JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – Greenpeace activists dumped three trucks of coal in front of the headquarters of South African state utility Eskom Monday to protest what they called its lack of commitment to green energy.
CARACAS — Venezuela, one of the world's leading oil producers, is trying to limit its power consumption as the country's decrepit power utilities struggle to keep up with the demand.
Hundreds of unionists protested in Athens on Tuesday against proposed wage cuts in Greece's inefficient public utility services as a transport strike sparked huge traffic snarl-ups in the capital.
The age of the plain old credit score is gone, says a report at the Wall Street Journal, and it's been replaced by ever more intrusive efforts by banks and credit agencies to gauge exactly what you're worth, and what you can pay.
At least two people were dead and 50 hurt when two school buses collided with a truck and sports utility vehicle on a Missouri highway Thursday, media reported.
Arizona's campaign against Mexican immigrants seems to intensify with every passing week. This latest round of escalation, however, has even some proponents of getting tough on illegal immigrants wondering if it's just gone a bit too far.
