Obama vs Romney Final 3rd Debate

       On the final 3rd debate between Romney and Obama. Both candidates emphasizes strong points on their foreign policy. It is hard to tell which candidates appeal most to audience. A recent poll shows both are tied in a race for presidential candidates. A recent poll also shows Mitt Romney scores higher than earlier on women's votes. A few days left till the official election in November, so these last few weeks will be the most crucial points that they must make in order to appeal undecided voters.

Vice President Analysis

Here is what I think of the debate of Vice Presidential Candidates on Thursday.

1. I think both candidates addresses quite well on the issue of what people are facing today.
2. I think most people agreed on that President Obama first debate was quite awful. He was not prepared for the debate. It could have been he was quite busy on other issue. But looks forward to his comeback on Tuesday night second debate
3. These debates have been entertaining so far and we can not wait for the next boxing match between President Obama and Romney.
4. The debates has made overwhelming population to watch almost great depression, some people says, and   in the next few debates will be very crucial as for to attract independent voters

Trader Joe Peanut Butter Recalled

Trader Joe recalled its peanuts for salmoella outbreak contamination.  “If you purchased this product, please do not eat it,” the Monrovia-based company said in a prepared statement. “We encourage you to return the product to any Trader Joe's for a full refund or dispose of it.”

On its website, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is “collaborating with public health officials in several states and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Bredeney infections. Preliminary results from this ongoing joint investigation indicate that Trader Joe’s Valencia Creamy Salted Peanut Butter made with Sea Salt is a likely source of this outbreak.”


A total of 29 ill persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Bredeney have been reported in 18 states. Four people have been hospitalized.

Potential salmonella contamination could cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, the elderly or others with compromised immune systems. Symptoms include fever, abdominal pain and vomiting.

Baby Panda Dies In Washington zoo

The National Zoo’s week-old giant panda cub was found dead Sunday morning, the zoo announced.
The zoo said keepers heard “distressed vocalizations” from the female giant panda, Mei Xiang, at about 9:17 a.m. Sunday, and realized “this is not right, this is not good,” said zoo spokeswoman Pamela Baker-Masson.
The staff realized they had stopped hearing the cub’s healthy squealing, and managed to retrieve the cub from the den with a set of cushioned grabbers. Zoo veterinarians tried CPR on the cub, but the animal could not be revived.
The cub was born almost exactly a week ago, at 10:46 p.m. last Sunday, to jubilation across the city.
It was the first giant panda cub born at the zoo since 2005.
But newborns are fragile.

In 2010, a newborn red panda cub died at the zoo. The cub was found lifeless the evening of July 7, and was rushed to the zoo’s veterinary hospital, where its death was confirmed. The male cub, born June 16, 2010, was the first red panda cub born at the zoo in 15 years.
Zookeepers had been watching the cub closely since its birth because of the extreme hot weather at the time and because its mother had been moving him about their outdoor exhibit instead of keeping him in a nest box, as would be expected, the zoo said.
The zoo said there is a 50 percent mortality rate for red panda cubs born in captivity. Pathologists performed a necropsy, but a definite cause of death was not immediately determined.
Much smaller than the black and white giant panda, red pandas resemble a cross between a fox and a raccoon.

In the 1980s, five giant panda cubs were born to the late panda parents, Ling Ling, a female, and Hsing Hsing, a male, who were given to the United States by China in 1972.
Ling-Ling had her first cub in 1983, but it died of pneumonia three hours later. She had another cub that was stillborn in 1984. In 1987, she had twins, which is not uncommon among giant pandas, experts say.
But one died immediately, and the other died of an infection four days later.
She produced yet another cub in 1989, but it died of pneumonia 23 hours after it was born.
Ling-Ling died in 1992, and Hsing-Hsing in 1999.

US Stock Market Tumbles

September 23, 2012

NEW YORK--Stocks edged lower Friday, Dow suffered major setback in three weeks after gaining in the afternoon.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down to  17.46 points, or 0.1%, to 13579.47, raising its weekly gains.

The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index dipped 0.11 point, or less than 0.1%, to 1460.15. Materials and consumer staples shares fell while the telecom and healthcare sectors rose. The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 4 points, or 0.1%, to 3179.96.

For the week, the Dow gave up 0.1% while the S&P 500 fell 0.4%. Earlier this month, stocks had rallied as the European Central Bank and Federal Reserve announced bond-buying programs meant to jolt economic growth.

"A question that investors keep asking themselves is, 'Can this risk rally continue without the help of the European Central Bank and the Fed?'" said Andres Garcia-Amaya, global market strategist at J.P. Morgan Funds, which owned $396 billion in assets said  "We don't expect earnings growth to be the big driver going forward."

Volume surged into the close as traders positioned themselves for the quarterly rebalancing of S&P Dow Jones Indices's U.S. stock indexes, including the S&P 500. Also boosting activity, stock index futures, stock index options, stock options and single-stock futures expired Friday, an occurrence known as a "quadruple witching."

European markets were broadly higher, with the Stoxx Europe 600 up 0.5% after a report that the European Commission and Spain are working to ensure structural overhauls required for a bailout are in place before the government asks for help.

Spain's IBEX 35 index gained 2.6%, while the yield on Spanish 10-year government bonds declined.

Asian markets gained ground, bouncing from the previous session's losses, with a rally in Japanese electronics company Sharp helping give sentiment a lift. Japan's Nikkei Stock Average added 0.3% after a report the company was in talks with Intel on a capital alliance. China's Shanghai Composite bounced off a 3 1/2-year low to close up 0.1% but fell 4.6% on the week, its biggest weekly loss since October.

Crude-oil prices rose 0.5%, to settle at $92.89 a barrel, after falling 7.2% over the previous four sessions. Gold prices edged up 0.4%, to settle at $1,775.50 a troy ounce. The dollar inched lower against both the euro and yen. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note declined to 1.760%.

In the corporate arena, KB Home jumped 16% after reporting a fiscal third-quarter profit, bucking analysts' expectations for a loss. The builder delivered more homes at higher prices.

Darden Restaurants advanced 4.6% after the Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurant operator reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings.

Apple advanced 0.2% as crowds gathered at the company's stores for the kickoff of global iPhone 5 sales.

Research In Motion dropped 6.5% after saying BlackBerry smartphones were experiencing service problems in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

McDonald's added 0.6% and Texas Instruments gained 0.5% after both companies raised their dividends.

Michael Kors Holdings jumped 9.3% after the luxury accessories designer raised its fiscal second-quarter and full-year earnings outlook on a rise in same-store sales.