2006 Retail Sector; Is The Industry Taking on Water?

Retail sales were projected just before the first week of January 2006 to experience modest growth throughout 2006. Some analysts predicted as high as 4.7 to 5%, but now some are re-adjusting their figures.

World Agriculture Must Become More Sustainable

It is a fact that some geographic regions that used to have fertile soil have become deserts due to inefficient agricultural practices that are common in the world today. Therefore, the fact of food overproduction at present will not seem so exciting if the future generations starve to death not having enough supplies to feed the ever-growing population.

Economics and the Hershey Bar

Have you ever wondered why the price of a No. 2 wooden pencil has not risen as much in price, since 1955, as the delicious Hershey bar? There is a reason this, and it is a galling experience to discover and understand the economic process that has caused rabid inflation to occur and proliferate in the American nation.

Money is Not the Root of All Evil, But Our Money Consigns Us Straight to Hell!

If you thought your taxes went towards funding important government services, you are dead wrong! A new understanding of the world banking system reveals the very nasty purpose of taxation, which is to gift the banks a monopoly on the creation of new interest-bearing money. Once government has stolen from us through taxation, we are forced to replace that stolen liquidity with high interest-bearing debt. With this insight, increased poverty, social and economic polarization, destruction of environment, and rapidly increasing debt are seen to be unavoidable and inevitable under the present tax/banking system. We desperately need a change!

Thai - US Free Trade Agreement, Examining the Hurdles Both Countries are Facing

A long road still lies ahead for the Thai-US trade talks. But there are still a few very sensitive unsolved issues on the table that need to be resolved, as nether side wants to expose some key domestic industries to their competitors.

Examining Factors Affecting Gasoline Price Changes at the FTC

Recently with the Bio Fuel initiatives we have considered the high price of gasoline. So has our Congress and they have asked the FTC to look into it all. The Federal Trade Commission has also asked Congress for something

Americans Deserve to Make Enough to Live Well if They Work Hard

Why is it that people work so hard and often cannot pay all their bills? Why is it that it is becoming more and more difficult for families to make ends meet?

About Spain, Subtitles, Dubbing and Predicting a Change

Some potential changes are not in fact changes yet and the question is: will they ever be? As a foreigner in Spain used to read subtitles rather than listen to a voiceover – in case of foreign languages -- you would certainly hope that they will. A change from dubbing to subtitles would be a welcome one. But will this situation change?

Underfunded Federal Mandates Belie Port Security

There is no shortage of discrepancies as concerns the operations of the U.S. Coast Guard with respect to security operations.

Insourcing of Foreign Students & Engineers Top U.S. Priority

Much like all other sectors of our government as well as commercial industry, both lawmakers and CEO’s myopically concentrate on the bottom line, while the U.S. educational system is being systematically abandoned and essentially dismantled.

Mortgage Lending: Growth Eases

The British Bankers Association stated on Monday that underlying mortgage lending rose by 4.6 billion pounds in January, down from 5.3 billion pounds rise in December

Illegal Immigrant Workers

Migrant labor is an issue receiving an increasing amount of attention. It has become a matter of growing importance as a number of factors, including rapid population expansion and higher rates of urbanization, lead many people to seek better economic opportunities in other countries.

Should the US Use Organic Farming

Nowadays, organic farming is a constituent part of American agricultural system and its role becomes more and more important for people are more concerned about their health and they want to know what they eat.

An Elegy to Disaster

On 8th of October 2005 an earthquake of 7.6 magnitude jolted the Northern Areas of Pakistan and Kashmir Valley so badly that left behind loss that could not be redeemed, this article is all about that tragedy.

Transit Strikes Screw Over People and the Flows of Civilization

There have been quite a few very high-profile transit strikes in the last couple of years. We had a big one here in NYC and there was another large one in Los Angeles at the RTD. Marta also had a strike and Atlanta was out for over a week.