Overnight, Asian markets dropped and the big European markets plummeting just minutes after opening. The drops were widely expected following a weekend where European leaders met to stem the growing, global...
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" Gold has fallen in value over the past couple of months while the dollar rallied in value. That rally is now over, and the dollar will fall sharply. This will bring gold and silver prices back to their earlier levels, and on to new all-time highs. "
Despite being severely chastised, the Russian government is upbeat after hearing from the EU that there would be no sanctions against their country for their attack on south Ossetia. Quite coincidentally, I'm sure, the question was asked of the Russian government whether they...
Maybe there was a language barrier of some kind and in Russia "pullback" means "CHARGE!" Who knows.Late yesterday julianw had this to say."In response to strong pressure from various world leaders, President Dmitry Medvedev has vowed to pull Russian forces out of Georgia...
"Russia opened a second front of fighting in Georgia on Monday, sending armored vehicles beyond two breakaway provinces and seizing a military base and police stations in the country's west, officials said.The new...
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North Korea is in the middle of a food crisis that threatens the lives of millions according to the latest study of the U.N."BEIJING, China (CNN) -- The first survey on food and nutrition in North Korea since the...
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"A car bomb blew up in Baghdad, killing a civilian and wounding four others, an Interior Ministry official said. The Sunday attack underscored the fragility of relative calm in the Iraqi capital; violence levels have...
Congresswoman, Nancy Pelosi breaking Mr. Bush heart with her comment..."House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called President Bush "a total failure" on Thursday, among the California Democrat's harshest assessments to date of...
Gordon Brown tells Britons to 'Stop wasting food'. Tonnes of food is thrown away as it sits in kitchens going past its sell-by date as shoppers buy too much of what they don't need, lured in by two-for-one...
"Peter Viles LA Times Wednesday, July 2, 2008 A financial analyst fresh from a tour of construction sites in the Inland Empire is warning Wall Street of a “ghost town” where finished homes sit vacant and additional homes are still under construction. “At several...
"June 27, 2008 Red states and blue states are united on at least one issue: Americans are increasingly angry and anxious about high gas prices and favor far-reaching action on energy and climate issues, according to a new poll. About three out of four Americans and a...
The death toll in the Philippines could rise sharply after a typhoon hit over the weekend. At least 100 people were killed when streets flooded after powerful winds and torrents of rain blew through the area.A boat carrying 850 people capsized and while search and rescue...
"China led the Asian markets sharply lower with shares down 5.7 per cent in Shanghai, 3.5 per cent in Hong Kong and 2.5 per cent in Sydney. But after last Friday’s plunge the big cannons were out on Wall Street to steady nerves and head off a likely Black Monday."
Men commit more crimes than women. For example, in 2002 male offenders in England and Wales outnumbered female offenders by more than four to one.In 2000 the peak age of offending was 18 for males and 15 for females. Slightly higher proportions of male than female offenders...
This just came in and it doesn't look pretty. "LONDON (AP) -- European and Asian markets tumbled and Wall Street headed for a sharply lower opening Thursday as Carlyle Capital appeared close to collapse, the dollar plunged against foreign currencies and oil hovered near...