The velvet-voiced journos over at National Public Radio also spent a good portion of last week wrestling with Fannie and Freddie, including trying to explain to their groggy morning audience how the two mortgage giants affect the country's position in the global economy.
Insurance giants are affected by the same financial strains as banks, brokerage firms and savings and loan institutions.
Wind — along with 17 other missions – is part of what's called the Heliophysics Systems Observatory, a fleet of spacecraft dedicated to understanding how the sun and its giant explosions affect Earth, the planets and beyond.
In addition to being trouble for Apple, however, Bagdonas notes that this suit could go well beyond the electronics giant and affect everyone on the fledgling Passbook platform.
The wage hike at Giant will affect 10,000 part-time store associates across all of its outlets, with more than 1,000 of them in Berks County.
Another grave hazard linked to warming temperatures — insect infestations — has not yet affected giant sequoias but has already killed spruce and pine trees across more than 70,000 square miles of western North America.
In the NotPetya attack, businesses with strong trade links with Ukraine, such as the UK's Reckitt Benckiser, Dutch delivery firm TNT and Danish shipping giant Maersk were affected.
According to the MalwareHunterTeam, which said WannaCry was "spreading like hell," Russia has been the hardest hit, but Spain also seems to be under severe attack too, with telecoms giant Telefonica reportedly affected.
Even an Australian factory for the chocolate giant Cadbury was affected.
This is especially important when you put into context how much Giant Mine has affected the Dene people's lands, upon which the mine is located.
