Web 2.0: Mirror, Mirror On the Web

A good read in the face of endless threads of Britney's crotch, emerging  cheerleading for Second Life, and fleeting celebrity.  While Web2.0 can talk a good game, the real question is somewhere in-between community intention and social responsibility. "There is a...

Unemployment Breeds Terrorism

"The reason for the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and its allies across the Middle East, including those with divergent ideologies such as Hamas, Hizbollah, Al Quadia, the insurrgents in Iraq, etc. is simple and as obvious as the nose on your face; it has to do with...

German Krankheit: New Year's Resolution - Lie Statistically and Shoot Them Down

2007 in Germany begins like the old year ended: It's a wonderland of fear and make believe. Part three in the series on the German disease (Krankheit) has some new year's observations and tells the story about a...

Germany: Social Democrat Party Chairman Kurt Beck Draws Criticism Amongst Con...

The Chairman of the German SPD social democrat party, Kurt Beck, has drawn strong criticism amongst remarks delivered by him in a public appearance on Wednesday. At a Christmas-market, Beck told an unemployed person who protested the social democrat/centre right grand...

Globalization Sucks

"The Americans and French have more in common than they think. Job worries damp public support for globalisation Public support for economic globalisation is rising on both sides of the Atlantic but US and French voters are worried that freer trade costs jobs, according to...

Holiday Season Brings Surge in Jobless Claims

"The number of U.S. workers applying for jobless benefits climbed to their highest level in over a year, according to the Labor Department report released November 29. "

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"FORTAN:(Formula Translator) A high level programming language used mainly to solve scientific and engineering problems G-77: The Group of 77 (G-77) was established in 1964 by seventy-seven developing countries signatories of the "Joint Declaration of the Seventy-Seven...

White House lowers economic projections

"WASHINGTON - The White House on Tuesday lowered its forecast for economic growth this year and into 2008, reflecting the drag from the housing slump. Even with the downgrade, though, the Bush administration is predicting that the unemployment rate will turn out to be...

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Chances of Fed rate cut appear slimmer now

With year-end approaching soon, Americans who have been holding back their spending on Manolo Blahnik shoes or Tag Heuer watches could have more confidence in spending now as it seems that the US economy is holding up quite well - not landing too hard - in the face of a...

US dollar gets boost from lowest jobless rate in 5.5 years

A drop in the unemployment rate to its lowest level in 5 and 1/2 years, coupled with the large upward revision to September job gains, imparts a positive spin to the employment situation.October payrolls are up by 92K, less than the 125K gain expected by the market. But that...

POLITICAL POLL: Who's the most crazy?

Left-Wingers or Right-Wingers?

Atlantic Canada Employment Strategy

"Like the Liberals before them the Harpocrites are using the same old employment strategy for Atlantic Canada....Military ads target Atlantic Canadians "

US Housing Market Crash

When will the tsunami of foreclosures hit?National foreclosures up 24% What will it mean for Canada. Well for one thing its going to kick the crap out of Softwood lumber exports. Leaving those who take Harpers deal wth cash in hand but no market to export to. All those jobs...

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