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POPSPiracy Spurs Threats to Shipping Costs The company, however, will save on the $200,000 fee the Egyptian government charges to use the Suez canal. "We're hoping if other companies join us, we can put enough pressure on the Egyptian and other governments to solve this problem," says Chief Operating Officer Jan Hammer. Rob Lomas, secretary general of London-based Intercargo, a lobby group, says national shipping associations plan to step up a campaign for more protection off the East African coast. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet said they would keep four warships in the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of Somalia on Africa's horn, where most attacks have occurred. If attacks continue, insurers will continue raising rates for ships making the trek through the Gulf of Aden and the Suez canal until governments prove they can clamp down on the pirates, says Simon Beale, an underwriter with Amlin PLC, a London-based underwriter.
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POPSForeign Aid $$ Spent on $23M Art at UN Human Rights Council Honestly, this says it all. Wallowing in money, living in another dimension, consumed by their own self-importance....THIS is what they do with the money alloted to them?? It's a crime. Is there no one who will/can stop this elitist, shameless, pompous organization that thumbs it's nose with no sense of shame.
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POPSNorwegian shipping firm takes long way to avoid pirates Odfjell's president said the detour around the cape will take between six and 12 days longer than going through the Suez. "On the other hand, we will not pay the duties to pass the Suez Canal," he said. "That's quite an expensive canal passage. The duties there are quite heavy."
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POPSInformation Not on the Nightly News What is an extremest? What percentage of the population is against civilian deaths? Why are Muslims against US policy? Click over to the article. Some of the information might surprise you.
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POPSRick Warren's Double Life Even the public relations firms responsible for burnishing Warren’s image seem mystified by the press’s worshipful portrayal of their client.
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POPSFOX Releases Official Information About The "24" Prequel FOX Prequel "Redemption" With Jack Bauer Of "24" set to air on Sunday, November 23 at 8 p.m. (Two-Hour Special) In early March, FOX announced that a "24" two-hour Season 7 prequel would air this fall. At that time, not much was known about this special event expect that the action would take place after the Season 6 finale and before the Season 7 premiere. Eventually, we got wind that Jack Bauer would be heading to Africa even if the idea was scrapped in September because of production cost.
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POPSBig Oil's Charm Offensive The money grabbers are putting on masks of altruism, hoping we won’t notice their pockets bulging with our dollars – and hoping we won't demand that Congress take away the billions of dollars they get each year in tax subsidies. Oil company image ads aren't fooling anyone. Their attempts to appear touchie-feelie are as hopeless as hanging an air freshener on the tail of a hog. Couldn't have said it better myself. By the way, notice how the gas prices fell after people stopped consumming so much gas. Let's keep this in mind when prices start going up again. It truly is all about supply and demand.
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POPSNICE Systems Expects Growth At last check, NICE shares were up 0.4%. Unfortunately for us, however, the stock has slumped since we made a bullish call on it here http://www.forbes.com/beltway/2008/08/27/nice-surveillance-security-biz-belt-cx_atg_0828beltwaybet.html
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POPSFarming superpower Brazil spreads its know-how Planaltino, Brazil - As a young soil scientist, Edson Lobato looked out at the vast savanna of central Brazil and imagined fields of soy, corn, and cotton where most saw an inhospitable mass of red earth and tangled trees. His friends and family urged him to take his agronomy degree elsewhere, somewhere it would make a difference. But he joined Brazil's agricultural and livestock research agency (Embrapa) and relocated to the country's heartland, called the cerrado, where there was, at the time, little besides wooded plains, termites, and deer. Embrapa then set out to prove that those soils could produce like the most efficient cropland of Idaho. The agency poured millions into research. It sent teams of scientists like Mr. Lobato to the American Midwest to glean as much know-how as possible. Today his vision has helped turn Brazil into the world's largest exporter of soybeans, beef, chicken, orange juice, ethanol, and sugar.
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