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June 6, 2010
Bolivia, Argentina, Chile Develop Newest Energy Hopeful -Lithium

The economic future of Bolivia, the world's poorest nation, is apparently looking brighter because of the revenue potential of a silverish-white elemental metal called lithium. If you use a digital camera, cell phone, laptop computer, and innumerable other electronic devices , chances are, your gizmos are powered by lithium-ion batteries. 

The economic future of Bolivia, the world's poorest nation, is apparently looking brighter because of the revenue potential of a silverish-white elemental metal called lithium. If you use a digital camera, cell phone, laptop computer, and innumerable other electronic devices , chances are, your gizmos are powered by lithium-ion batteries. 

March 19, 2010
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act One Year Later

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is a strategic and significant investment in America’s future as stated on the White House website. Its prime purposes are Rescue, Recovery and Reinvestment thereby saving and creating jobs, while also laying the foundation for a “robust and sustainable 21st century economy along with modernizing health care, improving schools, modernizing infrastructure, and investing in the clean energy technologies of the future.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is a strategic and significant investment in America’s future as stated on the White House website. Its prime purposes are Rescue, Recovery and Reinvestment thereby saving and creating jobs, while also laying the foundation for a “robust and sustainable 21st century economy along with modernizing health care, improving schools, modernizing infrastructure, and investing in the clean energy technologies of the future.

March 19, 2010
Spring Clean All Year Round With Oil Pulling

Oil Pulling is a remedy that has been practiced in Egypt, China and India for thousands of years, and it is slowly making a rise in America. The tongue is an indicator of what is going on in the body. The tongue is also connected to many organs in the body as are the feet. The Chinese and Japanese have used tongue diagnosis as an essential when determining health

Oil Pulling is a remedy that has been practiced in Egypt, China and India for thousands of years, and it is slowly making a rise in America. The tongue is an indicator of what is going on in the body. The tongue is also connected to many organs in the body as are the feet. The Chinese and Japanese have used tongue diagnosis as an essential when determining health. They believe it reflects the state of our digestive system including the stomach, small intestines, colon (large intestine), pancreas, spleen, liver and gall bladder.

February 21, 2010
President-Elect Laura Chinchilla, Choice of the Costa Rican Voters

Costa Ricans have elected their first woman president as the ruling party candidate won in a landslide after campaigning to continue free market policies in Central America’s most stable nation.  The 50-year-old protege of the current president, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oscar Arias, promised to pursue the same economic policies that recently brought the country into a trade pact with the U.S. and opened commerce with China.

Costa Ricans have elected their first woman president as the ruling party candidate won in a landslide after campaigning to continue free market policies in Central America’s most stable nation.  The 50-year-old protege of the current president, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oscar Arias, promised to pursue the same economic policies that recently brought the country into a trade pact with the U.S. and opened commerce with China.

February 12, 2010
Scientists Announce Venezuela’s Oil Reserves ‘Enormous’

Could Venezuela surpass Saudi Arabia as the top oil-producer in the world? Geologists at the earth science think-tank, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), have made just such an assessment. Scientists there claim that the Orinoco belt region in Venezuela may have the potential to yeild 800 billion barrels of oil - approximately twice the amount the area was originally thought to hold. The Orinoco oil belt is located on the southernmost strip of Venezuela’s eastern Orinoco River basin.

Could Venezuela surpass Saudi Arabia as the top oil-producer in the world? Geologists at the earth science think-tank, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), have made just such an assessment. Scientists there claim that the Orinoco belt region in Venezuela may have the potential to yeild 800 billion barrels of oil - approximately twice the amount the area was originally thought to hold. The Orinoco oil belt is located on the southernmost strip of Venezuela’s eastern Orinoco River basin.

February 11, 2010
Venezuela Rations Water and Energy, Devalues Currency

The government of Venezuela announced the devaluation of its currency, the Venezuelan Bolivar, amid a broad range of decisive steps it has taken to rebound from the impacts of the year-long drought that has forced the enactment of water and energy rationing, and the persistent economic challenges of the global financial crisis. President Hugo Chavez explained the benefit for his country that he expects to derive from the devaluation.

The government of Venezuela announced the devaluation of its currency, the Venezuelan Bolivar, amid a broad range of decisive steps it has taken to rebound from the impacts of the year-long drought that has forced the enactment of water and energy rationing, and the persistent economic challenges of the global financial crisis. President Hugo Chavez explained the benefit for his country that he expects to derive from the devaluation.

January 10, 2010
The 2010 Political Timebomb Is Unemployment

Since the fall of last year, the official jobless rate has been over ten percent, while the unofficial rate (taking in the severely underemployed and those who have given up looking) has been over 17 percent.

American employers eliminated 4.2 million jobs in 2009 and sent unemployment soaring into double digits for the first time in more than a quarter century.

Since the fall of last year, the official jobless rate has been over ten percent, while the unofficial rate (taking in the severely underemployed and those who have given up looking) has been over 17 percent.