1
POPSBlackberry maker becomes Canada's most valuable company " Earlier in 2005, Manulife Financial held the top spot in Canada's big companies list. It is now in third place, with a market capitalization of 62.28 billion Canadian dollars (62.3 billion U.S. dollars Nortel Networks was the country's most valuable company during the tech boom of 1999-2000. Its market capitalization reached 400 billion Canadian dollars (400 billion U.S. dollars) in 2000, making up 36 percent of the entire worth of Toronto's benchmark index at the time. It is now worth less than 7 billion Canadian dollars (7 billion U.S. dollars). "
3
POPSDangerous Crossroads: US Sponsored War Games
"President George W Bush and his inner circle are taking steps to place America on the path to war with Iran, .. Pentagon planners have developed a list of up to 2,000 bombing targets in Iran, ... Pentagon and CIA officers say they believe that the White House has begun a carefully calibrated programme of escalation that could lead to a military showdown with Iran. (Quoted in The Sunday Telegraph, 16 September 2007). VS-08 is a large scale military exercise to be conducted over North America and the Northern Pacific Ocean, extending westwards towards the Far East borders of Russia and China: "USNORTHCOM’s primary exercise venues for VS-08 include locations in Oregon, Arizona and a cooperative venue with USPACOM in the Territory of Guam. NORAD’s aerospace detection and defense events will take place across all the exercise venues, to exercise the ability to mobilize resources for aerospace defense, aerospace control, maritime warning, and coordination of air operations "
Newest Clips
see Newest Clips
4
Latest Pops
Latest Comments
Most Pops
Tags
Print
Save
Turn on live update