The ‘green’ aspect of President Obama’s recovery plan has fallen short of expectations.
Greening Print Marketing: Flexo Bests Gravure for Sustainability
February 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
For packaging and other high-volume jobs, should you select flexo or gravure from an environmental perspective? According to two peer-reviewed Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies published by DuPont, the answer is flexo. The study could not do a direct comparison of gravure cylinders and mounted flexographic plates because they are not functionally equivalent. However, the [...]
Obama’s Homeowners Assistance Plan: What is it?
February 23, 2009 By 1 Comment
Why not prohibit [mortgagebankers] from writing off abandoned houses as complete losses? This would certainly cut down on foreclosures and the need for tax payer, as required by Obama’s Plan, to pay bankers to restructure loans.
Slumdog Millionaire: Was It A Real Win For India?
February 23, 2009 By 17 Comments
And the Oscar goes to…..Slumdog Millionaire!
Every once so often a wonderful movie about India wins a series of Oscars promising to finally put the face of this massive culture on the map. Gandhi, A Passage to India, Slumdog Millionaire. But after the initial euphoria, the world eventually goes back to life as they know it. This time, after sweeping the Oscars with eight awards, India’s slumdogs are headed back to the slums.
Citibank – Can It Avert Nationalization?
February 23, 2009 By 4 Comments
As ‘nationalization’ appears to be the U.S. government’s answer to saving the banking industry, the banks themselves are doing all that they can to boost shareholder confidence.
The latest news from Citibank is that they have approached the US government to agree on a new capital injection that would increase their stake in the troubled bank to about 40 per cent but prevent an outright nationalization.
