What does The City of Stockton and Lindsay Lohan have in common? Anytime they’re in the press, its bad press. For Stockton, that means someone was robbed, or murdered. Good news is in short supply in this city of three hundred thousand. Last Sunday my friends and I toured the city. […]
Silvio Berlusconi: Battered, bruised, aging, under siege, and still kicking. When I tell my fellow university students I’m Italian, I almost always get two questions: “Can you teach me how to cook pasta properly?” and “How come you Italians still vote for Berlusconi?” I’ll try to answer the second question here, though it’s far from […]
When a large company acquires a smaller company , the smaller company often suffers. American Motors Corporation was the smallest manufacturer in the US. Chrysler bought AMC in 1987. Chrysler wanted Jeep. Specifically the new Jeep Grand Cherokee that was in development. Chrysler rebadged the AMC cars into its new Eagle Division. While the Jeep division was thriving, in 1999 Chrysler closed Eagle. There […]
As the financial crisis in Europe continues to put pressure on job-seekers, thousands of Greeks, Spaniards and Portuguese are coming to Germany – to escape economic problems in their native countries. In Frankfurt, young Spanish academics apply for jobs at the Spanish language institute Instituto Cervantes. And at an association for Greek academics, founder Gregorius […]
Unlike Europe, America has never really embraced small cars. In the midwest large cars rule, in the south its the pickup. God help you if your driving a Smart Car on the Interstates . In America, people buy small cars because: A. They live in urban areas where space is limited. B. Because they are economical. C. […]
Introduced in 1990 the Mazda Miata was an instant hit. It was a spot on interpretation of the 1960 British Roadsters and unlike the British cars it was reliable. The small convertible has received worldwide acclaim. There are thousands of Miata Clubs worldwide. Unfortunately its days are numbered. The Mazda isn’t selling very many of the cars and being a […]
Although I have lost quite a bit of weight I still have a long way to go. So I am back at the gym. Last year I joined a discount Gym in Natomas 8 miles away. This price was good and the facilities was well equipped but there are no showers, which meant if I […]
UPDATE, TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Megabus is coming to California, with the first Purple Double Decker buses rolling out of Sacramento Dec 12 from Old Sacramento (1020 Front Street ) to San Francisco and Sparks( Reno area) Nevada. There will be 4 buses a day to San Francisco and 2 to Sparks. The parent company […]
Oil boom jobs have spillover effect in N.D. FARGO — Employment in the heart of North Dakota’s Oil Patch has soared by about 50 percent over the past three years. Workers have been streaming to the oil fields and associated job sites, lured by an average annual wage of $89,730, more than double the […]
The optimist will tell you that Russia is no longer a petrostate. Incremental growth is now coming from the consumer sectors, while there is less contribution from the oil-and-gas sector. While the budget clearly does depend on the volume of oil and gas revenues to balance, changes by the Central Bank and the Finance Ministry since the 2008 crisis mean the economy can still grow about 3 percent […]
May 21, 2013
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