Gordon Gibb is a writer, broadcaster and media specialist who has contributed since 2007. His specialty is getting to the heart of an issue quickly, and complex subjects are more easily understood in his hands. His work has appeared in major international magazines and newspapers, and his two books on Nobel Peace Prize winner Lester B. Pearson were published in 2006 and 2015 respectively. A book of essays and newspaper columns entitled ‘Gibberish: Tall Tales and Domestic Disasters from Beyond the Microphone’ was released in 2014. A novel, ‘The Fifth Season,’ is due in 2016. When not writing and producing his daily radio program, Gordon operates a voiceover studio at www.GordonGibb.com and runs an oldies music channel at www.yourKawarthaOLDIES.com.
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Miami, FL: While Trasylol maker Bayer AG continues to tread water while crunching the numbers from the aborted Canadian BART study, lawsuits that have emerged from the thousands of deaths allegedly attributed to the anti-bleeding agent have been consolidated.
New York, NY: The day after the Bear Stearns bailout was announced at the fire sale price of $2 a share, some longtime Bear Stearns employees were seen in the hallways crying. A third of Bear Stearns employees are also shareholders, and suddenly faced losing their life savings if Bear Stearns fails, or is actually sold at such a low price.
Thousand Oaks, CA: It is a sad state of affairs when drugs designed to make you better actually make you worse, but that is the inference with a trio of anemia drugs commonly given to cancer patients, and individuals suffering from kidney problems. Procrit, Aranesp and Epogen were recently given black box warnings, and now face an FDA panel in March.
Cincinnati, OH: The trouble with retirement is that you only get one. One retirement, and one chance to save for it. So if the bottom drops out of your retirement portfolio, as may be the case for a lot of SunTrust investors holding SunTrust Banks Inc. 401(k) plans, you may have little opportunity to earn it back.
Newark, NJ: Oh, for the days when you could just take your new TV out of the box, plug it in and expect years of trouble-free, worry-free service. Sadly, that has not been the case for hundreds, if not thousands of owners of Toshiba high-definition televisions, with defective lamps that appear to take the industry back to the old tube days.
Hoffman Estates, IL: Talk about Big Brother watching you. Spyware is something you expect to get from an unsavory web site or an infected email—not from a major retailer. However, that appears to be the case with Sears and Roebuck through their My SHC Community, on-line service.
Sauk Rapids, MN: The experience of a Minnesota woman—whose daughter was sickened with salmonella poisoning from Banquet Pot Pies—verifies the foolhardiness of Banquet in assuming that consumers are aware of the power and wattage of their microwaves.
Philadelphia, PA: In spite of tripling its profit in the first quarter of this year, a dramatic reversal of fortune by the end of 2007 at Comcast Corp. has prompted concern for members of Comcast investment plans or profit sharing retirement plans who may have suffered irreversible losses.
Hartford, CT: The recent fears of a looming recession in the US, together with the impact on global markets initiated by the sub-prime mortgage debacle, has brought forward another potential issue surrounding investment performance. This time, it's SunTrust Banks Inc. under the microscope.
Foxborough, MA: You must forgive owners of Toshiba DLP high-definition televisions for getting feisty this time of year, especially if they are sports fans. The Super Bowl is coming up, and they're going to be wondering if their Toshiba DLP TV is going to work, or go D on them - D for defective. Specifically, will the lamp last? Or will it burn out right before, or during the big game?
Wilmington, NC: Imagine buying a high-end home, with all the amenities and accoutrements consistent with quality. Perhaps you have a swimming pool in a spacious yard, lawn sprinkler system, and radiant floors. So imagine your surprise when you discover that your expensive home was not plumbed with copper pipe, but rather less-expensive Kitec pipe with defective brass fittings that could leak.
Marshall, MO: A little more than a month after ConAgra recalled Banquet pot pies for potential salmonella contamination, the huge packaged food enterprise was allowed to resume production at its Marshall, Missouri plant after assuring inspectors that safety flaws found to have potentially contributed to a salmonella outbreak had been corrected.
Thousand Oaks, CA: A company that manufactures a trio of drugs to combat anemia is suffering anemic symptoms of its own, after two new studies have further clouded the safety and effectiveness of Amgen's anemia drugs.
Clark County, NV: Second only to fire, a flood is one of the most-feared events in a home, given the damage water can do. Little wonder that homeowners are up in arms over Kitec pipes and fittings that fail prematurely.
Omaha, NB: After ConAgra voluntarily halted production at the plant that made the allegedly tainted Banquet pot pies back in October, ConAgra spokespeople immediately jumped on the 'proper cooking' bandwagon.
Emporia, KS: Menu Foods has been out of the headlines for awhile now, since news of tainted pet food broke back in the spring that contaminated wheat gluten imported from China was making pets ill across the nation, many of them dying.
Omaha, NE: Mother was always right, after all. Or maybe it was Granny, who dispensed sage advice about not forgetting your overcoat, minding your manners and never, ever becoming too busy for a wholesome, home-cooked meal. Well somehow, over time life has become way too complicated—ever since the 1960's when the TV dinner made its debut. The food industry has never looked back.
Atlanta, GA: While most buyers of high-end Toshiba DLP projection television units made their purchase decisions based on a familiar, reputable name and excellent picture quality, euphoria has turned into frustration for many after expensive lamps integral to the operation of the units began failing prematurely.
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