very, very dumb idea. Don't these people read the papers (or even trade mags for Christ's sake)? Even Hellman's has figured out that food security is one of the fastest growing concerns people have. I thought BC was...
created by mtippett | 3 years ago 483 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
" The move is being fuelled by the UK's looming energy crisis. Within five years, many of the existing nuclear and coal power stations will be shut - leaving a gaping hole at the heart of the national grid....
created by SOLARLIFE | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 298 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
The coalition government led by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) is going to expand the federal cabinet in the first week of next month, reliable sources disclosed here Wednesday. "Some parliamentarians belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) will be inducted in the...
"The Harbor Freeway Interchange is the largest and tallest freeway interchange in Southern California. This massive 5-stack interchange connects the Century Freeway (I-105) with the Harbor Freeway (I-110). Nestled...
created by Edmund Jenks | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 646 views | 2 recommendations | 3 comments