Thfire.com Everyday news that matters The fashion industry which is all glittering and glamorous in the media has a dark side that no one talks about. A Model’s documentary has exposed the darker side of the Glamorous Fashion World. When we watch a model walking down the ramp wearing the most glamorous and sexist dress you can ever imagine and getting paid in paychecks whose ... Read More »
U.S. Gold Hits Record High
The Gold is getting hotter by the day. In US the gold has hit a record high price of above $1300 an ounce. Thanks to the failing markets and low confidence in market, people are now turning to Gold for refugee. Investors are now eying the Gold for their investments. This is increasing the demand and shooting the price up. ... Read More »
U.S. Border Official Charged With Bribery in California
A U.S. border inspector was charged Friday with taking more than $50,000 to wave drug-laden vehicles from Mexico through his lane. Oscar Osbaldo Ortiz Martinez, a since 2008, allegedly took $22,000 in June for allowing a Jeep Cherokee that he believed was carrying cocaine to pass through his booth at the border crossing in downtown Calexico, about 120 miles east ... Read More »
Florida Bank Becomes 126th Failure This Year
A small Bank in Florida has joined the long list of failed banks this year. It is the 126th bank to fail in 2010. This is also the 24th bank to fail in the state of Florida alone this year. Regulators on Friday shut down a small bank in Florida, lifting to 126 the number of bank failures this year. ... Read More »
Fat People are Mostly English Speaking
A recent report by the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development) says that 6 out the 7 top obese countries are English speaking. The countries in the world with the highest obesity rates are (in order) USA, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada and Ireland. With the exception of Mexico, all the fattest countries have one thing in ... Read More »
Facebook’s Zuckerberg Richer than Apple’s Steve Jobs
Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg was not even in the top 400 last year but this year he has more wealth then that of Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs. Forbes list of the 400 richest people in America says so. Bill Gates continues to stay on the top with an estimated $54 Billion of wealth. Second on the list was Berkshire Hathaway ... Read More »
Russia Cancels Arms deal with Iran
Iran Thursday regretted Russia’s decision to cancel an arms deal with the Islamic republic, ISNA news agency reported. The Kremlin announced Wednesday that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev cancelled a planned arms deal with Iran because of the United Nations Security Council sanctions against the country. The presidential decree forbade the transfer of tanks, artillery, war ships, helicopters and missile defence ... Read More »