Alot of people from Europe, particularly in Belgium were very anxious with the new austerity moves that the European Union government is implementing. The citizens fear that this will slowly worsen the economy of the country. Thousands of people from Brussels, nay, tens of thousands had a strike march along the streets of Brussels to show their protest against such a move by the government.
Aside from slowing the economic recovery, the citizens fear that this will also be a punishment to the poor. This protest does not only reverberate across the Belgian capital, but 13 other cities have called for protests against the measure. For example, Spain also held a strike. Several Spanish and Warsaw Unions staged protests to go against this measure and consequent measures, including labour and pension market reforms and spending cuts.
The organizers of the rally at Brussels claimed that they were successful in bringing over 100,000 people into the rally, but the police said their official count is around 56,000, where 218 of those were arrested for minor criminal offenses. In other places the rallies are much smaller.
This is just the beginning, according to John Monks, who is the head of the European Union Trade Conference. Their ultimate goal is for the government to hear their voices; they want growth and jobs, and they are against austerity measures.
like many other companies in the world today, General Electric, one of the leading appliance companies worldwide, has shifted its attention towards making greener appliances, particularly refrigerators. Now, people who choose to buy from their company will not only be able to use green refrigerators which contribute to reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, they will also be able to enjoy the features and benefits of modern day refrigerators.
The Forbes magazine has just recently released its 2010 Forbes list of the world’s most powerful women.
The shares of Oracle have increased by as much as 7.7 percent. This happened right after they hired the former Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett Packard, Mark Hurd, to work for them. Mark Hurd resigned from HP because of a scandal he was involved in at that company. Hurd is a close friend of the chief executive officer of Oracle, Larry Ellison.
A tunnel fire caused the death of five workers inside a hydroelectric plant in Colorado. Investigations are now going under way, with the U.S. Chemical safety board planning to make a 15 minute video pertaining to the accident. Aside from that video, the board also plans to write a final report about their investigation.
According to the latest findings of scientists, considerable amount of data which was obtained may lead them to the conclusion that the moon is getting smaller and smaller. As seen in photos of the moon all across its surface, there appeared thrust faults all over the moon’s face which was not there before. These thrust faults are indications that the surface is contracting. 


