So, theyre scanning your items at the grocery store, and when the last tomato gets bagged youre stunned at the cost. How did you spend so much? Maybe those cherries were 12 bucks a pound. Or maybe you should have paid more attention to what you put i...
Indian students take lessons from their teacher inside a classroom at a school in Calcutta, India, 1Apr 2010 Indian Government Fails to Build Political Consensus on Women's Reservation Bill In India, a landmark law which makes education a fundamental...
Fanny: Hey, Brian, you know, recently I heard that the Canadian dollar is very strong. Brian: It is. It's been amazingly strong in the last few months. Fanny: What happened? I mean, how come? Brian: It went up. The reasons behind why the Canadian dol...
Todd: Hey, Marion, I was reading in the newspaper the other day that the economy in Ireland is doing really good. Marion: Yeah, it has been doing really well now for quite awhile, for a number of years. We call it the Celtic tiger phenomenon. Yeah. T...
by ljdsoft AZUZ: After the State of the Union, presidents will often travel around the country promoting some of the ideas and programs that they announced during the speech. President Obama hit the road by train. He's pushing for a nationwide, high-...
And since yesterday was the third Monday in January, it was also Martin Luther King Day. For a lot of people, it's a day on, not a day off; a time to give back to their communities. Folks took part in hundreds of service projects across the U.S., fro...
Minority Republicans in Congress say they're prepared to negotiate with President Obama on major issues, such as health care reform and energy legislation. The president will meet with House of Representatives Republicans at their issues conference i...
U.S. President Barack Obama is shifting his economic focus to the middle class. His State of the Union address Wednesday will detail a series of initiatives to help middle-income families. President Obama spent his first year in office trying to prev...
The North American International Auto Show is one of the biggest events for the automobile industry. The annual show gives vehicle manufacturers an opportunity to introduce new models and technology available to consumers in the coming years. The spo...
The largest business federation in the United States is calling on leaders in government, business and labor to unite around an ambitious goal of creating 20 million jobs over the next decade. In his annual state of American business address Tuesday...
