Archive for July 29th, 2008
Earthquake!!!!
Posted by: ladyrayne on: July 29, 2008
Southern California was hit by an earthquake this morning. The earthquake had a magnitude of 5.4. The earthquake was centered near Chino Hills, CA, which is 30 miles east of Los Angeles.
5.4 earthquake rocks L.A. area; minor injuries and damage reported
The quake, which Caltech officials downgraded from an initial magnitude of 5.8, was centered near Chino [...]
Black women more tech savvy
Posted by: ladyrayne on: July 29, 2008
It seems like everytime I read a news article about black women it’s always negative. We always seem to be first or the most likely in the worst situations, like my last blog post. Well here’s some good news. At least it’s good news to me. Black women are more tech savvy than other female consumers.
Black women [...]
Sugary drinks not good for black women
Posted by: ladyrayne on: July 29, 2008
According to a recent study published by the Archives of Internal Medicine, black women who drink sugar sweetened soft drinks & fruit drinks and juices other than orange and grapefruit have a greater chance of developing Type 2 diabetes.
Pop, juice risky for black women
DIABETES | Sugary drinks linked to disease
Women who drink soda pop and sugar-sweetened fruit [...]
I’m keeping my landline Part 2
Posted by: ladyrayne on: July 29, 2008
Back in 2007 I blogged about an article from the New York Times talking about how the number of cell phones are surpassing the number of landline phones in the home. Well Newsweek has an article titled Phones Without Homes: What’s really killing the land-line phone business. The article talks about young folks turning away [...]
Amazon.com’s not hurting
Posted by: ladyrayne on: July 29, 2008
I wasn’t surprised to read this:
Earnings: Higher fuel prices help drive more consumers to Amazon
By ANDREA JAMES
P-I REPORTER
With profit doubling in its second quarter, Amazon.com trounced the notion that declining consumer confidence would hurt the online retail giant.
The Seattle company beat Wall Street expectations, and its stock climbed more than 8 percent, to surpass $76 [...]
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