Published Articles
Moody’s Downgrades Ireland
Ireland is the oft-forgotten economy which has been downtrodden severely as the euro crisis continues to deepen. The country was once the envy of Europe as their economy was growing, they attracted several large corporations to have headquarters there.
Ireland was riding a high and beautiful wave of cultural and social prosperity while the economy was [...]
Article ByTony Nusret published Monday 19 July 2010
BP Watching Surrounding Seabed
BP’s problems have been multiplying as quickly as oil had been rushing into the Gulf of Mexico. Besides the temporary sigh of relief the world experienced after the oil ceased flowing, it’s not been a good year for the petroleum giant.
Every other piece of news stemming from both the Gulf region and the corporation has [...]
Article ByTony Nusret published Monday 19 July 2010
Medicare Fraud Exposed
There has been plenty of negative press about Medicare and its’ efficacy in the wake of the health care overhaul that was passed earlier this year. Government personnel have ripped the program and its ability to administer medical care to millions of people.
Medicare might have its problems and is by no means a perfect program, [...]
Article ByTony Nusret published Monday 19 July 2010
Google Down in Second Quarter
Google Inc. has become almost as large as its’ namesake suggests. The company has exploded onto the internet, dominating search engines and now making a huge impact in e-mail, smartphones, wind farms, and phone services to name a few.
The company keeps expanding, both in number and in the sheer scope of the company and the [...]
Article ByTony Nusret published Friday 16 July 2010
Northrup Grumman to Close New Orleans Shipyard
New Orleans has faced more than its share of adversity in recent years, by disasters both natural and man-made. Each of these has had a definitive impact on the economy of the region, which has been trying to battle back for the better part of the decade amidst ever-worsening circumstances.
Hurricane Katrina showed the people of [...]
Article ByTony Nusret published Friday 16 July 2010
Virginia Sitting on $220M Budget Surplus
While it can be argued that the federal government is more than a little cash-strapped these days, it seems they keep spending regardless of whether or not they seem to actually have the money.
States however, are battling some of the most vicious deficits and revenue losses in years. The problems run the gamut from states [...]
Article ByTony Nusret published Friday 16 July 2010
Bing Makes Big Gains
The search engines have been enjoying a position of relatively unchallenged dominance for some years now. Since the beginning of the decade there’s been a steady decline in the number of search engines that are available for the average consumer.
HotBot, Alta Vista, Web Crawler, and other such engines had their heyday where they too were [...]
Article ByTony Nusret published Thursday 15 July 2010
