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Prayers Requested for the “Fukushima 50”
By Justin McCurry
Elite squad of technicians face fire, radiation and exhaustion in cramped and potentially lethal conditions to cool reactors.
The men and women struggling to avert disaster at th…
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Country Stars To Honor President George H. W. Bush March 21, 2011
Reba McEntire, Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley and Darius Rucker will be featured in a tribute to former President George H. W. Bush. The 41st President of the United States is being honored for his …
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Meet the Bill that Could Ruin Michigan’s Farm-to-School Programs
By Sarah Parsons
Like most parents, Michigan resident Rachael Hilliker cares very much about the kinds of foods her kids eat. Hilliker has a three-year-old daughter, Claire, and her fiance is the f…
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China Overtakes UK in Art Market League
China has overtaken the UK as a global art market for the first time, a report suggests.
The UK was knocked from second spot to third place as a global market for antiques and arts, according to Th…
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Nasa to Shoot Lasers at Space Junk Around Earth to Prevent Collisions With Satellites
Nasa fears ‘Kessler Syndrome’, where there is too much space junk for it to be safe to fly out, leaving us trapped on Earth.
By Daniel Bates
Nasa is considering using lasers to deflect space j…
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Gasparino: Lloyd Blankfein Is Ready To Leave Goldman
By Courtney Comstock
According to Gasparino, Lloyd Blankfein’s friends say he’s on the way out.
They say this is Blankfein’s last year at Goldman Sachs, according to Charlie.
What does Goldman sa…
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10 Nightmare Stories About The Mortgage Unit That Goldman Just Put On The Market
By Meredith Lepore
It’s no wonder Goldman Sachs is having trouble trying to sell its mortgage servicing unit, Litton Loan.
The allegations against the unit are absolutely horrific– from not ret…
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Yen Hits Record-high Against US Dollar
The Japanese yen has risen against the US dollar hitting the highest level since the end of the Second World War.
The yen climbed as high as 76.25 against the US dollar in US trading on Wednesday. …
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The Dow Swings On Fukushima Headlines
By Gregory White
Today’s was a wild day for markets. Pretty much every dramatic movement in the Dow can be traced back to one source: The crisis in Fukushima.
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Foreign Bankers Flee Tokyo as Nuclear Crisis Deepens
By Nachum Kaplan and Denny Thomas
Foreign bankers are fleeing Tokyo as Japan’s nuclear crisis worsens, scrambling for commercial and charter flights out of the country and into other major cities i…
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Notice from the Fed
Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.
Tokyo, JapanThe Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced its approval of the application and notice by Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc., Tokyo, to become a bank …
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My Radiation Detector
Well, I just activated and tested my radiation alert from SE International at The Farm here in Tennessee. S.E. International, Inc. is a manufacturer of radiation detection equipment for use in indus…
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Toyota Production Loss May Top 40,000 Vehicles Amid Japan Power Shortages
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By Terje Langeland
Toyota Motor Corp. (7203), the world’s largest carmaker, may lose output of at least 40,000 vehicles after Japan’s strongest earthqu…
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Fukushima Nuclear Accident – A Simple And Accurate Explanation
By Barry Brook
Along with reliable sources such as the IAEA and WNN updates, there is an incredible amount of misinformation and hyperbole flying around the internet and media right now about the F…
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Japan Adds $86 (Update $700) Billion to Stabilize Markets After Quake
By Lily Nonomiya and Mayumi Otsuma
The Bank of Japan began pouring cash into the banking system after the nation’s most powerful earthquake on record, while later today it may keep its asset- pur…
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Euro Leaders Surprise With Crisis Deal
By Gabriele Steinhauser,
After harrowing late-night negotiations, the leaders of the 17-country eurozone thrashed out a strategy on how to deal with the debt crisis that has crippled the currency u…
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How Big Will GM and Ford Win on Tsunami Nuclear Failures?
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Palast on Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO)
By: Greg Palast
I need to speak to you, not as a reporter, but in my former capacity as lead investigator in several government nuclear plant fraud and racketeering investigations.
I don’t know th…
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Explosion at Japanese Nuclear Plant
(CNN) — An explosion has been reported at a nuclear plant in northeastern Japan’s Fukushima prefecture, Japanese public broadcaster NHK said Saturday, citing the country’s nuclear and industrial safe…
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Rise of The New Mercenaries
By Sam Smith
One of the things that has perplexed me about the current chaos is how did so many Republicans become so bizarrely crazy so fast? The closest example that comes to mind is the McCarthy…
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Firefighters Target M&I Bank For Executive Support of Walker
By Jesse Russell
Update 3 p.m.: A call to M&I’s Capitol Square branch confirms the bank is closed for the rest of the day.
