Quebec Court Might Give Permissions For A Group To Pursue Gaz Companies For Overpricing

Today news broke out in Quebec, Canada, that a group has asked permission to fill a lawsuit against gas companies because of a raise of 1,3 cents a litre that was putted in place by all the big gas companies around January 1st. This raise was the cause of a policy that the government of Quebec wants to establish in order to make gaz companies pay an environmental tax.

Will China and India Surpass the United States in Future Innovation

One question that has been pondered in the United States as both China and India experience incredible growth is will these great nations surpass American in innovation in the future? Consider their size, populations and emergence into the top tiers of modern first World nations before you answer.

American Policy And China

China's increasing power necessitates a reassessment of U.S. foreign policy toward China. The most fundamental U.S. interest in the region is the prevention of Chinese hegemony. For the present, the United States is the pre--eminent military power in East Asia. Assuming we do not alter our current deployment plans, this will remain the case for at least ten years. But a long-term perspective is..

Capitalism Under Attack: Petrodollars, Petroeuros and the Iranian Oil Bourse

Understand why a recent financial decision of the Mullahs makes a military intervention in Iran a very real possibility, and a withdrawal of US troops from Iraq much less likely. This article is a must-read.

Integration in European Union

Big steps for Romania

Rising Loan Debt Blamed On Government Regulations And Rising Utility Bills

As the average personal debt in Britain continues to rise, financial provider Zopa blames government rules preventing early loan repayment, while the Consumer Credit Counselling Service points the finger at rising utility bills and council tax.

Tennessee Valley Authority

The Tennessee Valley Authority, or the TVA, remains one of the most ambitious public work projects ever conceived or attempted in the United States. Its story is not a fairy tale by any means.

The Economy in Canada 5 Strongest Growing Provinces and Territories

Increase in Gross Domestic Products, the 5 top provinces for economic activity in Canada

Environmental Trends – Increasing Noise Pollution

Some countries more than others. some cities more than others, some streets more than others… yet noise is everywhere and noise problems will continue to increase in time.

Software Industry: Only Solution for Orissa’s Crippled Economy

Information Technology (IT) is one of the most dominant and growing industry in the global economy today. The dynamic technological advancements in the Information Technology have reinforced the changes in the economy and social sector that are transforming the business and society. In this article, we have tried to trace some hindrances in the process to attract software industries to Orissa.

Globalization Consequences on Cultural Studies

Globalization has quickly become a prevalent term; it names a process, an epoch, a discourse, a promise, a threat, a way of looking at 'the world'. It also names a new kind of 'inter-discipline', a new protocol of writing and teaching in the humanities and social science. This phenomenon has effected on per discipline in any aspect that cultural studies is not exception. The article charts the emergence of globalization in cultural studies: first, by planning the bright symptoms of globalization discourse as it appears in three major anthologies of cultural studies of globalization; second, by arguing that the freedom from history implied by the idea of globalization always depends on a variety of implicit narratives about the past; and third, by speculating on the ways one might constitute the culture of the era of globalization.

Future of Interest Rates in UK

A look into prospect for interest rates in UK following the MPC latest inflation report. Generally inflationary pressure seem lower than expected

Offshoring U.S. Patients No Cure for Ailing Healthcare System

With more and more corporations adding select foreign hospitals as Preferred Providers to their employees' health insurance plans, it remains difficult for patients to get the necessary information needed to make a reasoned decision on whether to have surgery performed, let alone halfway around the world.

The Good Economy

The Presidents tax cuts have cost the US treasury 2001 to 2006 one trillion dollars for 800,000 new jobs, so lets figure a trillion is one thousand times a billion. If we were to give one million dollars tax free at random to 800,000 high school graduates or newly unemployed on the condition they could never ask for government assistance again during their life time the cost would be eighty billion dollars thus we could achieve the same results as the Presidents tax cuts with a savings to the treasury of 920 billion dollars!

Shifting Gears: The Increasing Power Of The Emerging World

Examining the change of the world's economic power structure.