Nokia is moving more of its manufacturing to Asia, the company says, and it is laying off about 4,000 workers by year-end at three factories in Europe and Mexico. Currently, the affected factories in Komarom, Hungary; Reynosa, Mexico; and Salo, Finland, employ a total of 8,900. Nokia had said in […]
Economics
” … without economic growth ~ Portugal will have to leave the Eurozone “ [youtube]LB1RpoTXeCs[/youtube] Portugal’s three largest private banks in 2011 witnessed losses that they had never experienced before.One thousand and one million euros! Press TV’s Antonio Oliveira e Silva reports from Lisbon.
[youtube]M6VmmKrFkaY[/youtube] National Park Service police began slowly dismantling the Occupy DC encampment at McPherson Square on K Street early Saturday morning. Over the course of several hours, cops asked protesters to leave while authorities in hazmat suits combed the park and removed tents. Despite protesters insisting that the temporary structures […]
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Once booming, Nevada’s economy has tanked since last time presidential race visited. In Nevada, people could once buy homes and feed their families with money earned from free-spending tourists who flocked to Sin City for relaxed gambling and liquor laws. But things have changed dramatically in the four years since […]
I’ve gotten to the point where I cringe whenever I hear the word ‘war’. Even when it’s used to seemingly combat something noble sounding such as the war on poverty or the war on hunger. It’s become apparent that all wars cause damage no matter if it’s a figurative war […]
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[ Nolan’s last chunk of his so-far excellent trilogy looks to be quite thematically interesting ] [youtube]9R6zD8VcQTQ[/youtube]
Although most of us tend to have more “things” than we need, there is often a temptation to hang onto things well beyond their naturally depleted usefulness. A quick survey of what goes into people’s rental storage units is a fine example. Often, the goods stored in these rental units […]
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