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Hundreds Killed in Tsunami After 8.9 Japan Quake
By Malcolm Foster
A ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded slammed Japan’s eastern coast Friday, killing hundreds of people as it swept away boats, cars and homes w…
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Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days
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Land Link – Bring Beginning Farmers & Landowners Together
If you are a beginning farmer or rancher:
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Food For Thought: Urban Agriculture as Recovery
Fountain House Roof Garden, New York
By Elliot Madison
“To know I had a part in growing my own food changed me from being a ‘consumer’ to a ‘producer.’ I know if I can do that, there is…
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“Food Sovereignty”
By David E. Gumpert
Here’s a Way to Eliminate the Regulators and Lawyers, and Build Community At the Same Time: Organize and Declare “Food Sovereignty,” Like Sedgwick, Maine
Maybe the citize…
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Frequency Induced Disease?
By Clifford E Carnicom
Note: I am not offering any medical advice or diagnosis with the presentation of this information. I am acting solely as an independent researcher providing the results of ex…
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“This is a Frontal Assault on Democracy, a Corporate Coup D’Etat”
Naomi Klein on Anti-Union Bills and Shock Doctrine American-Style
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CPUC Calls for Smart Meter Opt-Out
California regulators will ask Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to set up a process so its customers can opt out of SmartMeters if they have concerns about the devices’ potential health effects.
Cali…
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Smart Grids: Update from Blake Levitt
By B. Blake Levitt
Things are move quickly with citizen/legislative actions regarding SmartGrids/Meters: A total of 32 California towns and counting now have either legal ordinances or resolutions ba…
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Lawmakers Back Recognizing Gold & Silver as Currency
By Amanda Verzello
Utah might be one step closer to its own gold standard after the Senate approved a bill Thursday that would require the state to recognize gold and silver coins as legal tender.
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Catherine on GoldSeek Radio
March 8, 2011
Catherine Austin Fitts & Chris Waltzek
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Gates Foundation Makes Start-Up Equity Investment – Are You Ready for Aerosol Vaccines?
By Luke Timmerman
Global health innovators have a rich new venture capitalist to turn to—the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Liquidia has attracted the interest in a technology for creating…
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Equity Prices & Long-Term Treasury Yields Since 1900
By Joe Weisenthal
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Study Hard to Find If Harvard Pays Off
By Laurence Kotlikoff
The notion that education pays and that better education pays better is taken for granted by almost everyone. For college professors like me, this is a very convenient idea, p…
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America is NOT Broke
Michael Moore Speaks in Madison, WI — March 5, 2011
Contrary to what those in power would like you to believe so that you’ll give up your pension, cut your wages, and settle for the life your great-…
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USA: The Costs of a Strong Dollar Policy
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State Legislation:Precious Metals
Legislators in at least ten states have introduced bills in the past few years to allow state commerce to be conducted with gold and silver.
Georgia, Montana, Missouri, Colorado , Idaho , Indiana ,…
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SmartGrid Technologies
By B. Blake Levitt
Area Democrats were recently asked to endorse Chris Murphy for his upcoming bid for the U.S. Senate. Full disclosure—I am a lifelong Democrat, an ardent environmentalist, and v…
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MERS? It May Have Swallowed Your Loan
By Michael Powell and Gretchen Morgenson
FOR more than a decade, the American real estate market resembled an overstuffed novel, which is to say, it was an engrossing piece of fiction.
Mortgage br…
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The Biggest Crime of All Times
By Clifford E Carnicom
Note: I am not offering any medical advice or diagnosis with the presentation of this information. I am acting solely as an independent researcher providing the results of …
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London Stock Exchange Mulls Nasdaq Takeover
By Paritosh Bansal and Nadia Damouni
The London Stock Exchange is eyeing a takeover of its rival Nasdaq just weeks after announcing a merger with the Toronto stock exchange, the Sunday Times report…
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SEC Charges Former Goldman Sachs Board Member Rajat Gupta With Insider Trading
“Board Member of Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble Charged in Insider Trading Scheme”
Washington, D.C., March 1, 2011 – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced insider trading…
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The Death of the 30-Year Mortgage?
By Daniel Indiviglio
Is the 30-year, fixed rate mortgage — so beloved by Americans — in danger of extinction? That’s what banks, investors, and realtors would have you believe. They have been war…
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Swiss Franc: Beyond Dollar Parity
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A Popular Song
Last Thursday night, I attended a dinner party for Darlene Zschech and her Hillsong team and then attended their concert at the Jubilee Christian Center in San Jose on Friday night.
