Disasters

The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) touched a 25-year low of 647 points on Feb. 3, while weak shipping demand and a seasonal boost in capacity last month added to the challenges facing China's...

Tokyo, Feb 2, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation today announced its sales and financial results through the third quarter of the 2011 fiscal year ending March 31, 2012 and its...

Cuba's Official Gazette published regulations for a plan to subsidize construction and repair of private homes, reports Granma (Jan. 6, 2012). Citizens needing assistance--protected by social security or not--will be eligible for as...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Jan. 12 said it approved a disbursement of SDR 2.05 million (US$3.1 million) under the rapid credit facility (RCF) for Dominica to help manage the economic impact...

The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund on Dec. 22 announced grants worth nearly $1.5 million to help Haitians. A $264,000 grant to the Oasis Foundation will help revive l'Ecole Hoteliere Haitienne (the Haiti Hotel...

2011 was the year of people power; whether it was the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, recall elections or MF Global customers fighting against the big banks, people demanded to be heard and...

2011 was one of the most active on record for natural catastrophes, with 253 events generating an economic loss of $435 billion, according to Aon Benfield's Annual Global Climate and Catastrophe Report. At...

Hailstorms in Australia, tornadoes in the southeastern U.S. and windstorms in northern Europe: We're in the second month of the year and already receiving hints that 2012 may be shaping up to equal...

When John Fogerty musically asked "Who'll Stop the Rain?" 40 years ago, he was pondering the world's disquiet. But given the economic and insured damage from natural catastrophes that deluged the U.S. and...

NEWS SHORTS FROM THE PULP AND PAPER WORLD CORPORATE STRATEGY China maps out guidelines for pulp and paper industry development China looks set to raise its pulp capacity in a bid to reduce...

Byline: Steve Terrell A bill that would give the governor and local governments more power to restrict fireworks during times of high fire risk won praise from several fire chiefs and mayors from...

Establishing manufacturing structure of four production centers worldwide and strengthening BCP Tokyo, Jan 31, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Tanaka Holdings Co., Ltd. (a company of Tanaka Precious Metals) today announced that Tanaka...

It's been exactly a year since a Kenner warehouse full of inflatable party attractions was destroyed in a fire. A crew working on the building's roof started the blaze that caused more than...

- Robert Walters Japan raises money to supply food for families in the Tohoku region - Second Harvest Japan collects and delivers food to families and individuals in need Tokyo, Jan 26, 2012...

The federal government was immune from liability in lawsuits brought by hurricane victims who were allegedly exposed to dangerous levels of formaldehyde while living in emergency housing units, the 5th Circuit has ruled...

Developer Wade Verges refers to Bullard Avenue as the new Main Street of eastern New Orleans. As one of the owners of the Lakeland Medical Center property where Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced it...

Declining interest from Hurricane Katrina evacuees who have yet to return to New Orleans doesn't mean there's less need for the 1,500 housing units being built in the 27.5-acre footprint of the Lafitte...

Construction is set to begin on the building that will replace the facility that housed the offices for the LSU Health Foundation until Hurricane Katrina. Satterfield and Pontikes Construction Group became the apparent...

Iowa Low-Income Housing Credit Disaster Relief The Internal Revenue Service is suspending certain requirements under § 42 of the Internal Revenue Code for low-income housing credit projects to provide emergency housing relief needed...