Month: December 2012

December 2, 2012 0

Italy Retail Sales Sharpest Drop in 17 Months; Germany Retail Sales Stagnate as Margins Squeezed; Eurozone Retail Sales Drop Sharply

By News Desk

Sales fall for thirteenth month running in November German sales remain flat while Italy records another severe fall Rate of decline in France slows to weakest in five months Summary of November findings The Eurozone retail sector remained stuck in a sharp downturn during the penultimate month of 2012, according to Markit’s PMI® data. Sales fell for the thirteenth consecutive month, and remained well below the level seen one year earlier.

December 1, 2012 0

Stalemate: Obama Warns of Prolonged Talks as Republicans Rebuff Plan

By News Desk

While pondering those questions and thoughts, please consider Obama Warns of Prolonged Talks as Republicans Rebuff Plan . President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner stood their ground with opposing plans to avert the fiscal cliff and warned there was no quick path to a solution. Obama has proposed a framework that would raise taxes immediately on top earners and set an Aug

December 1, 2012 0

Syria’s Internet Outage & the Future of Information Warfare

By News Desk

The New York Times in their article, " U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around Censors ," stated in June, 2011 that: The Obama administration is leading a global effort to deploy “shadow†Internet and mobile phone systems that dissidents can use to undermine repressive governments that seek to silence them by censoring or shutting down telecommunications networks