U.S.

John Stossel’s Illegal Everything.

In Orange County, California, it is illegal to hold regular meetings in your home

CANADA

Perpetuated War: British interests blocks Canada’s First Nations message of Global Peace ~ by thahoketoteh of Kanekota, Mohawk Nation writer.

MIDDLE EAST/ASIA

China: US has no moral right to ‘protect’ Arabs.

The Darker Reality of India’s Nuclear Power Goals

North Korea vows to launch ‘sacred war’ over US-South naval exercises

AFRICA

South Africa’s Biofuel Policies: On a Road to Nowhere

MARKETS/BUSINESS

The End of Football:

As much as companies like to tell you the customer is king, that’s hardly true in most industries. Instead, major players put enormous effort into narrowing our choices – selling us on what they have to offer. These efforts are obvious in the bricks and mortar world, where retailers control what goes on the shelves, but it’s not all that different for e–commerce. Although etail increases consumers’ access to more and more products, the focus…

Natural Gas Analysis for the Week of February 27, 2012

5 retailers shuttering stores. These chains are battling to avoid the fate of Borders, Circuit City and other well–known retailers that went bust.

China Embraces Fracking in Seismically Active Province - Quakes to Follow?

Politics, Pandering and Petroleum Prices

Hamas Strike Electricity Deal with Egypt

Crude Oil Analysis for the Week of February 27, 2012