Contagion in Eastern Europe: Ailing fast | The Economist

Posted by Matt in October 7th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, Bad News, Banks Europe, Blood Donor, Characterisation, Contagion, Doctors, Eastern Europe, Economist, Europe News, Fears, Foreign Banks, Intensive Care, International Lenders, Loan Books, Medicine, Outsiders, Prime Minister, Recent News

Bad news from Latvia raises fears of contagion across eastern Europe
THE patient emerges from intensive care, hurls the medicine at the doctors and bites his blood donor. That may be an unfair characterisation of the recent news from crisis-stricken Latvia, but it is pretty much how outsiders see it. The prime minister, Valdis Dombrovskis, is [...]

Did you know that Israel is a technology powerhouse?

Posted by Matt in June 6th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Israel, Ahead, Canada, China, Economic Powerhouses, Economy, England, Fate, Fox, Germany, Goliath, Impasse, Israel, Medicine, Nasdaq, Palestinians, Scandal, Silicon Valley, Silicon Valley Of The Mediterranian, Technology Powerhouse, West Bank, West Bank And Gaza

Israel has been described as the Silicon Valley of the Mediterranian.
Check out this 2008 article about Israel from Fox Business.
Israel’s Technology Creates an Investment Goliath
Israel, with fewer than 7 million people, has become a Goliath in the world of technology and medicine.
It is third only to America and Canada in the number of companies [...]

Zimbabwe on brink of collapse as outbreak of cholera spreads

Posted by Matt in November 24th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Africa, Brink Of Collapse, Cholera Outbreak, Chronic Shortage, Medicine, Outbreak Of Cholera, South Africa, South African Leaders, Statesmen, Zimbabwe

The situation in Zimbabwe may soon “implode” as a cholera outbreak spreads and basic services collapse, South African leaders and a group of international statesmen warned yesterday.
About 6,000 people have contracted cholera in recent weeks, according to the UN, and almost 300 have died. A chronic shortage of medicine has sent hundreds of people south [...]