The voice of the “free TEFL course” speaks

After my disbelieving post about the truth of claims of free TEFL training (followed by disbelieving comments by my regular readers, both of them), I got a reply from someone in the parent company and sent off some questions that I thought were worth asking. He didn’t have time to answer my follow up questions, but I have left them in ( [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 11:17:00

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First Leg of the Trip

As I type this, the pilot has just announced that we have entered into Argentinian airspace, ... from Vancouver was fairly standard and nothing much to report except during our landing the pressure ... . We then went to meet our mother, who my other sister had dropped off at the Aire Canada counter before [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 11:36:27

The Group of Twenty & the Evolution of Global Governance

By Joan Veon News With Views | In 1994 when I covered my first global meeting, there was a press briefing by the Commission on Global Governance on their forthcoming report, Our Global Neighborhood . The man giving the briefing was one of the co-chairs, Sir Shridath Ramphal who was not only president of Guyana but also president of the (British) Commonwealth Association. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 11:41:34

DrumBeat: December 29, 2008

Gazprom, Once Mighty, Is Reeling MOSCOW — A year ago, Gazprom, the Russian natural gas monopoly, aspired to be the largest corporation in the world. Buoyed by high oil prices and political backing from the Kremlin, it had already achieved third place judging by market capitalization, behind Exxon Mobil and General Electric [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 14:06:30

Bank of Canada Drops Prime 0.75%

The Bank of Canada surprised most by lowering the overnight target rate by 0.75% to 1.5%. There was talk of as much as 0 ... are beginning to encourage credit flows, although it will take some time before conditions in financial ... profile for core inflation than had been projected at the time of the last Monetary Policy Report [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 19:15:22

The Fundamentals

Detroit Bad Boys:  “I’m not going to pretend that people don’t have egos, and spending too much time analyzing Rip’s response distracts from the real question: should Rip be the one who leaves the starting lineup in the first place? Sure, the Pistons have won some games in Rip’s absence, but that’s not to say they’ve won because of his absence [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:41:41

Circuit City closes its U.S. stores

Jump to CommentsBy Calvin PalmerStruggling electronics retailer Circuit City announced today that it will be closing its 567 stores in the United ... to refinance its debt, but the crippled credit market and consumer worries proved insurmountable. Negotiations ... there are still bids for the Canadian business.Circuit City, based in Richmond, Viriginia, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 23:47:07

Progress Report of Bayanihan Fund Drive as of 10/01/09, now over Php150k

I have just made another update on this listing to include the latest donation from Canada that propelled this Project’s donation to another mileston – over Php150k collection.~Reynz 5:34pm ESTLadies and gentlemen: we have just hit another milestone, with donations collected over one-hundred thousand pesos. When we started this, we thought we would be happy with Php50,000. Little did we know… that this will go far beyond that. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 16:19:45

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/8/2009

The latest word is that an agreement with Russia has been reached, and the flow through the gas pipeline will resume.Also, look for the storming of the Israeli consulate in Montreal, as well as other Gaza-inspired violence around the world.Thanks to AA, Abu Elvis, Insubria, JD, Tuan Jim, Vlad Tepes, and all the other tipsters who sent these in [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 04:49:00

DrumBeat: November 30, 2008

Oil majors eye $5-billion ships to cut costs London — Oil and gas companies are racing to develop a new type of vessel they hope will revolutionize offshore gas production but even if the untested technology works, its deployment could be blocked by resource holders who fear it will undermine development goals [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 14:33:22

DrumBeat: December 13, 2008

Greed, hatred, warfare and the race for fossil fuels NEITHER an optimistic nor a pessimistic prophet on energy, the author of "A Thousand Barrels a Second" states a simple fact: "civilization" makes us silly and greedy. Although Peter Tertzakian does not mean it, his vivid historical account of mankind's thirst for energy to pump up " [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 14:32:05

As Hungary's Recession Deepens The Central Bank Cuts Rates In "Snails Pace" Mode

The fact that Hungary's National Bank did not decide to make an unexpected interest rate cut at its meeting earlier this week seems to have surprised some, but it really should not have done. According to James Morsink, head of the IMF delegation to Budapest, Hungary only has room to cut its benchmark interest rate at a “gradual and cautious” pace [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 17:37:00

