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S&P Upgrades Romania to Investment Grade After Six Years By Andra Timu ,   May 16, 2014 Standard & Poor’s upgraded Romania to investment grade for the first time since 2008 as the economy grows and the government maintains fiscal rigor. The Black Sea country’s long-term sovereign bond rating was raised to BBB-, the lowest investment grade and placing it on par with Russia, Brazil and Spain, from BB+, S&P said today in a statement. Romania has struggled to shed its junk rating over the past 5 1/2 years, embarking on one of the European Union’s toughest austerity programs in 2010 by cutting state wages 25 percent and raising value-added tax by 5 percentage points. The government narrowed the budget gap to an estimated 2.2 percent of gross domestic product this year, from 7.2 percent in 2009. “The upgrade reflects Romania’s rapid progress in improving its external balances,” S&P said in a statement. “We believe Romania will maintain stead...

Bear kills Irish woman (When Beast Is Determined) in savage attack in Canada From Jane Walsh @irishcentral May 10,2014 04:00 AM A Career Oriented and Certified Instrument Technician Named Lorna Weafer, 36, has been confirmed died after being attacked by a large male black bear in Alberta Canada at the Suncor oilfield which The oilfield is located 25 miles north of her home in Fort McMurray (SO PAINFUL!) Photo by: Irish Independent  A Dublin hard working woman had been killed by a male black bear on an oilfield in Alberta. Lorna Weafer (36), who emigrated to Canada with her parents, Margaret and Frank, past 30 years ago, was working as an instrument technician and was still on duty active service carrying out electrical work at the Suncor oilfield in the 25 miles north of her home in Fort McMurray when she was attacked by the beast and was killed. The incident took place at 2:15pm on Wednesday, May 7. Weafer was exiting a portable washr...

10 Best Cities for Today’s College Graduates By Brianna Ehley , The Fiscal Times April 29, 2014 As more local institutions join the student loan game, college kids will have even more options for private loans Attention, Class of 2014: It’s almost time to start ditching dorm life for the real world. Though some soon-to-be degree holders may already have good jobs lined up, many more will be searching for some time to come. The unemployment rate for the class of 2013, after all, is at 10.9 percent – far above the national average. Still, that’s the lowest unemployment rate for new college graduates since 2007, when the rate was at 7.7 percent. Related:  Millennials’ Joblessness Costs Government $8.9B a Year With the job market improving for this group of Americans, especially in certain parts of the country, where should these new grads go? A new study by NerdWallet examined criteria in each major U.S. city – such as the job market, averag...

TOP BREAKING NEWS NOW. WE FELICITATE WITH THE STAUNCH NEWS ONLINE. While we celebrate the lunching and official release of STAUNCH NEWS BROADCAST ONLINE, we join the Good People of Nigeria in Condemning the activities of the Terrorist Sect Called Boko Haram and plead to the good people of the world to lend their voices in condemning the sect's activities. One Terrorist attack to one child is a terror attack to all. NIGERIA: President Good luck Jonathan Has Accepted US Offer To Help Rescue Abducted Girls In Nigeria, State House Says President Goodluck Jonathan today accepted a definite offer of help from the United States of America to locate and rescue the girls abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok three weeks ago, a presidential statement has said. “The offer from President Barack Obama which was conveyed to President Jonathan by the United States Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry in a teleph one conversation which began at 15...