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27 Sep 2008, 4:17 pm
How to cut your energy bills"Householders will have to economise on lighting and heating as fuel bills soar this winter - and the Government's new package will do little to help".Gordon Brown unveiled plans to help households with rising energy bills but many experts warn people not to put their trust in politicians and to act now to beat the winter blues.I haven't put my trust in politicians, rather I spoke to a friend of mine this morning and he offered to pay my gas… [read post]
30 May 2008, 7:46 pm
Peru Guards Its Guano as Demand Soars Again, New York Times (May 30, 2008):[G]uano, the bird dung that was the focus of an imperialist scramble on the high seas in the 19th century, is in strong demand once again.Surging prices for synthetic fertilizers and organic foods are shifting attention to guano, an organic fertilizer once found in abundance on this island and more than 20 others off the coast of Peru, where an exceptionally dry climate preserves the droppings of seabirds like the… [read post]
14 Jan 2011, 3:10 am by Scott A. McKeown
Petition Filings Soar in Patent Reexamination This past Monday, I co-chaired PLI’s Reissue & Reexamination Strategies and Tactics with Concurrent Litigation 2011. [read post]
5 Jan 2010, 8:37 am by structuredsettlements
In a stunning display of international intrigue, it has emerged that web traffic on the National Structured Settlement Trade Association (NSSTA) website has soared, in Thailand! [read post]
10 Jun 2020, 11:43 am by Tom Smith
LONDON — Two months ago, when there were roughly one million confirmed coronavirus cases and the primal politics of survival was sweeping the world, shutting down was the order of the day.This week, the number of cases soared past seven million, with 136,000 new infections detected on Sunday alone, the highest single-day total since the pandemic began.The order of the day? [read post]
19 Jun 2008, 11:07 am
This front-page story in today's Washington Post explains that the mortgage foreclosure rate in the Washington, D.C. area has exploded in the last year and is now among the highest in the country. [read post]
16 Apr 2014, 2:46 am by Jon Gelman
Workers' Compensation insurance covers the FULL cost of prescription drugs.Today's post was shared by The New York Times and comes from www.nytimes.com Even as the cost of prescription drugs has plummeted for many Americans, a small slice of the population is being asked to shoulder more and more of the cost of expensive treatments for diseases like cancer and hepatitis C, according to a report to be released on Tuesday by a major drug research firm.The findings echo the conclusions of two other… [read post]
22 Jun 2007, 12:49 am
There seems to be nothing better than the content and smug feeling you get by saying "we told you so". [read post]
4 Oct 2013, 9:53 pm by Gordon Johnson
A skyrocketing number of children are visiting emergency rooms with sports-related traumatic brain injuries (TBI), such as concussions, according to a new study. http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/news/release/2013/sports-head-injuries-09-30-2013/ The research, conducted by emergency doctors at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, found that emergency visits for sports-related TBI increased 92 percent between 2002 and 2011, according to a press release […] [read post]
5 Apr 2010, 6:00 am by Steven Peck
The Australian Department of Health and Ageing has released a new report which shows an alarming rise in physical assaults on the elderly in nursing homes: physical assaults increased by more than 50% and sexual assaults by 36%. [read post]
9 Dec 2011, 7:00 am by Sheldon Toplitt
Image by Getty Images via @daylifeReporters, photojournalists and editors worldwide incarcerated for plying their trade totaled 179 as of December 1, the Committee to Protect Journalists("CPJ") reported today, up 34 from 2010, and the highest number recorded by CPJ in the past 15 years.Roughly half of those jailed are online journalists, and 45 percent are freelancers, according to CPJ. [read post]
20 Jul 2011, 9:53 am by By ERIC OWLES and KEVIN ROOSE
Not even the weak housing market can slow down the rush for Internet stocks. [read post]
17 May 2017, 2:49 pm by Associated Press
Immigration arrests increased by nearly 40 percent in early 2017 as newly emboldened agents under President Donald Trump detained more than 40,000 people suspected of being in the country illegally — with a renewed focus on immigrants without criminal convictions. [read post]
24 Apr 2020, 3:00 am
According to the latest count by the Associated Press (AP), in the last two weeks, more than 3,600 deaths nationwide are linked to COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing home and long-term care facilities. [read post]
28 Jan 2015, 1:39 pm by Ray Frager
For the seventh quarter in a row, Facebook beat profit and revenue forecasts, continuing to win more mobile advertising revenue as most users shift to using the site on smartphones and other portable devices. [read post]
11 Jan 2022, 9:00 pm
An ongoing car shortage is bad news for auto buyers looking to save some cash by opting for a used set of wheels. [read post]
10 Feb 2011, 2:53 am by railroadaccidentfelalawyer
By John Cooper, Railroad Injury and FELA Attorney Major freight railroads across the United States reported record or near-record profits for 2010. [read post]