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...says Richard Parkus, head of commercial real estate debt research at Deutsche Bank. "Because it's in slow motion, people get this sense that it's really not happening. It is happening." To get a sense of just how the train wreck is unfolding, I took a tour last month of the warehouses and industrial parks of eastern Los Angeles County. Chris Bonney, the president of the City of Industry, Calif., office of commercial brokerage Lee & Associates, was my guide (and my driver). With the phenomenal growth of foreign trade passing through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach...
...study published in April in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, scientists at the Mayo Clinic and the University of Southern California used standardized memory tests to assess 487 healthy adults over the age of 65, half of whom were asked to complete Posit's two-month brain-fitness program. The results of the Posit-funded study show that the software users improved their mental speed by about 60% compared with 7% in the control group...
Western governments have hit a snag in their demands that Uganda drop a proposal to impose the death penalty for homosexual behavior: it may have been partly inspired by Americans. A draft of the bill was introduced in April, a month after three Evangelical Christians gave talks on "the gay agenda" to politicians and police officers. The Americans have said they had no intention of stoking hatred; one called the bill "horrible...
...What They're Protesting in Australia: Australian sheep farmer Peter Spencer, 61, has spent more than a month and a half on a hunger strike to protest a climate-change policy that prohibits him from clearing vegetation from his farm. Spencer--with the support of hundreds of other protesters--has argued that the laws, instituted to cut greenhouse-gas emissions, have reduced the commercial viability of his land. He is demanding compensation for his losses, something the government says should be decided by the courts...
Kessler tied Boe’s record more than a month ago when the Crimson defeated Connecticut on Dec. 8, but due to the exam break and Canadian national team commitments, she did not get an opportunity to break the record until this weekend. After waiting for a month, Kessler finally recorded her 64th victory...