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By David Glovin and Bob Van Voris

May 4 (Bloomberg) — The Federal Reserve Board asked an appeals court to reconsider a ruling requiring the agency to disclose documents identifying financial firms …

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“This article was inspired by a conversation in January 2010 with fellow directors of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee: Chairman Bill Murphy, Secretary/Treasurer Chris Powell, …

One of my favorite money laundering stories is told by Christopher Simpson, in his marvelous book Blowback, regarding one of the first Exchange Stabilization Fund slush fund operations after WWII. The…

By Zachary A. Goldfarb and Jerry Markon

The Justice Department’s criminal investigation into Goldman Sachs goes beyond the financial transactions targeted by the Securities and Exchange Commission in…

By Nick Timiraos

The U.S. government’s massive share of the nation’s mortgage market grew even larger during the first quarter.

Government-related entities backed 96.5% of all home loans during the …

By Times-Picayune Staff

What’s going on beneath the sea? A graphic explanation of the fight to shut off the oil leak.t

Continue reading 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

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By Peggy Noonan

We are at a remarkable moment. We have an open, 2,000-mile border to our south, and the entity with the power to enforce the law and impose safety and order will not do it. Wall Stre…

By Tyler Durden

After seeing its demands for secrecy rejected soundly twice, once in district court and once in appellate, the Fed is now appealing the “Pittman” decision yet again. As Bloomberg repo…

This is a grave threat to the Non-GMO Tipping Point—We must push back now!

Please send this URGENT message to US Government leaders to protect your right to know which foods are made from genetic…

Dear Catherine:

I have followed your work for many years and appreciate the service that you have performed in presenting the information and analysis. It has been helpful to be able to source you w…

Autism360 is a unique tool which provides an accurate report that captures the details of your child’s or your own individuality and offers treatment options that have worked for others with closely m…

By Margot Roosevelt

Investigators look at the company’s role in cementing the deepwater drill hole in the Gulf of Mexico. Transocean and BP also face questioning.

Investigators delving into the …

By Allen Breed and Seth Borenstein

BP’s chairman defended his company’s safety record and said Sunday that “a failed piece of equipment” was to blame for a massive oil spill along the Gulf Coast, w…

By Dan Bilefsky and Landon Thomas Jr.

Athens — Greece announced on Sunday that it had reached agreement on a long-delayed financial rescue package that would require years of painful belt-tighten…

Continue reading: Stock Comparison – BP & S&P500

By John E. Kramer

Arlington, Va.—It’s called policing for profit and it’s happening all across America.

Police and prosecutors’ offices seize private property—often without ever charging…

Continue reading Now That Really Is A Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts!

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Ira talks about a friend who for years had a very trusted business partner and bookkeeper, until one day when he ran away with all of her money.

ACT ONE. EA…

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The storms rolled through flooding parts of Tennessee this weekend. I was planning on driving to Nashville to join friends at the Nashville Symphony. Instead, I staye…

On April 15th, Goldman Sachs common equity closed at $184. On April 16th, after the SEC announced that it was bringing a civil complaint against the firm, Goldman stock closed down 13% at $160. That…

By Emily Singer

The select few who have had their genomes sequenced learn to use that information for health care.

Several months after deciphering his genetic code last year, Stanford bioengineer…

By Brian Faler

Since the U.S. recession began in December 2007, Congress has extended the length of unemployment benefits for the jobless three times. Now, the lawmakers may have reached their limi…

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By Jim Harper

The financial regulation the Senate is debating may undo your financial privacy.

If someone asked you what’s wrong with a planned economy, your first answer might not be “privacy.” But…

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Continue reading Glenn Beck Radio: Obama, Al Gore, Goldman Sachs And The CCX Trading Scheme

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By David Werner with Carol Thuman and Jan Maxwell

This handbook has been written primarily for those who live far from medical centers, in places where there is no doctor. But even where there are d…

Continue reading The Horse Boy Movie – Trailer

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By Richard Teitelbaum

Neil Barofsky was unpacking boxes in December 2008 when the stench of sewage wafted through the hallways at the 168-year-old Main Treasury Building. The space assigned to him …

By Alison Gendar and Bill Hutchinson

Federal prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation of Goldman Sachs to determine if the Wall St. giant committed securities fraud, sources said Thursday…

By Catherine Austin Fitts

It makes sense to pause in the outpouring of news about Goldman Sachs to ponder what has happened and the nature of the game that is afoot.