I learned that Zs…
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Wait, Is That A “V”?
By Joe Weisenthal
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Where Libya Ranks Among The Worst Oil Disruptions Of All Time
By Joe Weisenthal
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Robyn O’Brien: The Real Price of Food
Products made with synthetic chemicals have hidden costs that affect all of us—these externalized costs are called ag “externalities,” and they include damage and the chemical contamination of…
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Rush to Fix Quake-Damaged Undersea Cables
By Owen Fletcher and Juro Osawa
Beijing—Asia’s major telecom operators scrambled Monday to eliminate the impact on their operations from damage to several submarine cables following the massive e…
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Gurría of OECD Say Capital Controls Coming
Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, delivered at the Economic Council of Finland
10th February 2011, Helsinki, Finland
Prime Minister, ladies and gentlemen,
It is my great pleasure …
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Wisconsin Budget Bill Would Enable No-bid Sales of State Power Plants
By Thomas Content
Under the budget-repair bill passed by the Assembly on Friday, no bids would be required for the state to sell up to 37 heating and cooling plants across the state.
The bill woul…
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GMO Crops: Failure to Yield
Evaluating the Performance of Genetically Engineered Crops
For years the biotechnology industry has trumpeted that it will feed the world, promising that its genetically engineered crops will produ…
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Kiva: Supporting Local Entrepreneurs
I am participating in a new loan through Kiva to Mary – To buy stock items for her store as well as items to equip her husband’s upholstery shop.
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EU Farmers Ditch GM Crops
A Greenpeace statement on today’s vote on zero tolerance for GM contamination in animal feed will be sent once the vote has taken place.
February 22 – Industry data released on Tuesday is expected …
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Iodine
How much iodine do we need? What are the best sources? What happens if we don’t get enough? Or get too much?
The Iodine Group is gathering information on iodine in an attempt to understand how iodi…
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Federal Budget Battles: Time is Running Out Tick,Tock
Before November’s election, Republican leaders in the House of Representatives solemnly promised that they would cut spending by $100 billion this year alone if voters put their party in charge. V…
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FinCEN Amends BSA Regs on FBAR Filings
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on Thursday issued a final rule that amends the regulations under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) regarding Form TD F 90-22.1, Report of Foreign Bank and…
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Poll: Americans Favor Union Bargaining Rights
By Dennis Cauchon
Americans strongly oppose laws taking away the collective bargaining power of public employee unions, according to a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. The poll found 61% would oppose a l…
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The Best And Worst Performing Sectors After An Oil Spike
By Joe Weisenthal
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Mortgage Fraud Whitewash: “Get Out of Jail Free”
By Yves Smith
American leadership is reliable in one respect: it consistently undershoots my already low expectations.
Or maybe I have it backwards because I keep forgetting who the authorities ar…
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Monsanto Shifts ALL Liability to Farmers
By Cassandra Anderson
Farmers like genetically modified (GM) crops because they can plant them, spray them with herbicide and then there is very little maintenance until harvest. Farmers who plant M…
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Defiant Gaddafi Vows to Die as Martyr, Fight Revolt
By Tripoli
A defiant Muammar Gaddafi said on Tuesday he was ready to die “a martyr” in Libya, vowing to crush a growing revolt which has seen eastern regions break free of his 41-year rule and brou…
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Split in Economy Keeps Lid on Prices
By Jon Hilsenrath and Justin Lahart
The pace of consumer price increases in the U.S. is quickening after being dormant for months. But a tug of war between the prices of goods and the prices of ser…
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From Cairo to Madison, Some Pizza
By Meredith Shiner
Someone in Egypt has been paying attention to what’s happening in Madison and wanted to send a message of solidarity from across the globe — so they ordered a pizza.
It migh…
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Home Prices Hit New Lows
By Bob Willis
Residential real-estate prices dropped in the 12 months to December by the most in a year, a sign the U.S. housing market is struggling even as the rest of the economy recovers.
The …
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Catherine on Financial Coup d’etat
18 Jan 2011
By Truth Cafe’
Former Wall Street-Washington insider Catherine Austin Fitts offers insights into the financial coup d’etat.
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Thousands of Protesters Surround Wis. Capitol
Budget fight wages on as nearly 70,000 show up for peaceful rally in Madison
An estimated 70,000 protesters converged on the Wisconsin Capitol on Saturday, with supporters of Republican efforts to …
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Is This Man a Faith Healer?
