Senator Bennett bet Romney, surprised that he's not McCain's choice

"Utah Republican Sen. Bob Bennett's prediction yesterday that John McCain would pick Mitt Romney as his running mate was dead wrong. But he lost no time in talking up the attributes of McCain's choice - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.     "While her appointment comes...

Obama and McCain delight the bookies

"Internet betting websites and prediction markets are registering huge interest in the US presidential election, with trade already far exceeding the total for 2004 in some cases.   volume is 600% up this presidential cycle, 2008 to date,...

DARPA-linked Cycorp "Predicted" the Anthrax Attacks - 6 months before they ha...

This clip first appeared in US News & World Report April 7, 2003. Reprehensor of 911Blogger.com has provided links to the original, plus additional info on some of the people and organizations involved. See also the Able Danger Timeline at HistoryCommons.org; the program...

UK housing: my future scenario, it will get better eventually « Peter J. Coo...

" As a property journalist of two decades standing – with some successful property calls under my belt – it therefore seems only fair to flesh out what was a very broad-brush prediction: namely that the selling prices of houses will fall by 60 per cent in this downturn...

American bourses bouncing back

After a couple of month's bearish trend, American stock market is slowly recovering and even junks bonds are rallying. " Main Street may be struggling, but Wall Street is on a bit of a roll.Despite a drumbeat of bad economic news, the stock market is up — almost 11 percent...

Global Economy Crisis Brings World Finance Leaders Together

"Simon Johnson, IMF director of research, said the subprime mortgage housing crisis in the United States has brought economic growth in the world's largest economy nearly to a standstill. The U.S. economic turmoil, he added, has prompted the IMF to lower its projection for...

'The house price crash starts in 2008'

by Fred Harrison, author of Ricordo's Law, Evening Standard UK– 31 December 2007– Ten years ago, in my book The Chaos Makers, I forecast what would happen to the economy in 2008: a house-price crash ahead of a wider recession. My prediction looks like being confirmed:...

Japanese Nucleur Plant Sits On Fault Line

" * sWorldAsia * My Profile * Offers * Sitemap From The Times July 19, 2007 Nuclear crisis in Japan as scientists reveal quake threat to power plants Black smoke rises from a burning electrical transformer near a nuclear reactor at the Kashiwazaki Kariwa...