Monday, August 29, 2016

More bad news for Delta as pilots picket



Can Delta Airlines catch a break? Apparently not. It’s been a pretty rough summer for the world’s number 2 airline. Just a few weeks after a computer program glitch left thousands of passengers stranded across the country, now Delta pilots are picketing company headquarters, making a very public demand for more cash for their services.

Monday, August 15, 2016

Economic Impact of the Olympics in Rio


When Brazil was awarded the right to host the 2016 Olympics in 2009, the country had great economic promise as the world's fifth-largest economy, beating out the United Kingdom. Brazil was viewed as a budding economic super power thanks to its vast mining and agricultural sectors, which helped bring about 33 million Brazilians out of economy in the last decade.