“Having made considerable efforts in Japan, we have concluded we cannot build a sufficiently scaleable business. We have decided to sell our operations there and focus on our larger businesses in the region.”-Philip Clarke, TESCO
After eight years and 250 million pounds (U.S.$404.9 million), British retailer TESCO is quitting Japan.
The Japanese retail […] Continue Reading…
USPS announced they will default on the upcoming Federal Employees Retirement System payment (this after Congress essentially stole $75 billion from the Postal Service, supposedly to pay the FERS last year!).
Also, postal officials are now begging the U.S. Congress to approve the ending of Saturday delivery. USPS officials also want to use retirement money […] Continue Reading…
Typhoon Talas is expected to hit Japan on August 2, but its path is hard to predict because it’s not your normal hurricane.
The U.S. Navy/Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Center is saying that Talas is not a normal typhoon: “The upper-level analysis continues to reveal an unusual upper-level pattern with an upper low […] Continue Reading…
“I don’t give **** about your culture.”-comment attributed to Westchester County Park Ranger as he beat woman lying on the ground
New York media reporting that at least 15 men and women were detained by New York cops, after an amusement park banned head scarves.
Muslims went to the Westchester County amusement park to celebrate Eid […] Continue Reading…
The New York Police have constantly denied being involved with any spy programs based on a person’s ethnicity. Yet here’s more proof: The Associated Press got their hands on a document attesting to a 16 man “Demographics Unit” that investigates people with “ancestries of interest”.
The NYDP Demographics Unit didn’t limit themselves to New York, […] Continue Reading…
Scotland Yard is demanding all media outlets in London turn over video of riots.
The bobbies say it will help them arrest even more people, as if the video from the thousands of city surveillance cameras isn’t enough. Even British Prime Minister David Cameron wants the media to give in.
The bobbies are asking for all […] Continue Reading…
“…a State party can be held responsible for violations of rights under the Covenant where the violations are perpetrated by authorized agents of the State on foreign territory…”-2006 UN memo to Secretary of State Rice, concerning execution of Iraqi children
A 2006 United Nations memo to then U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, has been […] Continue Reading…
“It’s very difficult to admit to myself that I’m a fraud.”-William G. Hiller, convicted counter terrorist scamer
At least $171,415 of taxpayer money went to a man who was training federal agents and local police. William G. Hiller even claimed the movie Taken, is based on his life.
Hiller was found out after a student became […] Continue Reading…
The owners of the New York Mets baseball team are in big trouble, financially anyway. They just struck out on a much needed injection of cash from potential investor David Einhorn. To the tune of $200 million.
The Mets owners lost money when ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff was finally caught. But don’t shed a tear […] Continue Reading…
“We are positioned to bring the first 2,500 metric tons of manufacturing capacity online in the coming weeks, and we continue commissioning key systems on site.”-Scott Paul, CEO of Hoku Corporation
After years of continued promises of local hiring and construction delays, due to financial problems, Hoku claims it will finally start polysilicon production within […] Continue Reading…