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 [...]

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 [...]

The Forbes magazine has just recently released its 2010 Forbes list of the world’s most powerful women. The list ranked Michelle Obama as number 1 replacing German chancellor Angela Merkel as the most powerful woman in the world. She also surpassed everybody’s favorite Lady Gaga on 7th place. This year’s list of Forbes world’s most [...]

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 [...]

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. This [...]

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 [...]

A malt whisky that was discovered under the hut of Sir Ernest Shackleton during his expedition to the Antarctic for the year 1907, has now been recovered and will be replicated by distillers from Scotland. 11 bottles have been recovered from the Mackinlay’s scotch crate which was seen beneath the floor of the hut. The [...]

India has warned other companies, such as Google and Skype, to allow the government to access their encrypted communication transfer for national security. The problem is that with encrypted means of communication, these companies’ products can be used by militants and terrorists for communication, setting up plans to attack the safety of the nation. One [...]

Vladimir Putin, the Prime Minister of Russia, said that the Russian government will ban grain exports for until around December 31, 2010. This is a move which was decided with his cabinet at a recent government meeting, and this was spearheaded because of a drought that was one of the worse to hit Russia in [...]

An export ban covering a period of more than four months shall be imposed by Russia.  Hitting the ban starting August 15, Sunday, will be grain and and other crop produce.  Russia takes on this course of action as the drought has caused a major effect on the crops the country makes. How big is [...]