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 [...]

Insecurity haunts Nato-Russia ties

Posted by Matt in May 5th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Coincidence, Georgia, Insecurity, NATO, Nato Russia, Scandal, Tensions, Ties

Hopes that relations between Nato and Russia might be heading for a period of stability have been dashed by the coincidence of an old-fashioned spying scandal and new tensions over Georgia.
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Russia’s Allies Should Not Help Vladimir Putin

Posted by Matt in February 9th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Economy, Russia, Allies, Bad Business, Ceos, Downfall, Dresden, Economic Climate, Garry Kasparov, Global Downturn, Human Rights Lawyer, Kgb Agent, Knees, Medal Of Honor, Moral Values, Murderers, Opera Ball, Press Freedom, Regime, Russian Journalists, Scandal, Vladimir Putin

Allowing Putin’s regime to fall would help not only the Russian people but also the world’s poisoned economic climate. The downfall of a regime that has trampled on moral values for a decade would signal change. By Garry Kasparov more…

Bad Business: Global CEOs Pessimistic for 2009
Risking All for Press Freedom: Russian Journalists Put Their Lives [...]

Gold Scandal – Switzerland

Posted by Matt in July 19th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Crime, Authorities, Disguise, empire, Famous Mobsters, Gold, Investigations, Mafia, Metalor, Money, Odd, Recipient, Scandal, South Africa, Subsidiary, Swiss Bank Accounts, Swiss Law, Switzerland, Ubs

The Mafia are ingeniously silver-plating their glimmering stash of South Africa’s stolen gold. The disguise has allowed them to launder money in Swiss bank accounts. Investigations finger top Swiss Bank — UBS, and its subsidiary Metalor, who is the proven recipient of the ‘odd gold’. So shouldn’t Metalor have informed the authorities? Technically they’ve so [...]

Double, oil and trouble

Posted by Matt in May 23rd, 2008 | no comment

Published in Oil, American Oil, Brazil, Cambridge Associates, Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Double Trouble, Economist, Economy, Energy Information Administration, Energy Research, International Energy Agency, Libya Oil, Oil Inventories, Oil Minister, Oil Price, Paris, Price Of Grain, Price Of Oil, Scandal, Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Joe Liberman, Shokri Ghanem, Speculators, Unexpected Fall, Viewswire

THE price of oil may soon hit $200 a barrel—or so, at any rate, believes Shokri Ghanem, Libya’s oil minister. A few years ago such a prediction would have seemed absurd. But the price has doubled in the past year and has risen by 40% this year alone. It touched yet another record, of over [...]

DUTCH ANTI-KORAN VIDEO RELEASED – Wilders Sparks Political Protest

Posted by Matt in March 27th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Europe, Islam, Allah, Amsterdam, Cartoon Of The Prophet, Cartoon Of The Prophet Muhammad, Collage, Cue, Danish Cartoon, Danish Cartoonist, Dark Visions, Distorted Images, Geert Wilders, Ian Buruma, Islam, koran, Missionary, Muslims, Pamphlet, Political Protest, Politics, Scandal

“Allah is happy when non-muslims get killed”Â
It is a pamphlet, a makeshift collage of horrific and distorted images of Islam. Dutch right-wing populist Geert Wilders has published his feared video critical of the Koran on the Internet. It has already been met with criticism, while a Danish cartoonist objects to the use of his now-famous [...]