China detains 22 suspects over melamine mixing

" Police in the Chinese province at the centre of a scandal over tainted milk powder have detained 22 people suspected of involvement in introducing the chemical melamine into the supply chain, state media said on Tuesday. Thousands of children have been hospitalised with...

PETA Urges Ben & Jerry's To Use Human Milk

"WATERBURY, Vt. -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, cofounders of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., urging them to replace cow's milk they use in their ice cream products with human breast milk, according to a...

Will Mega Food Parks work in India ?

"The food processing industry is one of the largest in the country and is ranked fifth. Facts and figures show that India is the third largest producer of food, largest milk producer and largest livestock holder in the world. India, the world’s second largest fruit and...

Gotta have cash !

" I always enjoy reading stories that stress about the importance of having an emergency fund. Here's one from Vanguard."With so much publicity about saving for long-term financial objectives—such as retirement, purchasing a home, or investing for a child's...

The Bush administration fails to stop al-Qaida in Pakistan - By Arthur Delan...

" The New York Times leads with a big story on the growth of al-Qaida in Pakistan and the Bush administration's waffling over plans to give commandos greater latitude to operate in the country's tribal areas. The Washington Post leads locally with the surprise death of a...

Is your wage increasing as rapidly as the dollar is declining?

the US Dollar has lost nearly 60% of it's purchasing power in just the past 4 years, how much has your purchasing power gone up since 2003?Try it out, just do a little math.If you had a salary of lets say $30,000 in 2003, thats worth...$12,000...

Miley-Mania Puts Heat On Ticket Brokers

I think this is a grat move, the ticket brokers that profit thousands off of tickets is out of hand. If the price of a ticket sais $100 , that is how much everyone should have the right to buy it for."Miley-Mania Puts Heat On Ticket Brokers Rep. Dan Gelber To Crackdown On...

Chavez calls time on whisky boom

"Venezuelans are to face a limit on the amount of luxury goods they can import, says President Hugo Chavez. He singled out the high consumption of whisky as an example of the way consumerism was harming society. In 2006, Venezuelans drank 106m bottles of Scotch whisky -...

Consuming Australia: the high price of our spending

"Consuming Australia: the high price of our spending Date: 8-Jul-2007 People living in Australia's wealthiest inner-city suburbs are responsible for more than double the amount of greenhouse pollution than households in less affluent areas, because of their high levels of...

Passport rush is on as U.S. deadline nears

"Beginning Tuesday, Canadians won't be able to fly south of the border without a valid passport under a new U.S. rule that has travellers flocking to passport offices in record numbers. "I'm a little teed off," said Claudette Bergeron, who was waiting at a Toronto passport...