can americans regain economic sanity

"WHAT IF WE ARE BEYOND MERE POLICY TWEAKS?" asks a column in the Feb. 6 BusinessInsider.com. "If a 37-page bill [Glass- Steagall] took care of the problem in 1933, why can't that same 37-page bill be...

newt's moneyman hits snag

Gingrich's Money Bags Facing Criminal Probes Sheldon Adelson, the Las Vegas casino magnate and bankroller of both Bibi Netanyahu and Newt Gingrich, has been under Federal criminal investigation for the past...

Economy's Wile E Coyote Moment

Want a Trillion, or Two, Anyone? The EU/Eurozone summitry, including the flood of media "soundbites," is actually being made totally irrelevant by the banks' own steps to secure the money they urgently need...

Debt goes viral

Debt is everybody’s business. I keep wondering when and if nationalism will surface such that nations try to hunker down and become more isolated. Is that possible?  " “European leaders adopt treaty...

a nice little war that the little guys will pay for forever

"Don't Underestimate Obama" Israeli Journalist Cautions Ronen Bergman, the author of the lengthy {New York Times Magazine} article "Will Israel Attack Iran?" which was published on Sunday, Jan. 29 (but...

Red Robin Expands With Burger Works

Red Robin… Yum! The gourmet burger joint has expanded its brand by opening a faster, more casual restaurant known as Burger Works in the Northfield Stapleton retail complex in Denver, CO. Red Robin’s Burger Works is meant to be a simpler version of the well-established...

A business experiment

In my previous article, i neglected to point out 'the whole reason' for converting to cooperative structures (other than esthetics, morality, and sustainability): workers' motivation. Yesterday, i visited the local supermarket.. The manager was helping bag groceries.. A...

britain's yuan trading deal reached

The China Daily report on the deal the British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne reached in Hong Kong regarding London's participation in the offshore yuan market, indicates that a formal agreement was...

now we know what the US-UK "special relationship" is all about

heads I win, tails you lose George Osborne, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, said today while in Hong Kong on a trip which will include Beijing and Tokyo, that he was working with Chinese and British...

MI-6 state-sponsored terrorism

Citing a quote by Sir John Sawers, head of British MI-6, the Iranian government said in a protest letter to the British Foreign Ministry that assassination of Iran nuclear scientists started immediately after...

Next Crisis: The ECB-induced Sovereign Debt Bubble

By Sam VakninAuthor of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" As 2011 came to a close and in the first months of 2012, the European Central Bank (ECB) initiated a massive injection of liquidity into Europe’s embattled banking system. The ECB provided 3-year...

Hostess Files for Bankruptcy: No More Twinkies?

Twinkie/Ding Dong/Wonder Bread Alert: Hostess Files for Chapter 11 Hostess, maker of Wonder Bread and mysterious snack foods such as Twinkies, Ding Dongs, and Snowballs, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...

Investors pay to lend money to UK

The Government has sold bonds at a negative interest rate as investors effectively paid to lend money to the UK. For only the second time ever, the Treasury sold government bonds — known as gilts — that...

Gold Stock Video Interview. Gold Stocks Where Are They Going?

Gold Stock Video Interview http://bit.ly/AAX0vm Free to all.  An informative piece. Where is the price of gold heading?  How can you benifit? 

CES 2012: Preview of the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is hosting the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 10-13. The International CES offers global technology manufacturers,...

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