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...Overall Happiness: "Life satisfaction rose or remained constant in 23 countries and only declined in Portugal, Hungary, the United States, Canada and Japan. The rise in life satisfaction in Turkey is particularly striking. ... While Mexico shows the lowest income among OECD countries, at $10,000 per capita, Mexicans report being almost as satsified with life as OECD's highest income country Luxembourg, at $55,000. ... Korea now has the highest suicide rate among OECD countries (around 22 deaths per 100,000 individuals). Ireland shows a marked regular increase of suicide rates with a peak in 2000, followed by a small...
...Canadian rescue package works out to more than $340,420 for every employee at Chrysler Canada, which has 9,400 hourly and salaried workers on payroll. That's 15% more than the $295,000 per employee that Washington is shelling out to save about 40,000 Chrysler jobs in the U.S. "This money will never be paid back to the Canadian government," says Toronto auto analyst Dennis DesRosiers, with DesRosiers Automotive Consultants. "The deal has been spun in a positive way, but if taxpayers understood what's really going on, they would revolt...
...network will be laid in Tasmania as soon as July. The rest of the nation will follow early next year, with the emphasis on tackling black spots and bringing faster connections to rural areas. Ultimately, the network will be capable of data-transmission speeds of up to one gigabit per second, says John Lindsay, carrier relations manager at Internode, an Internet service provider that delivers broadband to Fernbrooke and across Australia. "The network will evolve over a 40-year period," he says. "Fiber is a pretty future-proof technology...
...This year, farmers will likely suffer heavy losses, as the sale price of their hogs does not meet the cost of raising the animals. The recent price fall could be realized as a $10 to $20 per head loss in the next 12 months, predict Ward and Iverson. Pork processors have already lowered their bids for pigs, given the great degree of uncertainty in predicting the demand for pork...
...What this indicates is that there are a lot of people jonesing for spiritual information. Steve Waldman, founder of Beliefnet - the world's largest spiritual website, with as many as 3 million unique visitors per month, and the closest thing to a Patheos competitor - says there is room for another spiritual site. "Religion until recently has been something major media companies have been scared of," says Waldman, whose company was acquired by News Corp. in late 2007. And the recession could deepen interest in spiritual sites. "People are seeking religious support or guidance to help them get through financial crises...