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Online gaming leaving UK shores

Ladbrokes have added their name to the list of companies taking their online gambling operations overseas and thus depriving the UK treasury of millions of pounds in taxes.A terse statement from their chairman...

Playground weed killer suffocates human cells

Scientists say the are "astonished" by new information showing human cell-death  from ''inert" properties in the top-selling weed killer in the U.S., and call for...

Obama's Food Police HR 875

THE OBAMA FOOD POLICE...H.R.875 NEW BILL BEING PASSED!!!IS THIS THE CHANGE YOU THOUGHT HE PROMISED?THERE ARE MANY LAWS BEING PASSED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IN THE WHITE HOUSE! ONE OF THE MOST HEINOUS IS CALLED H.R.875 PLEASE GOOGLE THIS AND LEARN FOR YOURSELF. IT IS A BILL THAT...

Doctors call for Weight Loss Industry Regulation

Governments should be regulating the diet industry, to help keep Canadians from falling prey to all the misleading claims of fad dieting, says this week's Canadian Medical Assiciation Journal.   "Although...

CRTC Set to Upgrade 911 System for Cellphone Industry

In a move that will surely have Canadians feeling a lot more safe and secure, industry regulator CRTC has announced plans to upgrade Canada's increasingly outdated 911 system for the cellphone industry. ...

$50bn Fraud Revelation. A Tip of the Iceberg Causing a Recession?

The Bernard Madoff revelation – The LARGEST EVER FRAUD [ alledged ] in ELECTRONIC TRADING costing Investors some $50 Billion and all UNDER THE EYES of the US Securities and Exchange Commission [ SEC ]. The same person whom was a former chairman of the Nasdaq Stock Market...

G20: Hail to the Location Louts

Fred Harrison's latest effort to enlighten us."The G20 leaders meeting in Washington this weekend want us to believe that they are setting a new course for the global economy. They are in fact setting up the next...

From empire to democracy by Howard Zinn

This would never happen in Australia, first, because we have a surplus, and second, because we have excellent prudential regulation, with the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority - which, to paraphrase the...

Text of Secretary of the Treasury's Bailout Plan

Here is a link to the plan offered by Bush administration Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson, supported by Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, to select members of Congress on Friday,...

Meltdown ends US superpower status: Germany

"The US banking crisis is an "earthquake" that will cost the US its role as "superpower in the world financial system", German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck said on Thursday. Making a statement on government policy to legislators in Berlin, Steinbrueck said the Group...

Why the Financial Meltdown Reflects the Fundamental Failure of the Bush-McCai...

"The financial meltdown on Wall Street is more than a cyclic correction brought on by a mismanaged business cycle. It is emblematic of a problem at the very foundation of the right wing economic philosophy that...

Jazz removes life vests to save fuel and forgets to inform passengers

I guess i don't need that life vest, the seat inflates right?"Air Canada's regional carrier Jazz has removed inflatable life vests from its planes to save weight, a spokeswoman said. The airline carries both floatation devices (seat cushions) and life vests, and the...

China tells Tibet officials to call back children from Dalai Lama schools

Amidst the peace talks with exiled tibetan leadership China has has launched a fresh set of restriction on Tibetans.  The Dalai Lama who fled to India after a failed uprising against Chinese rule in 1959 has also been accused of trying to "sabotage" the Beijing Olympic...

Fed Figures at Odds with Ohio Development Awards; Consumer Advocates Lobby fo...

BLS Monthly Mass Layoff Numbers Paint a Different Picture from “Silver Shovel Award” Honors OhioNewsBureau By John Michael Spinelli COLUMBUS, OHIO: With Ohio’s unemployment rate a full percentage point...

Recycling fee Tacked Onto Every TV or Computer Sold in Ontario

Anyone buying a computer or Television in Ontario after april 1st, 2009 will be paying more after a recycling levy goes into effect. It's not an April Fools joke, it's an attempt to offset the processing costs associated with transporting and recycling used electronic goods....

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