Not in My Backyard: Stopping Illegal Export of Junked Televisions and Computers (Scientific American)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week fined electronics recycler Jet Ocean Technology of Chino, Calif., just over $10,000 for illegally exporting cathode-ray tubes from old television sets to China. Jet Ocean is only the second electronics recycler to be penalized for shipping and deliberately mislabeling the tubes, which contain the brain-damaging metal lead. It falsely ...
Indian navy sinks suspected pirate 'mother ship' (CTV.ca)
The Indian navy has sunk the suspected "mother ship" of marauding bands of pirates terrorizing the waters off Somalia. The ship erupted in flames and explosions after the Indians opened fire.
Indian warship opens fire on pirate 'mother ship' (CTV.ca)
An Indian warship loaded with six-barreled 30-millimeter machine guns for close combat opened fire on a pirate ship, sinking the vessel off the coast of Somalia, a spokesperson said Wednesday.
Africa Daily Press Briefing (Scoop.co.nz)
MR. MCCORMACK: I think DOD probably has a better handle on that. I’ve seen a lot of quotations from people related to the Fifth Fleet. They’re monitoring the situation very closely. I can’t offer you any more detailed accounts than they have already ...
$5M grant to speed Toledo dock project; aid will improve access to former refinery site (The Toledo Blade)
Redevelopment plans for a former refinery site along the Maumee River in East Toledo got a $5 million boost yesterday from the state - money that will be supplemented by $2.4 million from the private sector. The Ohio Department of Development grant to Lucas County will provide improved rail, truck, and ship access to a 181-acre property straddling Front Street that the Toledo-Lucas County Port ...
Ken Heebner Buys Wells Fargo & Company, Citigroup Inc., Bank of America Corp., Sells Apple Inc., Anglo American plc, ... (Guru Focus)
Ken Heebner got into oil and basic materials in the second quarter. Quickly he found he was wrong, he got out of those and now he is all in financials. A good sign? Ken Heebner owns 86 stocks with a total value of $11.3 billion. These are the details of the buys and sells during the third quarter. Ken Heebner buys Wells Fargo & Company, Citigroup Inc., Bank of America Corp., WalMart Stores Inc., ...