Предсказания Кюнстлера на 2009 - США, Нефть, Геополитика, Путин

Спонсор месяца - #1 RX pharmacy affiliate program!Сайт дня (как попасть) - http://www.business-magazine.ru/There are two realities "out there" now competing for verification among those who think about national affairs and make things happen. The dominant one (let's call it the Status Quo) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 07:59:00

The Press Gets It Wrong Again

So I’m scanning the Drudge Report, as I tend to do every couple of days, and spot a front-page article that claims, SPIDER-MAN creator Stan Lee is to unveil the world's first gay superhero. I just have to check ... came out in 1987 or 1988, so maybe Extrano didn’t quite make it first, but he usually gets the credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 08:45:37

Fiscal Insanity Virus Strikes Canada, Sweden, Italy, IMF

The world health organization has confirmed new cases of the extremely contagious Fiscal Insanity Virus (FIV) that is rapidly spreading the globe. Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is one of the latest victims as evidenced by the headline ... the banks to provide adequate credit in Canada,” Mr. Flaherty said at a news conference in Saskatoon [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 22:38:00

DrumBeat: December 18, 2008

Oil drops 9 pct as demand outlook overshadows OPEC NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. crude prices dropped more than 9 percent to $36 a barrel Thursday as slumping demand and swelling U.S. inventories offset OPEC's record supply cut agreement. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries on Wednesday agreed to cut output by 2 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 13:42:11

FAIRWAY DIVORCE FRANCHISE: January is Divorce Month!

According to a story on Top New Franchises, Fairway Divorce Solutions has opened a new franchise… Just in time for the bust ... a common sense step-by-step proven approach called The Fairway Process™.” The Canadian company ... more here: New Divorce Franchise Opportunity WHAT DO YOU THINK? SHARE A COMMENT BELOW. Graphic credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:52:11

Forecast for 2009

Introduction       There are two realities "out there" now competing for verification among those who think about national affairs and make things happen. The dominant one (let's call it the Status Quo) is that our problems of finance and economy will self-correct and allow the project of a "consumer" economy to resume in "growth" mode [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 03:33:57

GM to temporarily close 20 plants to slash output

NEW YORK (AP) — General Motors Corp. said Friday it will temporarily close 20 factories across North America and make sweeping cuts to its vehicle production as it tries to adjust to dramatically weaker automobile demand. GM said it will cut 250,000 vehicles from its production schedule for the first quarter of 2009, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 03:46:33

All the News That’s Fit to Fly

Most often than not when you read about airlines, it’s all bad news. Not today. First up, we have a report in USAToday, which points out that U.S ... that if an obese traveler needs an extra seat they have to have a doctor’s note in order to obtain one. If the customer does obtain a doctor’s note for an extra seat these airlines will sell the two [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 15:47:25

GM and Chrysler get US$17.4 billion bailout

They’ve done it, the Detroit boys have managed to secure federal emergency loans to execute their plans to stay afloat ... by law, firms must allow the government to examine their accounting books and records, firms must report ... , the healther of the Detroit 3, is still asking for a US$9 billion government line of credit in case [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 09:09:13

HOLLYWOOD's HOTTEST BUNS: the fine behind of Beyonce; her backside is beyond the realm of bubble perfect; she has a stupid butt!

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (pronounced /biːˈɑn.seɪ/, born September 4, 1981), commonly known as Beyoncé, is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools, and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 04:59:00

DrumBeat: January 13, 2009

Analysis: Global power demand to languish in 2009 The outlook for energy commodities this year remains grim, says a new report from Merril Lynch ... management, contractor mistakes and Iraqi neglect, U.S. auditors say in a new report similar to many others examining the country's reconstruction. Released Tuesday, the report from the office [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:35:34

p2pnet World Headlines – Sept 30, 2009

Two-Thirds of Americans Object to Online Tracking New York Times About two-thirds of Americans object to online tracking by advertisers — and that number rises once they learn the different ways marketers are following their online movements, according to a new survey from professors at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California, Berkeley. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 21:20:04

p2pnet World Headlines – Sept 30, 2009

Two-Thirds of Americans Object to Online Tracking New York Times About two-thirds of Americans object to online tracking by advertisers — and that number rises once they learn the different ways marketers are following their online movements, according to a new survey from professors at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California, Berkeley. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 18:20:04

