For the next two and a half decades, the global energy demands are expected to grow and it is highly likely that the world’s energy needs would be more than 50 percent higher in 2030 than today, the International Energy Agency said. During that time, the annual average growth rate for the global energy […]
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Magazine Scam Targets Journalism School
One of the biggest door-to-door scams is back, according to Arizona State University. Reports have come from several cities in the Phoenix area that young adults are going door to door selling magazine subscriptions to collect money for a trip to London, the University reported in an e-mail to students. The sales people for […]
Wolfowitz Leaving But Not Before He Gets His
Embattled World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz is allegedly working to secure a $400,000 bonus due to him on June 1 before he resigns his position, according to the blog The Washington Note. Let me say that again, Wolfowitz thinks he’s due a BONUS for drawing the exact kind of negative press that can cripple an […]
China’s IT industry growing faster
China’s information and communications technology is growing faster than expected, a World Bank report said in a dispatch today. According to the Bank, China has the largest telecommunications market and its IT industry has been growing two to three times faster than its GDP over the past 10 years. However, if China wants to make […]
CD Review – Corvid
Review – Corvid Self-titled EP Independent "DOCTOR’S ORDERS!" Certainly, on a different tip we’re betting Vancouver’s Corvid will raise the stakes in the one–man emcee/producer stratosphere. Lead track “Spit Venom” grabs the bull by the horns, and twists its head off. Straight hardcore Hip-Hop – very un-Vancity if I may say so. This is good. […]
Free trade puts millions of American jobs at risk
Despite its robust economy, the United States is poised to feel the labor crunch as manifested by the recent job cuts imposed by big corporations just to keep their sagging operations afloat in keeping with their remaining resources. Independent economists have predicted that the problem will be exacerbated further by the emergence of globalization which […]