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By Robert Reich

There are two great centers of unaccountable power in the American political-economic system today – places where decisions that significantly affect l…

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By Peggy Noonan

The U.S. surveillance state as outlined and explained by Edward Snowden is not worth the price. Its size, scope and intrusiveness, its ability to target and monitor …

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By Wall Street Journal

BERLIN–Europe is currently moving from a bail-out environment to a bail-in environment when it comes to rescuing failing banks, a member of the European Central Bank’s execu…

By FOW Intelligence

This week the latest stage in the US swaps reforms was implemented under a cloud of uncertainty as to how ready the industry was for the change, writes Jonathan Watkins.

The se…

By Geoff Olson

More of a tourist than a traveller, I’m standing on an outcropping of volcanic rock in the Caribbean, scratching away at my archipelago of bug bites. My guide Calvin, a relaxed fel…

[CAF Note: On a scale of 1-10, 10 being a terrific idea and 1 being a horrible idea, social impact bonds are a 1. I would much prefer that parties involved would stop engaging in/with financial fraud …

By Wikipedia

The 39th G8 summit will be held on 17–18 June 2013 at the Lough Erne Resort, a five-star hotel and golf resort on the shore of Lough Erne in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It wi…

[CAF Note: I spun through all the news channel repeatedly this morning at the gym. There was coverage of a multitude of trials EXCEPT Manning’s trial. That was not an accident]

By Matt Sledge

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By Tim Shorrock

Amid the torrent of stories about the shocking new revelations about the National Security Agency, few have bothered to ask a central question. Who�…

By Jesse’s Cafe

It appears that President Obama is bidding adieu to CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler, purportedly for being ‘too aggressive’ with the Banks over their antics in the markets, with special …

The Washington Post and The Guardian have revealed a US government mass Internet surveillance program code-named “PRISM”. They report that the NSA and the FBI have been tapping directly into the ser…

By David Gaffen and Daniel Bases

Standard & Poor’s on Monday removed the near-term threat of another credit rating downgrade for the United States by revising its outlook to stable from negative, c…

[CAF Note: The CPAs are getting ready for crowdfunding!]

The AICPA has issued its Financial Reporting Framework for Small- and Medium-Sized Entities. The FRF for SMEsTM accounting framework is desi…

By Catherine Austin Fitts

Responsibility. Coherence. Humanity. Life. The Earth. An inspiring exploration of the real and important were at the heart of John Trudell and Bad Dog’s wonderful concert …

By Matthew Cooper

Nineteen years ago this month, Eric Holder was having a very different spring in Washington. It wasn’t cruel or grueling. Conservatives didn’t want his scalp and liberals didn’t t…

By Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill and Laura Poitras

The individual responsible for one of the most significant leaks in US political history is Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former technical assis…

By Catherine Bosley

The Swiss parliament will probably pass a bill allowing banks to resolve a tax-evasion dispute with the U.S., dropping opposition for fear of leaving the country’s 300 institu…

By Liz Gannes

Mary Meeker both tells and shows how fast the Internet industry is moving, via her rapid-fire delivery of the hundreds of slides that make up her annual trend reports.

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A New York Landmark Moves Toward an I.P.O. Despite Legal Appeals

Investors hoping to own a piece of the Empire State Building may soon get their chance.

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By Information Clearing House

The National Security Agency has obtained acc…

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Federal Financial Ingorance

“The net worth of U.S. households and nonprofits rose 4.5% in the first quarter to $70.349 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve. It is a significant milestone as it shows, on average, American…

By Barton Gellman and Laura Poitras

The National Security Agency and the FBI are tapping directly into the central servers of nine leading U.S. Internet companies, extracting audio and video chats,…

By Matt Clinch

Tight security restrictions at Thursday’s Google (GOOG) shareholder meeting led even the company’s much-hyped Google Glass technology to be banned, infuriating a consumer watchdog gr…

By Brian Pretti CFA

To suggest gold is a controversial asset is not bold. For those watching long term, you know gold rose over 300% in the last decade before it even gained mainstream attention, l…

By Ashlee Vance and Brad Stone

In October, a foreign national named Mike Fikri purchased a one-way plane ticket from Cairo to Miami, where he rented a condo. Over the previous few weeks, he’d made …

By Veracode

On April 22, 2011 Sony announced their network had been breached, but released limited details regarding the attack vector. This announcement was a precursor to a series of new attacks …

By The Top Information Post

I always believed that the China internet model was an experiment which the Americans were part of in the hopes of learning how to implement the same draconian practices…

By Leo Kelion

Researchers say they have found a way to detect and recognise human gestures based on how they affect wi-fi signals.

