Teetering

Have you ever climbed a mountainside or crossed a raging stream by balance-walking a fallen tree?  My wife and I took my daughter hiking when she was about four years old. We walked down a very steep cliff...

SocGen: Prepare Yourself For The Worst Case Scenario!

" Yesterday, it was reported that analysts at SocGen had sent out a guide on what to do if the world goes completely to hell. Well, the full report has surfaced, via ZeroHedge, and it's very, very fun if you like doom and gloom. Basically, they're extremely concerned about...

Eurozone emerges from recession

Well more good news about the recovery from the recession but bad news concerning Britain but not that bad. " The eurozone economy has emerged from recession after growing between July and September, figures have...

Anatomy of casino capitalism Pt.2

Jane D'Arista: Banks' wild speculation led to the crash - it's happening again

Medvedev calls for economy reform

Russia has woken up, it needs a new modern manufacturing base as all those countries of whom where importing more than they were exporting.  " Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called for profound reform...

Japan's economy was established upon human trafficking

Have you ever wonder why Japanese women appear to accept the  sexism rampant in their own society? Have ever wonder why Japanese men are never blamed for enjokyosai or pedophilia in Japan?  It is because sex trafficking is nothing but a mundane part of...

Could Weak Housing Tank The Economy Again?

For a big economic rebound, pray housing holds up. " Forbes: Welcome, gentlemen, to another discussion about the housing market and economy. Let's start with the 3.5% annualized rate of gross domestic product growth reported last week by the government. I initially was...

Myths about Veterans' Life in Canada

November 5th to November 11th has been declared Veterans Week in Canada.  A recent survey conducted by the  Corps of Canadian Commissionaires found that Canadians are ill informed about Canadian...

New worldwide tax on financial transactions?

08 11 2009 Brown red-faced after tax plan snub. Mr Brown floated the possibility of a new tax worldwide on financial transactions only to face an embarrassing rebuff in having it publicly rejected by the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />United States and other major...

Conservatives give 77% support to Ed Stelmach's Leadership

Amidst public discontent with the Alberta Premier's and his Health Minister's leadership, the Alberta Conservative Party ignored Albertans by giving a resounding 77.4% vote of confidence to Ed Stelmach. Ed...

It's 1929 again: ' From crash to meltdown in 80 years'

I am no expert on economics,  but I do take a keen interest in parallel historical phenomena.  The expert team,  William Strauss and Neil Howe,  authors of The Fourth Turning:  What the...

Bad news gets good readership

The problem is that some times news stories a hyped to gain readership, I wonder why readers love doom and gloom, especially within a recession that’s recovering.   Human being tend to think the worst there...

Magna purchase of Opel cancelled, GM shocks Germany

As part of General Motor's restructure plan, the troubled Auto Manufacturer had concluded a deal with Magna, a Canadian Company, to sell it's European assets, Opel and Vauxhall to Magna and Russia's Sherbank....

Bogus listings on State Employment Sites

Where do you go when you are looking for work in these hard economic times? Craigs List? Your State Unemployment Office? Well I tried both for several months. Both are equaly dissapointing. I won't even get into Craigs List other than to say don't bother unless you want...

How Goldman secretly bet on the U.S. housing crash

Goldman didn’t tell buyers of $40 billion in securities it was secretly betting the other way

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