Tag: falling
Celebrating 10 years of the euro?
"When the euro was launched there were plenty of people who thought it would crash and burn.Ten years on, its role as a global currency is secure, even if it hasn't achieved everything its founders hoped.Wednesday is...
Diarrhea harasses 20 provinces, Vibrio cholerae b...
"By April 22, there were 20 provinces and cities that had reported acute diarrhea, numbering 2,490 patients, including 377 positive for the Vibrio cholerae bacterium. Dr. Nga announced that HCM City, the central...
US jobs data ease economy fears
latest US Job figure have quelled the fear of recession and analysts are not predicting a recession any more. job figures have shown less job cut than expected thus signaling an improved economy." US job figures have surprised Wall Street, falling less than expected and...
US crackdown slowsdown Mexican migrants
"The sandy streets of Sasabe are empty. Migrant smugglers have to hunt for business at border-town shelters. Deported migrants give up after one try, taking their government up on free bus rides home. A U.S....
Popular Giant Panda Ling Ling Dead
"The famous chinese panda, Ling Ling, has died at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo today. The official cause of death was heart failure. In terms of panda years, he lived a long life. Although he was 22 years old by our time...
U.S. Foreclosure Filings Double in First Quarter,...
More bad news for the US subprime crisis. It may not be a total shock that the number of US home forclosures increased in the first quarter, but the number is truly staggering."U.S. foreclosure filings more thandoubled in the first quarter as payments rose for...
Incest and Imprisonment: Daugher Freed after Year...
A woman's admission to an Austrian hospital has uncovered a startling story of incest and imprisonment."The alleged crimes came to light after the teenager, named as Kerstin F, was dropped off at the Amstetten...
Sorry Al, But Indeed An Ice Age Cometh
Opinion: After looking past the global warming rhetoric, and the clamour to clamp down on carbon dioxide, at the hard long-term temperature data going back hundreds of thousands and millions of years, the numbers...
Iceland best place to live, Africa worst, says UN
None of these rankings are too shocking I reckon. Yay Canada for being in the top five!"BRASILIA (Reuters) - Iceland has overtaken Norway as the world's most desirable country to live in, according to an annual...
US mortgage crisis may cost $945 billion worldwid...
It looks like Nouriel Roubindi was right about 1 billion being the new size 6."WASHINGTON (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday the worldwide losses stemming from the US subprime mortgage crisis could...
Big chunk of Antarctic ice shelf falling apart
"A section of Antarctica's massive Wilkins Ice Shelf has begun disintegrating under the effects of global warming, satellite images by the University of Colorado's National Snow and Ice Data Center showed.
The collapse of a substantial section of the ice shelf was triggered...
Storm nearly claims life of Londoner
This CCTV footage - apparently of a man just avoiding being hit by a tree blown down in Monday's storms
Power cut as severe storm batters Britain
It's raining cats and dogs out there!" Winds of more than 80mph are battering parts of the UK, as what forecasters have called an "exceptional" storm sweeps through the British Isles. Traffic chaos: Read the latest...
Taylor Wimpey loses £19.5m in US housing crisis
Taylor Wimpey, the UK's second largest housebuilder, has revealed a £19.5m loss after its US business took a hammering from falling land values and house prices.
Fed chief suggests writing-down principal instead...
Today the Fed Chairman offered a novel approach to resolving the credit crisis in the mortgage sector:
"Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke called Tuesday for additional action to prevent more distressed...