Real Estate investing and bad credit reports

by Doc Schmyz Creditors and bankers approve or disapprove loans based on your credit worthiness ... . If you are trying to apply for an apartment complex the landlords may take a look at your credit score ... reasons as to why having a good credit score is very important in today’s world. However [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 10:33:44

And Then There’s This…Monday, December 1st, 2008

Pack a lunch and blow the froth off a cool one…as I’ve got three days of gold and silver market activities to talk about…and lots of fascinating reading as well. Wednesday, November 26th This was the last day for all parties to get their gold and silver contracts switched to the 2009 year…or they would have to stand for delivery on Friday [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 19:05:24

Finding Out Your Credit Report And Credit Score

I was watching that web cast of Suze Orman just yesterday and boy did that open up some interesting moments such as that restaurant owner that is ... that web cast made me realize that a lot of people actually don’t know how to obtain their credit ... about what a report can show, I posted my own online credit report way back that you can see at my [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 08:02:39

Best Blog Posts of 2008 (Chosen by the Bloggers Themselves)

Last year my compilation of what bloggers chose as their own best posts of the year proved so popular, at least with the participating bloggers' mothers, that I have decided to make it an annual affair. But enjoy it while you can. When the Obama Administration institutes its secret plan to extend the Fairness Doctrine to the Internet, this blog, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 21:00:00

Circuit City to close 567 remaining US stores

Circuit City, unable to work out sale of company, will close 567 remaining US stores Michael Felberbaum and Vinnee Tong Associated Press Bankrupt ... credit market and consumer worries proved insurmountable. Negotiations for an acquisition went past ... for the Canadian business. “Very, very sad,” said Alan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:40:40

Are we underestimating the seriousness of the economic crisis?

Before we think about future, we should know what economic experts said before Lehman bothers collapse and share market crash in 2008. I don’t know what will happen in 2009 but I completely fed up with the people’s underestimation of current economic slow down. Only time will tell whether I am underestimating /overestimating the economic crisis [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:45:00

Former Ace Hardware CIO on IT failure [podcast]

Complexity rules any discussion of why IT projects do not achieve planned or expected results ... the company’s Ace Canada subsidiary, all of which made him a large business consumer of IT services ... : I feel very strongly that the CIO should report to the CEO, or at least the COO, to give the CIO [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 18:30:23

Crunks 2008: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections

Editor’s Note: This site doesn’t accept advertising ... about a British family. In the United States, the Bulletin, a weekly in Montgomery County, Texas ... To Plagiarists Sports writer Rick Reilly deserves credit for having produced work of such brilliance that two [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 12:01:30

DrumBeat: December 14, 2008

Global oil supply will peak in 2020, says energy agency Global oil production will peak much earlier than expected amid a collapse in petroleum investment due to the credit crunch, one of the world's foremost experts has revealed. Fatih Birol, chief economist to the International Energy Agency, told the Guardian that conventional crude [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 14:06:53

DrumBeat: January 4, 2009

Canadian oil-sand mines stuck as crude price plummets Canada's once booming oil sands industry is cooling fast as the plunging oil price undermines investment. More than US$60 billion (£41 billion) worth of projects to extract oil from the bitumen-rich sands of northern Alberta have been delayed in the past three months, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 13:51:54

Solve The Credit Crisis From The Bottom Up Through Social Lending

VOTE NOW! From the site: The credit crunch currently crippling America’s economy is not due to a lack of available funds. It is caused by dysfunctioning credit markets and by the banks having adopted an overly conservative credit policy in the wake of the subprime meltdown. After very permissive lending practices [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:03:05

Financial crisis: Bank of America given $138bn rescue package

Phillip Inman and Julia Kollewe, The Guardian January 16, 2009 The BoA rescue matches that given to Citigroup, another stricken US banking giant, which is today expected to report its deepest quarterly deficit yet Bank of America was today ... in return for the aid, which is designed to absorb the losses on mortgage-related assets inherited [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:26:23

