President Obama Announces New Small Business Lending Initiatives

President Obama announces new lending initiatives that will help small businesses have more access to credit during a visit to Metropolitan Archives in Landover, MD. October 21, 2009. (Public Domain)

Earthquake @ Indonesia

Magnitude: 7.6

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 10:16:09 UTC
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 05:16:09 PM at epicenter

Location: 0.789°S, 99.961°E
Depth: 80 km (49.7 miles)
Region: SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
Distances: 45 km (30 miles) WNW of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia
220 km (135 miles) SW of Pekanbaru, Sumatra, Indonesia
475 km (295 miles) SSW of KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
960 km (590 miles) NW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
Location: Uncertainty horizontal +/- 8.9 km (5.5 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters: NST= 42, Nph= 42, Dmin=521.5 km, Rmss=1.28 sec, Gp= 47°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8
Source: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

CNBC on the H1B

President Obama: Arizona State Commencement

Romance During the Swine Flu Outbreaks?

The U.S. government has declared the swine flu a public health emergency. As of April 27, 2009, there have been 40 cases of confirmed swine flu in the states of California, Kansas, New York City, Ohio and Texas. The swine flu outbreaks anguish many countries all around the globe. The World Health Organization (WHO) coordinates the global response to human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) and monitoring the corresponding threat of an influenza pandemic.

A Google Whiz Searches for His Place on Earth

His case highlights the technology industry’s argument that the United States will struggle to compete if it cannot more easily hire foreign-born engineers.

“We are watching the decline and fall of the United States as an economic power — not hypothetically, but as we speak,” said Craig R. Barrett, the chairman of Intel.

Mr. Barrett blames a slouching education system that cannot be easily fixed, but he says a stopgap measure would be to let companies hire more foreign engineers.

“With a snap of the fingers, you can say, ‘I’m going to make it such that those smart kids — and as many of them as want to — can stay in the United States.’ They’re here today, they’re graduating today — and they’re going home today.”

Now, it’s Google’s perspective on immigration draws the fact that there are problems with the United States’ immigration systems.

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