Showing posts with label europe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label europe. Show all posts

Thursday, 2 December 2010

Europe Vs America Which Will Win The Battle For InCar Wifi

In the 1967 film The Graduate, Mr.

McGuire pulls young Benjamin Braddock aside and offers him one word of advice about the future: "Plastics".

Source:
http://www.socialcarnews.com/blog/1052016_europe-vs-america-which-will-win-the-battle-for-in-car-wifi

Monday, 13 September 2010

Not Coming Soon Chevrolet Cruze Hatchback

Sometimes it just isn't fair.

Europe always seems to get the cooler stuff. All their Ford's use the crisp Kinetic design style. They have a massive amount of super-efficient diesel engines to choose from. They got the new Fiat 500 years ago. Their Triumph TR-6s were fuel-injected.

Source:
http://www.collegecarguide.com/blog/1049223_not-coming-soon-chevrolet-cruze-hatchback

Thursday, 5 August 2010

UK govt moves to dramatically cut public funding for arts

Cash-strapped and desperate to slash the largest budget deficit in Europe, the new ruling coalition of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats is moving to close the curtain on an era of what they describe as excessive government patronage.

Source:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/03/AR2010080306964_pf.html

Friday, 18 June 2010

Pew poll Lebanese favor suicide bombings over Obama

Global Pew Research Center poll finds Obama approval four times higher than Bush's was in Europe but slipping in Muslim countries -- but perhaps the most shocking finding is that Obama earned a 35 percent approval rating in Lebanon, while 39 percent expressed stronger support for suicide bombings.

Source:
http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0617/pew-poll-lebanese-prefer-suicide-bombings-obama/

Thursday, 17 June 2010

European flooding The Big Picture

Over the past month, heavy rainfall from different storms across parts of Europe has caused massive amounts of flooding - some water moving slowly across river plains and farmland, some moving swiftly through cities and villages.

Dozens have lost their lives, many thousands evacuated their homes, some repeatedly - Poland in particular is suffering

Source:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/06/european_flooding.html

Thursday, 27 May 2010

Will Europe Take America Down

You should�and shouldn't�worry about the Greek debt crisis.

How the economic crisis in Europe will impact America.

Source:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/238445

Saturday, 15 May 2010

US Government Aims to Curb Cell Phone Bill Shock

The Federal Communications Commission could require mobile providers to alert customers before charges get out of control -- a system similar to one that currently exists in Europe.

Source:
http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/federal-government-aims-to-curb-cell-phone-bill-shock-industr/19473538/

Wednesday, 12 May 2010

Europes relief rally wanes and gold hits a new high

Markets' relief over the European Union rescue plan for the continent's weakest states faded somewhat on Tuesday, leaving European stock markets -- and the euro -- mostly lower.

Meanwhile, gold had a big day: It jumped to a record closing...

Source:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2010/05/euro-bailout-ecb-stocks-bonds-gold-record-high.html

Monday, 10 May 2010

Europe Plans Vast Contingency Fund Racing To Contain Crisis

ATHENS -- European finance ministers threw a trillion-dollar protective wall around the euro on Sunday, approving an emergency loan program meant to ensure than no other governments come under the same market assault that nearly pushed Greece to a default.

Source:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/09/AR2010050901146.html?hpid=topnews