46,609,072 People on Food Stamps in 2012; Record 47,791,996

http://economicrisis.com/46609072-people-on-food-stamps-in-2012-record-47791996-in-december/5976 46,609,072 People on Food Stamps in 2012; Record 47,791,996 in December On Friday, the United States Department of Agriculture quietly released new statistics related to the...

Just What Is Going On With The Gold In JPMorgan’s Vault?

http://economicrisis.com/just-what-is-going-on-with-the-gold-in-jpmorgans-vault/5911 Just What Is Going On With The Gold In JPMorgan’s Vault? We know that back in early October 2010, when gold closed at a then record high of $1,320, JPM decided to reopen its...

A Musing on the Market Correction in Gold

http://economicrisis.com/a-musing-on-the-market-correction-in-gold/5869 A Musing on the Market Correction in Gold One of the influential media products of my rebellious teen-age youth (along with 007 and Playboy Magazine) was the irreverent social commentary provided by...

Nurses Fighting State By State For Minimum Staffing Laws

http://economicrisis.com/nurses-fighting-state-by-state-for-minimum-staffing-laws/5794 Nurses Fighting State By State For Minimum Staffing Laws Legislatures in at least seven states and the District of Columbia are trying to answer that question as they debate bills...

118 Metals and Mining Companies at 52-Week Low

The GuruFocus 52-week low screener reveals that 118 companies in Metals and Mining are at a 52-week low, five companies are at a 52-week high and the low/high ratio is 23.6. Here’s a global tour of four 52-week low stocks among mining companies around the world. First...

Homeland Security Failed In Boston

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Obama campaign plans major push for Gang of Eight immigration bil

Organizing for Action, the activist group that grew out of President Obama’s 2012 campaign, plans what it calls a “major day of action” next month to gather support for the bipartisan Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill. “This is a huge moment for...

Obama on Day of Benghazi Attack and Tsarnaev’s Naturalization

http://economicrisis.com/obama-on-day-of-benghazi-attack-and-tsarnaevs-naturalization-our-country-is-safer-2/5508 Obama on Day of Benghazi Attack and Tsarnaev’s Naturalization: ‘Our Country Is Safer’ On Sept. 11, 2012, as he was campaigning for reelection,...

China banker jumps to death in Beijing

http://economicrisis.com/china-banker-jumps-to-death-in-beijing/5159 China banker jumps to death in Beijing In an apparent suicide, a high-level executive of a state-owned investment company leapt to his death in downtown Beijing. Wang Shiqiang, 60-year-old chairman...

Residential Energy Use Costs Slightly Lower

http://economicrisis.com/residential-energy-use-costs-slightly-lower/5137 Residential Energy Use Costs Slightly Lower Consumers spent 2.7% of their household income on home energy bills last year, the lowest percentage in 10 years.  Aggregate home energy...

Gold Consolidation Formation Breaks Down

http://economicrisis.com/gold-consolidation-formation-breaks-down/5125 Gold Consolidation Formation Breaks Down Since late March, gold prices have struggled to rebound off of the last intermediate-term cycle low (ITCL), favoring a continuation of the bearish translation...

Syria’s Jabhat al-Nusra seeks direct relationship with al-Qaeda

http://economicrisis.com/syrias-jabhat-al-nusra-seeks-direct-relationship-with-al-qaeda-leadership/4874 Syria’s Jabhat al-Nusra seeks direct relationship with al-Qaeda leadership Jabhat al-Nusra pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, who appears in...

Analysis Finds Monsanto’s GM Corn Nutritionally Dead, Highly Toxi

http://economicrisis.com/analysis-finds-monsantos-gm-corn-nutritionally-dead-highly-toxic/4859 Analysis Finds Monsanto’s GM Corn Nutritionally Dead, Highly Toxic Is GMO corn nutritionally equivalent to non-GMO corn? Monsanto will tell you the answer is a big...

Wage Growth Slowing, But Stock Prices Should Keep Rising

http://economicrisis.com/wage-growth-slowing-but-stock-prices-should-keep-rising-2/4828 Wage Growth Slowing, But Stock Prices Should Keep Rising Now that Tax Day is behind us, stocks should go up, for at least the next couple of weeks for three reasons. First and most...

India’s Response To The Gold Sell Off: A Massive Buying Frenzy

http://economicrisis.com/indias-response-to-the-gold-sell-off-a-massive-buying-frenzy/4789 India’s Response To The Gold Sell Off: A Massive Buying Frenzy Panic, depression, rage, suicidal ideations: watching the US mainstream media, one would think that these are the...