From the monthly archives: November 2008

The Devil’s Excrement and OPEC

By On November 26, 2008 · Leave a Comment

On October 16th, Oil prices plummeted below $70 for the first time in 16 months, loosing half its value since hitting a record high of $147.27, prompting the oil cartel OPEC to call an emergency meeting.

OPEC cut production by 1.5 million barrels a day starting November after their emergency meeting on October 24th [...]

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Its the FMI’s Turn at Being Hacked

By On November 22, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Within weeks of the World Bank’s story breaking about its computer systems being breached by hackers, Fox News has reported here that Cyber-Hackers have broken into the IMF computer system.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization that oversees the global financial system by following the [...]

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Amazon’s Web Services Start-Up Challenge

By On November 22, 2008 · Leave a Comment

This past November 20th, Amazon announced the winner of the AWS Start-Up Challenge for $100,000 in cash and AWS credits. Amazon Web Services or AWS is searching for the next hot start-up that uses AWS to build its business.

Yieldex was chosen as the winner of the 2008 AWS Start-Up Challenge! Yieldex [...]

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Diabetes

By On November 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment

My first exposure to diabetes was while living in the UK during my teenage years. I remember a girl who used to leave class at a specific time everyday in order to inject herself with insulin. Obviously at that time I was completely ignorant and so were my classmates who made cruel comments about [...]

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