Rounding Up the Culprits of Rising Prices

From Bloomberg.com we get the bad news that “Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said inflation is likely to exceed the UK government’s upper 3% limit in coming months as higher sales taxes drive gains in consumer prices,” which “rose 3.1% in July from a year earlier after climbing 3.2% in June.”

World's Biggest Banking Black Hole in Ireland

Ireland Must Carry Out Europe's Most Ambitious Bank Bailout Program at Time of Rising Deficits and Welfare Lines

Shellshocked Irish weigh bank bailouts, bankruptcy

It's the world's biggest banking black hole -- and it's in Ireland, one of Europe's most troubled economies. The debt disaster at Anglo Irish Bank means that Ireland is tasked with carrying out the continent's most ambitious bank-bailout program at a time of surging deficits and welfare lines.

City, cannery have downtown stench under control

The acidity levels in tomato waste from the cannery had been stinking up an area of downtown. It now appears to be under control. Photo by: Nick Lovejoy, Staff Photographer City and cannery officials by Wednesday had "pretty much eliminated" the stench downtown caused by waste in a storm drain, public works official Clay Lee said today. For the past several weeks, there had been a stench near ...

Weekend Planner for August 25

• Friday - End of summer • Friday - Old-time movie • Saturday (8/28) - Chill out • Friday-Sunday: Oh, that smell • Friday-Sunday: Pickin' and eatin' • Saturday - Old-time movies • Saturday and Sunday: Hemp by any other name