Earth's environmental crisis - a man made disaster Merinews UNTIMELY RAIN and floods in Australia, heavy snow in USA especially in Washington D.C and other eastern parts of the country are only a few indications of the environmental crisis our planet is facing. Some air pollutants have reduced the capacity of the atmosphere to filter out the sun's harmful ul...
European Stocks Follow Wall Street Higher Wall Street Journal By MICHELE MAATOUK | European stocks opened higher Monday, taking their cue from a late rally on Wall Street Friday. | The U.K. FTSE 100 index rose 0.9% to 5106.10, Germany's DAX advanced 1.1% to 5491.91 and France's CAC-40 gained 1.2% to 3605.87. | Mining companies were leading gainers in London, w...
Need to know: Audi boost ... BP revolt ... M&S makeover The Times | Economics | Sterling: The pound tumbled to an 8½-month low against the dollar as investors fled to the safety of the greenback amid concern about the continuing fiscal difficulties of some eurozone countries. | UK housing market: Activity sl...
BSkyB bows to ruling and begins departure from ITV The Times | BSkyB is not fighting a court ruling that it cut its stake in ITV from 17.9 per cent to below 7.5 per cent. The satellite broadcaster, which is 39.1 per cent-owned by News Corporation, parent company of The Times, asked Morgan Stanley to sell about...
St Modwen stranded in land of the lost The Times | St Modwen, the mid-cap property developer, makes much of its long-term returns - whether profits, dividends, or capital growth. | But its short-term returns leave a lot to be desired. The dividend has gone - part of the same self-preservation strat...
Enough of demographic terrorism: Let's talk Inquirer | Picking up on the article of Fr. Gregory Gaston ('Population trends: lessons for RP,' Inquirer, 1/3/10) Rosie Brillantes-Luistro ('Population bomb theory defused,' Inquirer, 1/23/10) warns against measures to reduce population growth. She speaks of...
Poor Eritreans increasingly joining gold rush The Guardian * High gold price encourages villagers to mine * Some artisanal miners use mercury to extract gold By Jeremy Clarke ASMARA, Feb 4 (Reuters) - More than a dozen foreign mining firms...
Bernanke who? Asia Times | By Julian Delasantellis | The cliche expressing the experience of being "the canary in the coal mine" may be famous, but that doesn't mean it's all glory and accolade for the poo...
Barack Obama and Biden discuss energy with Governors today The Examiner | President Barack Obama and Vice President Biden will talk energy with Governors today. AP If you like this ... Barack Obama clean energy package United States-China U.S.-India Gr...
Appalachia Gas Drilling Infects Drinking Water, Kills Fish Huffington Post | HARRISBURG, Pa. — A drilling technique that is beginning to unlock staggering quantities of natural gas underneath Appalachia also yields a troubling byproduct: powerfully ...
Chinese factor behind up and down of gold Metals Place | Currently, the metal markets are correcting as most pundits are calling for a bubble collapse in all commodities. The prices of metals both precious and base moved up rapidly throughout 2009 resulting in rapid gains. | The market needed a healthy c...
Debate on nationalising the mines in South Africa Metals Place | A storm erupted in policy circles in South Africa after Julius Malema the leader of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) boldly proclaimed the need for the mining industry in South Africa to be nationalized. The demand was predicated ...
Value-added production and diversification hold keys for growth in Western Canada Metals Place | With $216 billion in resource-based projects under construction or planned, Alberta has become the leading location in the Western Hemisphere for energy development. | The only question now is: Can Alberta and Western Canada show the world that the...
Watchdog dismisses AEC Electronics complaint Business Report | Submit your comment | The Competition Tribunal dismissed an action brought by AEC Electronics (AECE) against the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME). | The dismissal was on the grounds that the tribunal had no jurisdiction to hear the ma...
