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June 05, 2007 |
Is free-trade crushing U.S. manufacturers?
CNNMoney
Not everyone believes in the new manufacturing renaissance. Laurie Schmald Moncrieff, owner of Schmald Tool & Die in Burton, Mich. (schmald.com), has already invested in the latest machining and quality-control equipment. But her sales dropped from $4.5 million in 2005 to $3.5 million last year. |
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June 05, 2007 |
Stephen Harper's Canada
Miscellaneous
Before becoming prime minister, Stephen Harper dismissed Canada as a Second World country, with a socialist welfare state that he abominated. Famously, he advised his fellow Albertans to construct a firewall around their province to protect themselves from the contaminating winds that blew from Ottawa and Central Canada. |
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June 04, 2007 |
Vermont seeking to sececede from U.S.?
Boston Globe
At Riverwalk Records, the all-vinyl record store just down the street from the state Capitol, the black "US Out of Vt.!" T-shirts are among the hottest sellers. |
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June 04, 2007 |
The G8 Meltdown
UPI
This week's Group of Eight summit in Germany may be the last, or almost the last of its kind. When this process began in the mid-1970s, the five founding members of the United States, Japan, Germany, France and Britain were without question the world's richest and most important industrial democracies. |
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June 04, 2007 |
Fear-mongers blocking closer Canada-U.S. ties
CNews (Ca)
Fear-mongers are partly to blame for blocking closer economic and social co-operation between Canada and the United States, says a prominent American academic. |
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June 03, 2007 |
Fortress Security for G-8 Meeting
Washington Times
Heiligendamm, a tiny Baltic Sea resort town in what was once East Germany, has been turned into a fortress. |
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May 31, 2007 |
President Bush has torn the conservative coalition asunder
Wall Street Journal
Peggy Noonan: What political conservatives and on-the-ground Republicans must understand at this point is that they are not breaking with the White House on immigration. They are not resisting, fighting and thereby setting down a historical marker--"At this point the break became final." |
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May 31, 2007 |
'High priests of globalization' in Istanbul
Turkish Daily News
Some call it "the multinational government", some call it the "elite club which shapes world policies" while others say it essentially "fixes" the world's fate. It literally breeds conspiracy theories all around the world with its secrecy, while participants say it is only a private gathering that should be respected. |
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May 31, 2007 |
India's CEO's are world’s most stressed
India Times
NEW DELHI: Indian business leaders are among the world’s most stressed employees as they put in more working hours (around 57 hours per week), in a bid to remain competitive in a globalised and technologically advanced world, according to a new survey. |
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May 31, 2007 |
NAFTA superhighway lobbying moves north
Worldnet Daily
The lobbying for NAFTA superhighway projects is moving north, but supporters of the mega-transportation corridors aren't finding an enthusiastic team of supporters in Minnesota, according to a report by WND columnist Jerome Corsi. |
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