Ebola in The USA
The Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa continues to make the headlines. Official figures from the World Health Organization currently put the number of infections at just under 14,000, with almost...
View Article2016 Presidential Candidates
November 2016 seems like a long time off, but presidential election campaigns take a long time these days and interest is already building in who’ll be running for the White House this time round. At...
View ArticleBlack Friday 2014
It’s now less than two weeks to Thanksgiving and, right after that, Black Friday. With the current lack of confidence in the economic recovery many financial commentators and most of the media are...
View ArticleChina Rate Cut
Despite continued doubts about underlying employment figures the US economy is looking fairly healthy at the moment and seems to be recovering from the financial crisis, but many analysts are worried...
View ArticleNew Debt Danger
Earlier this year it looked as if we’d got past the worst of the 2008 debt crisis, but recently fears have been rising again. The main driver has been the issues in the Eurozone, where a version of...
View ArticleFerguson Protests
When the world looked at US news last week the coverage was dominated by events in Missouri. For the second time this year the press flooded the airwaves with scenes of chaos and destruction in...
View ArticleSame Sex Marriage
Concerned citizens and ministers gathered again at Alabama’s state capitol last week, expressing their opposition to same-sex marriage and asking the governor to resist any attempts by activist judges...
View ArticleOil Price Crash
If there’s one resource that makes the modern world go round it’s oil. Pick a major financial crisis or military conflict of the past 60 years and there’s a pretty good chance oil was involved in it...
View ArticleMore News From Israel
It’s not been an easy year for Israel, the USA’s closest ally in the Middle East; constant attacks from the terrorist organization Hamas, as well as the ongoing threat of Iran’s nuclear weapons...
View ArticleCold Winter For Plants On the East Coast
Winter of 2015 is proving to be an especially difficult season for growers of trees and shrubs on the east coast. A chilling winter with below average temperatures means it could be a light spring for...
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