<p>On closing Wednesday, the Dow added 1.14 percent, the NASDAQ outperformed bluechips with additons of 2.01 percent and the S&P500 made gains of 1.41 percent.</p> <p>The standout earnings posting -Ttech bellwether, Cisco Systems impacted heavily on early action with a report of 25 percent gain in Q4 profits, causing Wall Street analysts to up their […]
Lies, Lies, Lies
It touts itself as Zimbabwe’s independent news agency. But it does not even operate from Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe Online operates from South Africa. The reasons: the “general decimation of media in Zimbabwe”, the enactment of “a vicious media law which enables the government to licence media houses and journalists to do their work, the closure of […]
Global warming threatens extinct animal species
The unabated rise in global warming is seen to kill at least 1/3 of the earth’s extinct animal species. Most of those that will suffer the sad consequences were identified to be roaming the forests of the developing countries. But this will not spare those that currently thrive in the glacial region where the polar […]
Human Trafficking
Human Trafficking Trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transporting, providing or obtaining, by any means, any person for labor or services involving forced labor, slavery or servitude in any industry, such as forced or coerced participation in agriculture, prostitution, manufacturing, or other industries or in domestic service or marriage. – […]
OPEC
OPEC and High Gas prices OPEC and prices at the gas pump are hitting the headlines again. This should not surprise savvy news readers. Prices at the pump start bouncing around every year, just about the time Americans start making vacation plans. There is only one certainty when […]
Can a $100 Laptop Save the World?
It was easy to spot the most popular kid at last week’s “Open Source Meets Business” conference in Nuremberg. Between presentations, in the halls, even at the lavish evening banquets, there he’d be, flitting around in a cherry fedora, showing off the coolest toy in town, if not the world. Jan Wildeboer is a Solution […]