Tag: Economy
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Campbells Earnings Hit By Fresh-Food Shift
from usatoday.com: Americans’ shift toward fresh foods is kicking Campbell Soup right in the can. The company on Tuesday said its quarterly profit fell 30% as U.S. sales of soups and V8 beverage declined. A recall of its recently acquired Plum Organics products also hurt results and the company cut its outlook for the year.…
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Wal-Mart collecting food donations to feed employees
from msnbc.com: Organized labor, protesting workers and other activist groups have been saying for years that low-wage Walmart employees can’t afford to meet basic needs like food. Now, one Cleveland, Ohio, location is doing something about it: soliciting food donations from other workers. In an employees-only section of the store, management has placed two bins…
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‘Waking Shark II’: Cyber Attack Simulation Tested London Banks
from rt.com: A simulated cyber-attack on financial markets, codenamed “Waking Shark II,” took place in London on Tuesday to determine how well the City would respond to a large-scale disruption of Internet services. Hundreds of employees from London’s financial sector participated in the drill, led by a team from Credit Suisse, who created a ‘war…
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Obama Spends SNAP Money On Michelle’s “Let’s Move” Program
Obama using food-stamp cash to fund Michelle’s ‘Let’s Move’* from nypost.com: Food stamp cuts are on everyone’s mind, and we’re all trying not to think about how Michelle Obama’s Child Nutrtion Act has had something to do with it. As previously reported by The Inquisitr, the food stamp cuts have been a source of much…
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Discount Supermarkets Offer Huge Savings By Selling Expired Food
from foxnews.com: Grocery bills can be more 10 percent of American’s household expenses, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But when buying items on sale or using coupons isn’t enough, some shop at discount or salvage grocery stores. What’s that, you ask? These are supermarkets that specialize in items that other chains no longer…
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Food Stamps Cuts Kick In, Affecting About 47 Million
from latimes.com: Some 47 million poor Americans who rely on food stamps for their meals will have to get by on less, after their benefits were cut Friday. In California, which struggles with nearly 9% unemployment, local officials are girding for the fallout after the benefit for a family of four receiving food stamps was…
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New World Next Week: Episode171 – Russell Brandwagon, CIA Healthcare, Food Stamps Riots
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode171 – Russell Brandwagon, CIA Healthcare, Food Stamp Riots Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: Russell Brand Isn’t Waking People Up – He Is Putting You Back…
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Do Food Stamps Riot Predictions Give Blank Check for Mayhem?
Food Bank CEO Warns of Riots over Major Food Stamps Cuts* from rt.com: The US food stamp system is to be reduced by $5 billion starting in November. The average benefit will shrink and the overall number of people receiving it will diminish by millions. The CEO of America’s largest food bank says the cuts…
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Internet for all?: A4AI, ‘Alliance for Affordable Internet’ founded
from zdnet.com: In the 21st century, you could argue that Internet access is almost as important as literacy. In much of the developed world, Internet access is affordable and easily available. In the third world, it’s often neither affordable nor available. The newly created Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) seeks to make the Internet accessible…
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Comet ISON: Will the Government Shutdown Ruin NASA’s Big Chance?
from policymic.com: On October 1, the comet ISON will pass near Mars, where monitoring equipment can gain more information on what could be the comet of the century. As long as the coincidental government shutdown causing the furlough of nearly the entire workforce of NASA doesn’t interrupt these observations, that is.
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How a partial government shutdown will affect food in America
from foxnews.com: No doubt you’re well aware that a shutdown doesn’t actually mean the government pulls the shades, locks the door, and puts the key under the mat. Essential services—anything involved in protecting life or property — remain operational… But if this goes on long enough even you, Joe and Jane Citizen, will be affected.…
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Interview w/David Wolman on ‘The End Of Money’
Wired writer and globetrotting journalist David Wolman joins us to talk about mobile ticketing, cashless mini-societies, bank robberies and ‘The End of Money’.
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Interviews w/ Seattle Biodiversity Conference Panelists – August 3, 2013
On today’s menu we have audio from the recent Biodiversity Conference in Seattle which features interviews w/ Eric Holt-Giménez of Food First, Kathleen Hallal of Moms Across America, Rachel Linden of GMO Free Arizona, George Kimbrell from the Center for Food Safety, Rachel Hynes of Slow Money and Alexis Baden-Mayer of Organic Consumers Association… MP3/FeedArchive…
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New World Next Week: Episode158 – Protest Rising, Hastings Murdered, TWA 800 Update
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode158 – Protest Rising, Hastings Murdered, TWA 800 Update Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: Brazil Protests Erupt Over Public Services And World Cup Costs Peevski Protests…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode156 – Turkish Riots, Kill The Messenger, Pink Ribbons Inc
https://archive.org/download/20130606NewWorldNextWeek156/20130606_NewWorldNextWeek156-b.mp4 < href=”https://archive.org/download/20130606NewWorldNextWeek156/20130606_NewWorldNextWeek156-b.mp4″ target=”_blank”>Download MP4 Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: Activists Present List Of Demands In Turkey Horrifying Image Of ‘Woman In Red’ Being Doused With Pepper…