Jamelle Agbuis

What happened since we left you, Fellow Reckoner? Ah, yes. The Fed concluded its back-slapping fête in Jackson Hole on Friday, with The Bernank going way out on a thin limb:

Sep 10, 2012

It is estimated that 85 percent of buying decisions are influenced by visual perception, specifically color. As a merchant, you can use color to increase sales and improve your customers' levels of satisfaction.

Sep 10, 2012

Though all 50 U.S. states recognize the natural human right of individuals to refuse otherwise compulsory vaccinations on the basis of religious, philosophical, or medical reasons -- some states recognize all three reasons as valid -- 95 percent of American parents still go along with the federal government's recommended vaccine schedule for their children with no questions asked.

Sep 07, 2012

Mexico has been forced to reduce supplies of natural gas to several of its biggest consumers by almost as much as 45 percent in order to keep up with the increasing demand from steelmakers like Arcelor Mittal and Ternium SA to households.

Sep 07, 2012

Lance Armstrong to be Stripped of Tour de France Titles Over Doping Allegations

Sep 07, 2012

2012 London Olympics is said to have quashed trade at Greene King's central London pubs but at the same time it helped increase Greene King's sales in the suburbs. According to Greene King's report published today, 2012 London Olympics had a minimal impact on the company's performance, which had been expected by its officials. However Greene King's sales increased despite the wet weather in the summer.

Sep 07, 2012

McDonald's Corp., the world-known burger giant chain, has informed that it plans to open vegetarian-only restaurants in India in 2013. According to McDonald's Corp.'s statement, religious pilgrims to two of India's sacred spirituals sites will be able to eat at purely vegetarian McDonald's in Amritsar, home to the Golden Temple, and the town of Katra as well. News sounds like an oxymoron!

Sep 07, 2012

Baidu Inc., which is China's dominant search engine, has informed that it plans to invest approximately 10 billion yuan, or $1.6 billion, in a cloud computing centre. In addition, the company is creating a Baidu's mobile browser to help secure its share in a mobile Internet market.

Sep 07, 2012

eMedia Asia Limited, the joint venture subsidiary of Global Sources, has come up with a unique application called eeWeibo that is able to sort through millions of Sina Weibo posts to provide significant and real-time mobile content to professionals employed in mainland China's electronics sector.

Sep 07, 2012

According to all indications, an iPhone 5 release will take place on the 12th of September as Apple Inc. invited all reporters to a news conference next week in San Francisco.

Sep 07, 2012

Steve Stricker can't wait to have "fun" at the Ryder Cup while Brandt Snedeker, Jim Furyk and Dustin Johnson are all delighted to be part of the team.

Sep 05, 2012

A new molecule with anti-cancer and anti-metastatic properties has been discovered by teams from CNRS, CEA, the Institut Curie and Inserm(1), in collaboration with Australian and British researchers.

Sep 05, 2012

If your dinner date chooses unhealthily from a restaurant menu, you are less likely to stick to healthy options, according to University of Birmingham research published in the British Journal of Nutrition.

Sep 05, 2012

Most couples who seek reproductive assistance are sub-fertile, rather than sterile, and may conceive naturally. But for this to be optimised, they need to accurately time intercourse on the fertile days of the menstrual cycle.

Sep 05, 2012

Tyranny is upon us. But tyranny isn't put in place by some all-powerful evil force that suddenly assaults our freedoms; it's ratcheted up one day at a time by the People themselves -- the government workers who are willing to do anything as long as they're told "it's the rules."

Sep 05, 2012

In France, as in the USA, the weight of the welfare/warfare state rests on the shoulders of this next generation. In America, they are expected to support $211trn of debt and unfunded healthcare and pension liabilities.

Sep 05, 2012

Ben Bernanke just said he was ready to do something if something needed doing. His position hasn't changed.

Sep 05, 2012

Royal Dutch Shell has been given an approval by the U.S. government to begin limited oil drilling in Alaska's Chukchi Sea. Shell had been waiting long for the approval, which kept it from tapping Arctic oil.

Sep 05, 2012

A recent press release from Thehomepage.com.au has indicated that 32% of their traffic is via a mobile device.

Sep 05, 2012

While the pharmaceutical industry is busy trying to conjure up new drugs to tackle the antibiotic-resistant "superbug" epidemic, a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation explains how simple vitamin B3, also known as nicotinamide (NAM), taken in high doses may effectively thwart staph and other potentially life-threatening infections without the need for drugs.

Sep 05, 2012

Consider Minneapolis, Minn. You could've bought, out of foreclosure, a three-bedroom, two-bath house of 1,356 square feet on a quarter acre lot for about $29,000. It needed a lot of work, but houses in the neighborhood recently sold for $75,000.

Sep 05, 2012

Shortly after a large victory over competitor Samsung in a federal court in California in regards to patent violation across roughly 26 Samsung's devices, smartphones and tablets, Apple decided to go back to court and amended a separate patent infringement complaint in a separate case against Samsung. An Apple's new complaint is made against 17 Samsung's devices, including Samsung's newest smartphones such as Samsung's Galaxy S3.

Sep 05, 2012

Australia's cyclists have netted five medals on the opening day of racing at the velodrome with Canberra's Sue Powell claiming our first gold medal of the 2012 London Paralympic Games campaign in the C4 3km individual pursuit.

Sep 03, 2012

Additive triclosan affects fish and mice at a cellular level

Sep 03, 2012

Scientists at the University of Glasgow are working to harness the regenerative power of stem cells to improve orthopaedic implant surgery.

Sep 03, 2012

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital reports success using a targeted educational approach to teach young patients to remain motionless during MRI scans, making the process safer.

Sep 03, 2012

Laser-powered bionic eyes? Seriously? Restore sight to the completely blind? Can this headline be correct?

Sep 03, 2012

Most Americans have "hot meals" two out of every three sit downs per day, and usually that food itself has already been cooked, maybe at very high temperatures, and then processed, and finally loaded with preservatives and artificial ingredients. Even organic food which is cooked at over 118 degrees will most likely kill the nutrients, but there are some exceptions. (http://www.essortment.com/health-nutrition-steam-broccoli-48355.html)

Sep 03, 2012

Several decades ago, the Dupont logo had the following text attached: "Better living through chemistry." Since then, many of us have come to realize we are living worse in a toxic environment that includes chemically polluted air, water, food, so called "medicine," and now even clothing.

Sep 03, 2012