They suggest it could let users control home appliances with a wa…

HTTPS Everywhere is a Firefox and Chrome extension that encrypts your communications with many major websites, making your browsing more secure. Encrypt the web: Install HTTPS Everywhere today.

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By Amy Davidson

Among the stranger aspects of the court martial of Bradley Manning, the Army private who is accused of giving hundreds of thousands of classified files to WikiLeaks, is the prosecut…

By Scott Wilson and Colum Lynch

President Obama announced Wednesday that national security adviser Thomas E. Donilon is resigning his post and will be replaced by U.N. Ambassador Susan E. Rice, a c…

By Cyrus Farivar

On Tuesday evening, Iowa City is scheduled to hold the first reading (PDF) of what is likely the first municipal bill anywhere in the country to simultaneously ban the local use of…

[CAF Note: This is a summary of one of my favorite books, Political Ponerology. A wonderful subscriber reminded me today “Start anywhere, but read this first.”]

By Silvia Cattori

After reading the…

FROM: Getting to Real Solutions – A Dialogue with Bonnie Faulkner

Catherine Austin Fitts: So let me tell you another one of my bugaboos: B corporations.

Bonnie Faulkner: Okay what’s a B corporation…

By Jess Bravin

A divided Supreme Court held Monday that police can take DNA samples from people under arrest in the hope of tying them to unrelated crimes, in a ruling that touched both on fast-cha…

By GaiamTV

There is no doubt that the economies of the world have become increasingly turbulent over the past few years. It appears that these financial markets have become managed systems for geop…

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By Clea Benson

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is putting the final touches on a plan to liquidate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (FMCC) and replace them with …

Federal regulators have proposed a group of firms that aren’t banks to be deemed potential threats to the financial system that need stricter government oversight.

The regulators didn’t name the fir…

By Russ Baker

A huge story can set off alarm bells everywhere, but somehow, with ever increasing frequency, we note the silence of the mainstream media. Having avoided doing its job, it then protec…

By BBC

Turkey’s main share index closed 10.47% down following investor concerns over the escalation of anti-government protests over the weekend.

The Borsa Istanbul 100 index tumbled as investors …

Bloomberg Best (and Worst) showcases data that have been analyzed, organized and visualized by the Bloomberg Rankings team. These rankings seek to enlighten and entertain readers on topical issues of …

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By Wolf Richter, Testosterone Pit

The “March Against Monsanto” in 52 countries, an unapproved strain of its genetically modified wheat growing profusely in …

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By Global Research News

The Illinois Ag Dept. illegally seized privately owned bees from renowned naturalist, Terrence Ingram, withou…

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This is the official book launch of Paul Levy’s new book Dispelling Wetiko: Breaking the Curse of Evil, recorded at Powell’s City of Books on February 22, 2013.

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By The H Security

Anyone who uses Skype has consented to the company reading everything they write. The H’s associates in Germany at heise Security have now discovered that the Microsoft subsidiary…

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By Dave Michaels & Carter Dougherty

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will vote next week on a proposal that would require a floating-share valu…

By KristenM

I am doing my happy dance. Vernon Hershberger, the Amish dairy farmer recently on trial in Wisconsin for providing raw milk to his community, was acquitted last week by a jury on three …

By Catherine Austin Fitts

A naturopath who I respect greatly told me about a therapy of drinking “sole” – a salt water made with Himalayan Salt Crystals. It is described in Water & Salt: The Es…

By Tyler Durden

There has been much speculation in the recent past over what the bottom-line impact of surging stock buyback activity has been on the overall S&P earnings: after all, by removing sh…

Catherine Austin Fitts is a former Wall Street insider and Assistant Secretary in the Bush I administration. Her background gave her a clear grasp of the covert economy which exists today. Through n…

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By James Cusick

For three days beginning on 6 June, a five-star hotel in Chandler’s Cross  that normally hosts the England football team before Wembley matches, will turn over its 227 luxury roo…

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By AP

Protesters rallied in dozens of cities Saturday as part of a global protest against seed giant Monsanto and the genetically modified food it produces, organizer…