With all the debate and discussion about the costs (and hopefully benefits) of NHI, it really is encouraging to see that the Department of Health and government aren’t hanging all their hopes on the Big Bang of NIH to solve our healthcare issues. As we slowly put the curse of the Mbeki-Manto-Beetroot alliance behind us,…
From a TimesLive article on looting: A millionaire’s daughter, Laura Johnson, 19, was remanded in custody when she appeared in court in Bexley near London after being arrested behind the wheel of a car filled with stolen electrical goods and alcohol worth about £5000 (R56385.90). So the goods were worth about GBP50,000 GBP5,000 (a good…
Hooked up to the Internet wirelessly and to GPS, the system tabulates a charge for each car trip by using a mileage-based formula that also takes account of a car’s fuel efficiency, the time of day and the route.
Apple overtakes Exxon-Mobil to become NYSE’s most valuable company, and therefore probably the world’s most valuable company. $337.2bn market cap at close of the NYSE today.
So far so good. The 10 year government bond yield has decreased even further in the face of S&P’s downgrade. Only 5 months 29 days to go, but so far I’m feeling confident.
The Consumer Protection Act (CPA) protects consumers from abuse by enforcing fair practices, improved disclosure and added minimum warranties etc, It’s a good piece of legislation, even if at times some aspects of it may result in greater costs than benefits. TimesLive has a story about the alleged noncompliance of medical schemes with the CPA.…
I’ve blogged before that it’s more the cost of electricity and the efficiency of its generation that we should be concerned about rather than the price we ultimately pay. From a national perspective, we pay generation and transmission costs regardless of what the price on our bill is. The profit or loss comes out of…
Experimental wind-farm produces tenfold power increase
