Posted on 13 February 2012
Over the next five years, General Electric Company is planning on hiring five thousand veterans. In addition, they are going to invest five hundred eighty million dollars to expand their aviation business according to an announced that was made today, February 13th. This announcement came as part of a four day event in Washington, D.C. [...]
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Posted on 09 February 2012
Soon the sales of plastic water bottles will be banned in the Grand Canyon because all the empty plastic bottles that people are leaving behind in the par are spoiling the views of the natural wonder. A plan has been approved to eliminate the sale of bottled water within the next thirty days. To offset [...]
Tags: no more water bottles in Grand Canyon, Water bottle ban in Grand Canyon, water bottles in Grand Canyon
Posted on 26 January 2012
LOS ANGELES—Since NFL 2011 season kickoff last September, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and import specialists assigned to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) cargo operations have seized 304 parcels containing a total 10,710 counterfeit NFL jerseys. The combined estimated manufacturer’s suggested retail price of these seizures is $847,000. CBP officers discovered the infringing parcels [...]
Tags: Fake NFL jersey, Fake NFL jersey bust at LAX, Replica NFL Jersey's
Posted on 22 January 2012
It seems that every time you pass a gas station the price of gas has gone up, even if you jut passed it an hour ago. At this time, retail gas prices are at the highest ever for this time period. They should not be because there is declining demand and ample supply. The reason [...]
Posted on 18 January 2012
No, the electronic stores in Vancouver, British Columbia did not intentionally sell their customers fake iPads2. In fact, the stores are just as much a victim as their customers. At this time there have been reports of ten fake iPads2 sold. These fake iPads2 were made from slabs of modeling clay. Two stores, Future Shop [...]
Tags: fake clay iPad 2's, Fake iPad 2's sold by Best Buy, Fake iPad 2's sold by Future Shop, iPad 2 made of clay
Posted on 17 January 2012
CNBC is reporting that down and out Canadian phone maker Research In Motion (RIMM) could announce a deal to sell the company at around $25 per share. There is no statement acknowledging the deal by RIMM, however it is rumored to involve Android phone maker Samsung. Message boards, like Yahoo Finance are abuzz over the [...]
Tags: Potential RIMM buyout by Samsung, RIMM Buyout, Samsung RIMM Deal?, Samsung to Buy Rimm for $25 per share
Posted on 16 January 2012
Three of the top social networking websites in the world are facing lawsuits in India. The Indian prosecutors sued Google, Yahoo, Facebook and other networking sites for their failure to remove some material that are reportedly insulting Indian leaders and other religious figures in the said Asian country. The prosecutors charged the three social networking [...]
Tags: Facebook lawsuit in India, Google lawsuit in India, Yahoo Lawsuit in India
Posted on 16 January 2012
The numbers of people in China who use the internet has reached five hundred thirteen million users as many go online using tablet computers and their mobile phones. In China, the communist government tries to block internet access for the people to any material that they feel are subversive or pornographic. The government does encourage [...]
Tags: China Internet users hits 513 Million, Number of Chinese internet users
Posted on 12 January 2012
Who says Facebook is merely for fun and socialization? A family in the Philippines are now in a jovial mood, after a 21-year-old girl who went missing last January 7 has finally been found with the help of Facebook. According to reports, a Noel Lagman sought the help of Facebook users to help him find [...]
Tags: Facebook helps find missing girl, Facebook users help recover missing girl
Posted on 12 January 2012
Plimus, the California based payments processor has apparently shut down hundreds, or possibly thousands, of vendors and their affilates, with less than 24 hours notice. Plimus apparently showed a complete lack of concern for their customers, and questionable business ethics and morals to boot, after suspending payment to these affected vendors and affiliates, for up [...]
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