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Federal Judge Dismisses IRS Lawsuit Against Ambac, Wisconsin
By Joseph Checkler
A federal judge dismissed the Internal Revenue Service’s lawsuit against Wisconsin’s Commissioner of Insurance and Ambac Assurance Corp., saying her court lacks jurisdiction in t…
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Whoa…Cotton Down!
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Egypt to Let Iranian Warships Through Suez Canal
By The CNN Wire Staff
Egypt has agreed to allow two Iranian warships to cross through the Suez Canal in a move that puts the country’s new military regime in a prickly position with its Israeli nei…
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Homeland Security Shuts Down 84,000 Websites
By QMI Agency
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in an effort to clamp down on websites that host and advertise child pornography, inadvertently shut down more than 84,000 innocent websites …
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Solar Flare Eruptions Set to Reach Earth
By Paul Rincon
Scientists around the world will be watching closely as three eruptions from the Sun reach the Earth over Thursday and Friday.
These “coronal mass ejections” will slam into the Eart…
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Lessons From The Soviet Union Economic Collapse
By Dmitry Orlov
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A Legal Manual for an Apocalyptic New York
By William Glaberson
Major disasters like terrorist attacks and mass epidemics raise confounding issues for rescuers, doctors and government officials. They also pose bewildering legal questions, i…
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NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Probes
By NASA
STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) is the third mission in NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Probes program (STP). The mission, launched in October 2006, has provided a unique and revo…
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Canada Will Review LSE’s Bid for Toronto Exchange
By Theophilos Argitis and Greg Quinn
Canadian Industry Minister Tony Clement said he will review London Stock Exchange Group Plc’s C$3.2 billion ($3.2 billion) bid for TMX Group Inc., owner of th…
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MERS Lacks Right to Transfer Mortgages, Judge Says
By Thom Weidlich
(Corrects to show parties would come before the judge to lift the automatic ban in 20th paragraph.)
Merscorp Inc., operator of the electronic-registration system that contains abo…
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The Blizzard of 2011
By Matt Stopera
A collection of pictures from around the country of the largest snow/ice storm to hit the US in decades.
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Decapitalizing Housing
Capital is slowly withdrawing from the American housing stock.
We are transitioning from a model in which most Americans think of their homes as an investment, to one in which housing is a consumpt…
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Krugman on the Budget & the Red Button Problem
By Paul Krugman
On Friday, House Republicans unveiled their proposal for immediate cuts in federal spending. Uncharacteristically, they failed to accompany the release with a catchy slogan. So I’…
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NYSE Deal on Tuesday?
By Jacob Bunge and Aaron Lucchetti
Votes on Tap; Schumer Speaks Up for Big Board’s ‘Brand’
New York Stock Exchange operator NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Börse AG are likely to announce a merger as …
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Imagining Life Without Fannie and Freddie
By Gretchen Morgenson
KUDOS to Treasury and the Department of Housing and Urban Development for some straight talk about the nation’s broken mortgage system.
A report to Congress from those depa…
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Morales Flees Food Price Protests
Bolivian president Evo Morales has abruptly left the southern highlands city of Oruro after protesters angered by rising prices booed him and set off dynamite.
Mr Morales cancelled plans to partici…
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Deutsche Börse AG and NYSE Euronext Inc. Confirm Advanced Merger Discussions
NEW YORK and FRANKFURT, 9 February 2011 – In light of recent market rumors, Deutsche Börse AG and NYSE Euronext (NYX) today confirmed that they are engaged in advanced discussions regarding a po…
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Suez Canal 101
From Wikipedia
The Suez Canal (Arabic: ???? ??????? Qan?t al-S?wais) is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Opened in November 1869, it allo…
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Excerpt: On the Edge with Catherine Austin Fitts
By Stacy Herbert
Stacy Summary: Max interviews Catherine Austin Fitts. They talk revolution, Ben Bernanke and the US dollar being a unit of war.
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Egypt And The Pyramid of Power
By Jon Rappoport
January 30, 2011. It’s a grim party. People in the streets, riots, police, soldiers, and nobody seems exactly sure what it’s for.
Take your choice: kick out the dictators; new…
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American Workers Not Needed
By Robert Kuttner
Once again, the job numbers are dismal. In January, the U.S. economy created just 36,000 domestic jobs, far below the roughly 145,000 that economists had forecast. The unemploymen…
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P&I 1000 Statistics at a Glance
Assets are in billions as of Sept. 30.
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Food Is the New Fashion
By Martha Stewart
As a professional cook, cookbook author and teacher, I have a noticed a shift in the role that food plays in our lives and in our culture. Food has become more than one of life’s…