Dow slumps 7% on Black Monday, gold, dollar up « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

" But on Black Monday only one section of the stock market showed positive results: precious metal shares which had a leveraged gain on the gold price. In the choppy waters of financial markets this week there may be a chance for late-comers to the precious metals ball to...

Ralph Nader: My Father and the Bank Bailout

" I was up on Capitol Hill yesterday among the swarm of big bank lobbyists.And the first thing I thought of was something my dad -- Nathra Nader -- used to say:"Capitalism will always survive in the United...

Globalisation: sleepwalking to disaster

"Globalisation: sleepwalking to disaster Ann Pettifor The scale of global debt reflects a broken financial and commercial system that is doing immense damage to the planet and to public life, says Ann Pettifor. 11 - 12 - 2007 On 9 August 2007, globalisation's rickety...

Carlyle Group in Talks to Acquire Virgin Media

Bush and Co. now want to take over entertainment media.  Surprised?  Don't be, the Carlyle Group are the world's largest war profiteers and it only makes sense that they would want to control popular...

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