2012 Newsletters

Volume 5

• Number 1 (1/1/2012)
  • Dutch scientists create deadly flu virus
  • Iran threatens to stop Gulf oil if sanctions are expanded
  • Russian nuclear sub catches fire  
• Number 2 (1/15/2012)
  • Hong Kong air pollution worst levels on record
  • S&P downgrades credit rating for 9 European countries
  • Iran threatens U.S. Navy
  • U.S. Military downsizing announced  
• Number 3 (1/29/2012)
  • Keystone pipeline permit denied, 20,000 jobs lost
  • Expected Military cuts
    •  Smallest Army since 1940
    •  Fewest ships since 1917
    •  Smallest Air Force ever
• Number 4 (2/12/2012)
  • Ninth bank shuttered
  • Record trade deficit wit China; $295.5 billion for 2011
  • Hackers post Symantec source code
• Number 5 (2/26/2012)
  • Nortel hacked by China for over 10 years
  • Iranian warships enter Mediterranean Sea
  • Military looking at reducing nuclear warheads down to only 300 devices
  • Oil reaches 10-month high
  •  UN indicates Iran stepped up highly enriched uranium processing
• Number 6 (3/11/2012)
  • Chinese hackers controlled JPL’s networks
  • China increases military spending by 11.2% in 2012
  • 13^th Bank closed.
• Number 7 (3/25/2012)
  • North Korea plans to launch rocket into space
  • 15^th Bank closed.  
• Number 8 (4/8/2012)
  • Global Payments Inc breach of 1.5 million accounts
  • Half a million Mac computers infected
  • 16^th Bank closed
• Number 9 (4/22/2012)
  • India tested 3,000 mile range missile with 1.5 ton payload
  • North Korea missile launch failed
  • Head-on collision of Two Dutch trains
  • 17^th Bank closed
• Number 10 (5/6/2012)
  • More Mexican immigrants leaving than arriving
  • 342,000 people left the workforce in April
  • Oil falls to lowest price in 6-months after poor April jobs report
  • Natural gas produced from methane hydrate crystals
  • 23^rd Bank closed
• Number 11 (5/20/2012)
  • 24^th Bank closed
  • March trade deficit rose to $51.8 billion
  • March $31.5 billion trade deficit with China
  • Oil price falls
• Number 12 (6/3/2012)
  • Chinese made chips found with back door
  • TSP Cyber-Attack exposes 123,000 Federal employees
  • Carbon trading reaches $176 billion value during 2011
• Number 13 (6/17/2012)
  • Family net worth falls 40% from 2007 to 2010
  • 31^st bank shuttered
  • China launches three person spacecraft
• Number 14 (7/1/2012)
  • Banks hit with cyber-attacks
  • Storm cripples DC area power grid
• Number 15 (7/15/2012)
  • US manufacturing fell in June
  • 33^rd financial institution shuttered
• Number 16 (7/29/2012)
  • Computer problems shut down entire Washington Metrorail system
  • 39^th bank shuttered
• Number 17 (8/12/2012)
  • Half of India lost electricity
  • Unemployment rate increased to 8.3%
  • 150,000 left the work force
  • 40^th bank closed
• Number 18 (8/26/2012)
  • Middle East Meltdown
• Number 19 (9/9/2012)
  • 8.1% Unemployment Rate
  • 96,000 Jobs Added in August
  • 368,000 Left Work Force in August
  • 41^st Bank Closed
• Number 20 (9/23/2012)
  • New record trade deficit with China
  • 42^nd Bank Closed
• Number 21 (10/7/2012)
  • US banks unable to stop cyber-attacks
  • 43^rd bank closed
  • Gasoline prices in California hit record high
• Number 22 (10/21/2012)
  • Militants use shoulder-fired antiaircraft missile
  • 46^th Bank Closed
• Number 23 (11/4/2012)
  • South Carolina’s tax return system hacked
  • 49^th Bank Shuttered
• Number 24 (11/18/2012)
  • $21.9 billion September trade deficit with China
  • First time unemployment claims spike to 1½ year high
  • 49.7 million American in poverty
  • 50^th bank shuttered
• Number 25 (12/2/2012)
  • Iran looking at 50 kiloton nuclear weapon yield
  • Syria preparing to use chemical weapons
  •  North Korea plans to launch strategic missile
• Number 26 (12/16/2012)
  • North Korea places satellite in orbit
  • 51^st bank shuttered
• Number 27 (12/30/2012)
  • Japan may build nuclear weapons
  • Java security issues