Finance
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Once Upon a Time (David Glenn Cox)
David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust Jan. 2, 2010 -- As we approach the new year we must reflect, times are hard. The wars go on unabated, our people struggle unassisted, Wall Street continues on ...
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2011: A Brave New Dystopia (Chris Hedges)
Dec. 27, 2010 (Truth Dig) -- The two greatest visions of a future dystopia were George Orwell’s “1984” and Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World.” The debate, between those who watched our descent ...
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Global systemic crisis: Second half of 2011 -- European context and US catalyst -- Explosion of the Western public debt bubble (LEAP/E2020)
Public announcement GEAB N°50 Dec. 16, 2010 (LEAP/E2020) -- The second half of 2011 will mark the point in time when all the world’s financial operators will finally understand that the West will ...
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Post Mortem for the world's 'Reserve Currency' (Mike Whitney)
Dec. 13, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- Paul Volcker is worried about the future of the dollar and for good reason. The Fed has initiated a program (Quantitative Easing) that presages an end ...
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On the Streets of Bedford Falls (David Glenn Cox)
David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust Dec. 13, 2010 -- There is not much happening this year on the streets of Bedford Falls. The Christmas decorations went up on Main Street, same as always, but it’s ...
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Warning Global systemic crisis – First quarter 2011: Breach of the critical threshold of global geopolitical dislocation (LEAP/E2020)
Nov. 16, 2010 (LEAP/E2020) -- Public announcement GEAB N°49 As the LEAP/E2020 team anticipated in its open letter to the G20 leaders published in the international edition of the Financial Times of ...
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Cables Reveal Background of Pro-Dictator U.S. Policy (Ted Rall)
Dec. 8, 2010 -- NEW YORK (CommonDreams.org) -- After the Soviet collapse in 1991 U.S. policy toward Central Asia was transparently cynical: support the dictators, screw the people. As the United ...
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Sen. Bernie Sanders: Tax Cut Deal 'Is A Moral Outrage'
Dec. 7, 2010 -- WASHINGTON (sanders.senate.gov) -- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today on the agreement announced Monday between the White House and congressional ...
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Farewell to the EU Superstate (Mike Whitney)
Dec. 6, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- Wednesday's press conference with ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet turned out to be a real jaw-dropper. While Trichet didn't commit himself to massive ...
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Happy as a Hangman (Chris Hedges)
Dec. 6, 2010 (TruthDig.com) -- Innocence, as defined by law, makes us complicit with the crimes of the state. To do nothing, to be judged by the state as an innocent, is to be guilty. It is to ...
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General Electric Tapped Fed To Borrow $16 Billion (Jeff Gerth)
The GE building in New York City. (Chris Hondros/Getty Images) Dec. 2, 2010 (ProPublica) -- Newly released documents from the Federal Reserve Board show that General Electric Co. was a significant ...
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