From Reuters.com
Graphic: Dubai property
Read more on Dubai’s debt woes in the following stories.
- Who is who in Dubai corporate map
Burj Dubai has now reached its final height of 818 meters.
Wilke, Ned and Pepe are both fine. They have gone back to help out at Coconuts which didn’t fare so well.
This explicitly show one of the reasons that we cannot compete against China. They are a government subsidized country who unfairly pays their employees a low compensation compared to the excessive executive perks and salaries in the United States. Another place that they unfairly compete is because the state provides housing, transportation, health and welfare, and education for free. They also pay the factory and other employees a wage that is about 1/6th of what it is here in the US. They are using their system to out compete us and our business leaders are so gullible that they are falling for the trap very easily. Why do so many executives give lip service to competition in that they believe in it. If they did they would promptly lower their executive compensation to rival the Chinese. They would also start to buy things that are made in the USA by shopping around. There are a lot of things still made here that are competitive and where companies do not have to pay excise taxes and shipping. Don’t you think it is time that we actually started practicing competition!
How will the us get out of ~16000bln$ debt?Should they also be trialed for crimes against humanity for being the biggest exporter of weapons to keep the world at war?And what about the drugs trade both legal and illegal?What is the next step for us/eu communities as BRIC owns most of the worlds land??
Graphic: China emissions targets
An international goal to limit global warming to no more than 2 degrees Celsius appears unreachable even if China embarks on a vast effort to tame its growing greenhouse gas emissions, a Beijing think-tank has said.
How come we don’t see many of these charts before 2007? I mean like for the past 50 years?? I wonder who was the top CO2 emission country then?
Having had experience in the design of fire suppression systems I would say it is time we changed the way we respond to large fires and how we put them out. Dealing with large fires is going to take large thinking and large planning, both of which are absent at the federal, state, and local levels. The response to large forest and brush fires has been akin to poking the elephant with a needle and then when the elephant on its own accord we pat ourselves on the back. Put some government money up and let’s have some proposals with an open bidding to get some new ideas. It can be done.
G.I. Joe says “It’s best to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. Besides, many of my superiors find it helps them, er, uhh “get into the mood” better than Viagra.”
The health insurance lobbying group AHIP says the MIB, founded more than a century ago, operates the most extensive database of medical information on individuals who have previously applied for health, life, disability income, critical illness and long-term care insurance in North America. The Washington Post says that these medical reports, which are “like credit reports for your health records,” have been created for more than 200 million Americans. The Federal Trade Commission warns that your medical report files may include both medical and non-medical information about you. For instance, personal data collected by the MIB includes medical conditions, your credit report history, driving records, criminal activity, drug use, sexual orientation, lifestyle activities, international travel, participation in hazardous sports, and personal or family genetic history. Using information from these medical report files, insurance companies can charge you higher premiums or terminate your coverage altogether.
https://www.annualmedicalreport.com/deni ed-insurance-because-of-a-medical-coding -error-in-her-mib-report-video/
Remember, the new health care reform laws in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act don’t go in effect until 2014. All insurance applicants and policyholders should order an annual copy of their medical report files from the nationwide specialty nationwide consumer reporting agencies to ensure they aren’t overpaying for insurance or in danger of policy rejection or rescission for pre-existing conditions or errors. (For example, “Denied Insurance Because of a Medical Coding Error in Her MIB Report” from the Consumer Reports Health Blog)