Goldman is the visible target …

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By J.D. Tuccille

“Was that a threat?”

That’s how U.S. border guards at the Lewiston Bridge border crossing responded to a Canadian shopper when, exasperated by the abusive treatment …

The premium investors seek to hold Greek debt has soared today following a day when Standard and Poor’s downgraded Greek’s credit rating to junk status. The premium for a 10-year Greek note over the G…

By Matthew Berger

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in its first-ever case involving genetically modified crops. The decision in this case may have a significant impact on both the…

By Barbara Hollingsworth

Patent No. 6904336 was approved by the U.S. Patent and Trade Office on Nov. 7, 2006 — the day after Democrats took control of Congress. Former Sen. John Sununu, R-N.H., cr…

In last week’s Solari Report, Catherine interviewed author and  privacy expert, Katherine Albrecht. During the interview, Katherine mentioned a search engine that serves to protect the privacy of int…

April 26, 2010
Michael Boldin is founder and head of the Tenth Amendment Center.

“What is the Tenth Amendment, and why should we care? (“Amendment 10 – Powers of the States and People. The powers…

Nearly 700,000 prescriptions for atypical antipsychotics were dispensed for kids under 13 last year. The changes being proposed for the manual of mental illness—whose sales since 2000 have topped $4…

Lloyd Blankfein, Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, testifies before a Senate subcommittee today on the role his and other investment banks played in triggering the 2008 financial collapse. The hear…

By Louise Story and Gretchen Morgenson

Goldman Sachs, which emerged relatively unscathed from the financial crisis, was accused of securities fraud in a civil suit filed Friday by the Securities and…

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The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released e-mail messages on Saturday from Goldman Sachs executives that discussed the firm’s practices…

April 23 (Bloomberg) — Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s top executives, including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein, were sued by investors in two lawsuits filed on behalf of the fi…

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John H. Bryan – Director since November 1999
Gary D. Cohn – Director since June 2006
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Percentage of men who currently own a pet: 78%

Animal the average guy is most likely to keep around: Dog

Percentage of men who say they’d risk their lives to save their pets: 72%

Percentage of me…

You want to know for which food products or plants gene technology plays a role?

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By Brian Knowlton

Amid mounting frustration over taxation and banking problems, small but growing numbers of overseas Americans are taking the weighty step of renouncing their citizenship.

“What w…

By: Gordon T Long

This alarming chart suggests one or more of three possibilities:

There is no relationship between corporate taxes and GDP.
Corporate pretax profits have seen near exponential gr…

Goldman Sachs, the global financial institution, with fraud allegations levied against it has a long history of setting up its clients for a fall…and making handsome profits.

This is a story of h…

Negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) resumed last week in Wellington, New Zealand, with Canada, the United States, the European Union, and a handful of other countries launch…

By Carrick Mollenkamp, Mark Whitehouse, Anton Troianovski

Aberdeen Township, N.J. — The government’s civil-fraud allegation against Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS, News) Group Inc. centers on a deal the fi…

“U.S. federal health authorities recommended … that doctors suspend using Rotarix, one of two vaccines licensed in the U.S. against rotavirus, saying the vaccine is contaminated with material fr…

By Jon Rappoport

I have received MANY inquiries about my new course. People have asked me for an outline or syllabus of the course. So here it is.

I’m happy to answer any and all questions that …

By Ralph Diermann

After selling off their electricity and gas networks to large energy corporations in the early 1990s, small towns in Germany are now banding together to buy back their energy infr…

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Now YOU Can Understand How The Goldman Abacus Deal Worked

Confused about this Goldman Sachs (GS) Abacus deal you’ve been hearing about?

Don’t be.

It’s really pretty simple.

Read the article at C…

By Alison Fitzgerald

March 10 (Bloomberg)—At least seven U.S. state attorneys general are investigating whether Monsanto Co., the world’s largest seed producer, has abused its market power to l…

We seem to have an epidemic of oil and gas blasts:

11 Missing After Louisiana Oil Blast
TheAge.com.au (23 Apr 10)

FACTBOX-Iraq-Turkey Crude Pipeline Blast
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The Federal Reserve System on Wednesday released the 2009 annual comparative financial statements for the combined Federal Reserve Banks, the 12 in…

The following is Tenth Amendment Center approved legislation to nullify federal overreach into the health care industry. Activists, we encourage you to send this to your state senators and represent…