| Personal bankruptcies jump 96% in Metro Orlando
Amid the growing mortgage-debt crisis, personal bankruptcies nearly doubled in Metro Orlando last year, although they remained far lower than the record levels earlier this decade, according to court figures released this week.
Nearly 7,060 debtors declared insolvency in Orlando's federal bankruptcy court in 2007, up 96 percent from 2006, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida reported.
Fueled by the mortgage crisis, personal bankruptcy is reaching all levels of the income spectrum -- from affluent professionals to lower-income subprime borrowers, bankruptcy lawyers said.
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Lowe blasts those who helped force him out
RL + MW & co may have the money to buy some cheap shares but they are still poor money wise and have no money splash into this club. Money and greed always create problems and the saints have been in that for years. Hereing about all the clubs going into admim in the league it does appear only a matter of time now, unless we win against Hull on sat and then put in a record 5 back to back wins and start filling sms again and get back the saints feeling good again as without it, it will not just be a cold winter but a cold decade. Come on saints you can beat this s88t........ .
Criticism Mounts Against Biofuels
Indeed, the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, released in October 2006, estimates that deforestation and other comparable land-use changes account for 18 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions around the world. Biofuels, say activists, accelerate that process. A Gold Rush "We are causing a climate catastrophe by promoting agro-fuels," Greenpeace agricultural specialist Alexander Hissting told SPIEGEL ONLINE, using his group's preferred term for biofuels. "We are creating a huge industry in many parts of the world. In Indonesia, something akin to a gold rush has broken out." The European Union seems to have taken note of the gathering biofuels storm. The plan has noted that the 10-percent goal is dependent on whether "production is sustainable," as an EU PowerPoint presentation delivered to reporters on Tuesday noted.
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