It was a sigh of relief for many people of America after White House economic adviser Christina Romer said that the employment picture was stable in US. It was also said that the job growth is expected by spring this year. President of America, Barack Obama seems to hane made job creation his top pr[...]
Archive for February, 2010
February 22nd, 2010 - 3:24 am § in Health
Impact of Marijuana Abuse on Health
Marijuana is the most commonly abused illicit drug in America. Marijuana is made up of dried flowers, leaves or stalks of the Cannabis sativa plant. A report from National Survey on Drug Abuse and Health (NSDUH) 2008, states that there were about 26 million people marijuana abusers in America in 200[...]
February 20th, 2010 - 2:34 am § in Science
Will Goolge’s Universal Translator Match Qualified Translators
Google is yet to invent smartphone technology to translate foreign languages instantaneously. Within next few years, it is said to pioneer a technology that will convert spoken words into a different languages. The voice translation service from Google is said to mimic a human interpreter. But how f[...]
February 17th, 2010 - 2:34 am § in Science
End of the One of the World’s Oldest Languages
One of the world’s oldest languages, ‘Bo’ language recently became extinct with no speakers of the language surviving. An 85-year-old woman in Andaman Islands used to speak this language. The death of the entire language was obvious with the death of the octogenarian. The woman, ‘Boa Sr’ w[...]
February 15th, 2010 - 3:07 am § in Business
The History of major auto recoveries
The recall spree of auto majors such as Toyota and Honda has raised the bar for the quality checks and approvals for the auto industry. It is also interesting to see the history of auto recalls in the US. Ford started the biggest recall in the US in 1999 and is still working on that. [...][...]
February 10th, 2010 - 3:23 am § in Health
Know about the Tobacco Abuse in America
Tobacco abuse causes disease, disability, and death in many people of America. It is the most dangerous habit consuming millions of lives every year. A report from the Institute of Medicine 2007, states that tobacco is more powerful killer than AIDS, alcohol, cocaine, heroin, homicides, suicides or [...]
February 8th, 2010 - 12:43 am § in Business
Toyota Recalls-Rivals Gain
Toyota’s rivals may benefit from its recall of millions of vehicles. According to Global Insight, Toyota may lose 20,000 vehicle sales per week as long as it stops selling and producing the eight models that it recalled. It also stated that these models accounted for 70 percent of total Toyota-bra[...]
February 2nd, 2010 - 11:22 pm § in Health
Role Of Physician In Prevention Of Drug Abuse
As physicians provide youth and adults with prescription drugs, they play an important role in preventing prescription drug abuse and explaining their patients about its dangers. Important steps that a physician must follow are: They should maintain thorough records of patients’ prescriptions. The[...]