FRIDAY JANUARY 16, 2009

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Date: 2009-01-16 14:29:00

DrumBeat: January 13, 2009

DrumBeat: January 13, 2009 Analysis: Global power demand to languish in 2009 The outlook for energy commodities this year remains grim, says a new report from Merril Lynch. Neither cold winter temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere ... , U.S. auditors say in a new report similar to many others examining the country’s reconstruction [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:06:24

Economic Potpourri December 14, 2008

The barrage of noteworthy economic news continues unabated. Here are a few headline news reports of interest from the past couple days.Treasury Benefits From ‘Massive Paranoia’ as Bailout Cost Falls While the total amount of U.S. government debt outstanding rose to $10.7 trillion in November from $9 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 02:30:00

DrumBeat: December 16, 2008

Robert Bryce: OPEC Was Right About Oil Prices. Now What? Back in June, I wrote a piece for The American in which I argued that oil prices were being driven higher by the immutable law of supply and demand. Today, with prices plunging to near $40 instead of the $145 level seen in mid-July, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 13:30:26

Why The IMF’s Decision To Agree A Lavian Bailout Programme Without Devaluation Is A Mistake

The IMF finally announced it’s Latvia “bailout” plan on Friday. The plan involves lending about €1.7 billion ($2.4 billion) to Latvia to stabilise the currency and financial support while the government implements its economic adjustment plan. The loan, which will be in the form of a 27-month stand-by arrangement, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 08:48:58

Economic Potpourri December 20, 2008

The barrage of noteworthy economic news continues unabated. Here are a few headline news reports of interest from the past couple days.Legg Mason to Add Miller to All Cap Fund Manager TeamBill Miller, the Legg Mason Inc. money manager whose two funds have each lost more than half their value this year, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 01:05:00

MICROCAPITAL STORY: Bill and Melinda Gates Provide US$700,000 to Microcredit Summit Campaign’s “Movement Above US$1 Per Day Threshold” Project

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has donated USD 700 thousand in the form of a grant to the Microcredit Summit Campaign’s (MSC) ... Campaign Report, starting in 2010. Partner MFIs: Association of the Asian Confederation of Credit Unions ... to form expert panels who will develop credible methodologies for determining the number of microfinance [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:43:08

Fisherman Paul vs Royal Bank of Canada

p2pnet news view | P2P:- “I’m a commercial fisherman fighting the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC Bank) over a $100,000 loan mistake ... have to do with mega corporations which habitually report revenues in the billions trampling ... page, going on »»» This sum of $13,600 would be paid once yearly in compliance with the demand [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 17:06:03

DrumBeat: December 1, 2008

A Shore Thing? Why Offshore Wind Power Will Likely Struggle Offshore wind power is the Holy Grail of renewable energy: It’s clean, abundant, and out of sight. Now that energy security is meshing with environmental concerns inside the White House, is offshore wind power ready to come of age? [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 13:48:47

Obama's Mighty Economic Challenge

Obama's Mighty Economic Challenge Recent economic developments underscore the tenuous situation that Obama faces when he takes office on Jan. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) The last 24 hours -- dominated by yesterday's contentious Senate hearing with the top executives of the American auto industry and today's announcement that 533, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 17:35:42

Top 10 Trends In Managing Small Business Finances in 2009

Top Trends in Managing Finances in 2009 There’s not much good news to report on the financial front as we move into 2009 ... small business owners. Overall, the landscape is different than it has been for a long time, but small business owners are used to adapting to diverse issues and have remained the economic engine [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 08:12:29

Jan 14 2009

Not being a stellar day, it nonetheless was much better. A few tight stops, and three sizeable wins, two on RIMM and one on ACOR. Still a lot of fear in the market though, so our commitment stays fleeting. Session Time: Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 2009 {nemo} Hah! woke up at 3:30 this morning. {Threei}  Good morning {magoo} morning[ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:11:07

The Top Franchise Trends For 2009

Two words will be dominating the franchise landscape for 2009: cautious optimism ... credit score, and low personal debt, will increase the chances of getting a franchise loan.  More tips ... business produces goods and services worth over $880 billion yearly (Figures above obtained [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 07:30:34

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