New Orleans Banks, Brokers Thrive on Insurance Checks | Will Edwards & Bradley Keoun

Will Edwards and Bradley Keoun Sept. 1, 2006 (Bloomberg) -- Banks and brokerage firms in New Orleans say they're faring better than before Hurricane Katrina caused a record $80 billion of damages alo ...

Raising Nicotine Doses, On The Sly | New York Times Editorial

New York Times Editorial Aug. 31, 2006 -- While most of us thought the country was trying to curb smoking, and the rapacious habits of the tobacco companies, it turns out the industry has been sneaki ...

Basra Oil Workers Strike Could Resume Sunday | Kathlyn Stone

Kathlyn Stone -- World News Trust Aug. 31, 2006 – Oil pipeline workers in Basra, Iraq, will resume their strike as early as Sunday if authorities do not meet the remaining demands of workers, the Fed ...

Controlling the Masses: From Religion to Bernaise | Tom Rushing

Tom Rushing -- Information Clearing House Aug. 30, 2006 -- The most powerful political/economic force on the planet is and always will be “We the people.” In this article, I will make an attempt at g ...

The Five Morons Revisited | Paul Craig Roberts

Paul Craig Roberts -- Information Clearing House When the neocons launched the Bush administration’s invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq and announced plans for invading Syria and Iran, I labeled Bush, ...

110-Building Site in N.Y. Is Put Up for Sale | Charles V. Bagli & Janny Scott

CHARLES V. BAGLI and JANNY SCOTT -- New York Times Aug. 20, 2006 -- Metropolitan Life is putting Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village -- a stretch of 110 apartment buildings along the East River ...

These Horrific Things Apparently Mean Nothing To Anyone | Mogambo Guru

Richard Daughty, the angriest guy in economics -- World News Trust Things just do not make sense to me anymore, and it is that bewildering confusion and "fear of the unknown" that brings out the para ...

Treasury Official Henry Due 20 Percent Of Gleacher Fund Profits | Robert Schmidt

Robert Schmidt -- Bloomberg Aug. 24, 2006 -- The U.S. Treasury official leading a government inquiry into the hedge-fund industry is owed up to $2.5 million in payments keyed in part to hedge-fund in ...

Bush White House To Be Subpoenaed By Wiretap Lawyers | Raw Story

Aug 29, 2006 (Raw Story) -- Two attorneys representing claimants in a lawsuit over wiretapping by the National Security Agency will subpoena the White House today. Bruce Afran and Carl Mayer, who rep ...

International Labor Leaders Predict More Iraq Labor Strikes | Kathlyn Stone

Kathlyn Stone -- World News Trust Aug. 28, 2006 -- A 48-hour strike led by oil and gas workers in Basra, Iraq, last week signals a growing impatience with the U.S. occupation of Iraq, said a spokespe ...

Halliburton Provided Iran With Key Nuclear Reactor Components, Sources Say | Jason Leopold

Jason Leopold -- World News Trust Aug. 6, 2005 Scandal-plagued Halliburton -- the oil services company once headed by Vice President Cheney -- sold an Iranian oil development company key components f ...