Proven Results Archive
Erin Brockovich - BBC NewsApril 16, 2010
Families agree Corby poison waste settlementBy Paul Baker George Taylor is 18 and like many other teenagers of his age, except that most of his right hand has been removed after a series of tumours. In an historic judgement, a court decided these had been caused by his pregnant mother's exposure to toxic waste as it was being removed from a former steelworks in the Northamptonshire town of Corby. George and 18 other children will now share an out-of-court settlement reached with Corby Borough Council, which carried out the clean-up. Corby steelworks closed in 1980 and the industrial sites were bought by the local authority for regeneration. Before any building work could begin, the site had to be cleared and thousands of tonnes of contaminated land was removed. However, the clearance operation was badly managed. |
R7 Real Estate - California Real Estate JournalMarch 29, 2010 Entropy Breeds EntrepreneursOpportunistic real estate professionals risk uncertainty for the returns that starting your own company offersBy Keeley Webster Business start-ups tend to increase during recessions as enterprising or newly unemployed people seek to create opportunities out of economic upheaval.
But not this recession.
The number of new U.S. business start-ups in the first two quarters of
2009, the most recent data available, declined as compared with the
first halves of the previous three years, said Dana Stangler, a senior
analyst with the Kauffman Foundation, a research firm that tracks
entrepreneurial activity.
In the first half of 2009, 350,000 businesses were started compared with
400,000 during the first half of 2008, 411,000 during the first half of
2007, and 438,000 during the first half of 2006, according to
statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor.
"This recession is special," Stangler said. "During the previous four
recessions, there was not that much change in the start-up activity or
the survival rate of businesses formed during a recession."
Dr. John Millard - HollywoodTrendReport.comMarch 29, 2010
Dr. Millard interview with the Hollywood Trend Report Radio Show.
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