US Automaker Layoffs and Economic Vitality in 2006

With the downsizing or right sizing as some call it of the United States Automakers one has to wonder how we will be able to replace all those high-paying jobs in the manufacturing sector.

Inferior Foods Reign Supreme

The refined foods industry is big business. What does it cost you?

Market Influence of Interest Rates

The result of rising interest rates is that there is an increase in mortgage payments resulting in a lower demand for housing. On the other hand, a fall in interest...

Carpet Weavers and Poverty Crisis

Lack of demand has created extensive unemployment and discouraging weaving income that from 45-50 looms now has only 5-6 looms. Most of the technical master weavers have left to urban cities in search of jobs. The weavers who left the villages to urban cities due to lack of other rural employment opportunities would mess up cities. Reaching urban cities only adds up urban poverty because they do not get the suitable jobs there too.

Oil - Beyond Upstream and Downstream

The state of the union signals the end of a trend. Follow the developments in the energy markets...

Need to have Alternative Fuels

Need to have Alternative Fuels. The world is growing a greater pace than ever before. The demand for the fuel is growing day by day.

Eroding U.S. Industrial Base Comes With Price

With a demand by China for foreign direct investment as its incentive to buy U.S. products, companies like Boeing are acquiescing by not only building major portions of airplanes in China, but also creating Research and Development opportunities for Chinese engineers.

Will We Ever Wake Up?

The Last Wake-up Call for Ford, GM, and American Autoworkers.

Free-Market Economy and Free-Market University

Bringing you to the drawbacks of today's world: a profound spiritual mix.

How Do They Do It?

China's economy is forecasted to expand 8 percent in 2006 – again.

New York City is Brazil

Cost-of-living way out-of-control. Sign of unchecked capitalism. Greed runs the day.

The Great Molasses Flood

It’s good that the Saudi Guards were able to stop the attack on Abqaiq. Let’s hope they can prevent future attacks. If the attack had succeeded, the implications would be dire indeed. I salute the guards that died in the attack.

Chinese Economy: China's Energy Worry

For a long time, the Chinese economy is growing at an outstanding pace and I think no other economy saw so much expansion in the last 10 years like the Chinese economy. This growth has taken China into a new level in the world politics. Now China is gradually being recognized as a huge economic power by rest of the world. However, this growth means that Chinese economy is consuming more and more fuels like oil, gas and coal. This matter is becoming a growing concern not just for the Chinese economy but for the rest of the world too.

China Worst Nightmare for GM, Ford

Worst nightmare for General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co., employees, suppliers and stockholders reared menacingly last week. American customers are concerned. The old “yellow menace” of once-thought bygone days is alive and well and starting to manufacture automobiles in China.