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The Biggest Problem Currently Is...
Excerpted from Lance Roberts'Street Talk Live blog,The biggest problem currently is that there is virtually no expectation, or analysis that incorporates the impact, of an average economic recession...
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Only 1.2% Of Friends "Like" Abe's Latest Social Media Screed
With the Abenomics honeymoon over, and the market starts to turn against your extreme policies, you have to bring out the big guns. Girl bands, Teenagers in short skirts, Sumo champions, and now social...
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The Market Has Never Been More Reliant On The Fed, Or About That "Catch-22"...
As has been made clear previously, the primary reason the Fed is concerned with reducing the amount of monthly liquidity Flow (i.e., the Taper) has nothing to do with the economy, or concerns related...
View ArticleEdward Snowden Issues Statement From Moscow, Slams Obama
Via Wikileaks:Statement from Edward Snowden in MoscowOne week ago I left Hong Kong after it became clear that my freedom and safety were under threat for revealing the truth. My continued liberty has...
View Article36 Tough Questions About The U.S. Economy That Everyone Should Be Asking
Submitted by Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse blog,If the economy is improving, then why aren't things getting better for most average Americans? They tell us that the unemployment rate is going...
View Article‘Total Surveillance’ Officially Brushed Off In Germany
Wolf Richter www.testosteronepit.com www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichterGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel and her coalition are likely to emerge victoriously from the elections on September 22 – unless...
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Don't Get Carried Away By The Shale Oil Boom
North American crude oil has been in the news on several fronts this week, including some rapid price moves and an unexpected intervention by President Obama. Despite the publication of a new report...
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Guest Post: Can Bernanke Brake Without Derailing?
Submitted by Frank Shostak via The Ludwig von Mises Institute,According to most commentators, reducing monetary stimulus and winding down the balance sheet of the Fed without major economic disruptions...
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The Fed Is Paying Banks Not To Lend
Submitted by Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse blog,Did you know that U.S. banks have more than 1.8 trillion dollars parked at the Federal Reserve and that the Fed is actually paying them not to...
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Portugal Weighs on Euro
A political crisis in Portugal threatens to steal the region's lightening rod from Greece which has a few days to meet the latest the terms of the next aid tranche. This was seized upon by the euro...
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With Less Than A Day Left, Mursi Demands Withdrawal Of Ultimatum; Mubarak...
When news hit 30 minutes before the market close that the Egyptian president would have a joint statement with the local military, some saw this was a good sign that there may finally be a compromise...
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What Happened The Last Time Gold Traded Here?
In November 2009 the IMF decided it was an opportune time to authorize the sale of 403.3 metric tons of gold. Very quickly after announcing this China, India, Russia, and some EU central banks piled in...
View ArticleObamacare Employer Mandate, "Shared Responsibility Payments" Delayed Until 2015
How do you know the IRS' government's takeover of the US healthcare system will be a smashing success? It, or rather the mandatory reporting and "employer shared responsibility payments", were just...
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Guest Post: Our Energy Slaves Are In Recession
Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog,Charts of energy consumption are screaming "recession." To get a feel for how many energy slaves you have, imagine hiring 40 people to drag you and...
View ArticleAirplane Of Bolivian President Denied Passage Over French, Portuguese...
Moments ago a rather surreal episode of international diplomacy, or rather lack thereof, took place when the airplane of Bolivian President Evo Morales was forced to land in Austria over suspicions...
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With German Elections Looming, Merkel Will Need A Coalition To Govern
With less than three months before the German elections take place, Chancellor Merkel's party is still, by a wide margin, the most popular with voters. However, based on the latest polls, Goldman Sachs...
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What comes after Marbles?
Originally posted at http://capitalistexploits.at/By: Chris TellWhen I was a young child, like millions of kids before me, marbles enveloped my life. They were “The in thing”, desirable, a medium of...
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Crude Surges Past $100 As Cairo Death Toll Rises
Following Mursi's TV and Twitter statement earlier, when WTI crude futures re-openedand immediately started to accelerate higher, breaking decisively through the Maginot Line of $100 (on their way to...
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The U.S. vs. Edward Snowden: Does the World Not Have the Courage or Decency...
For previous articles by the author go to: Gordon Gekko's Blog - http://www.gekkosblog.comSomething hit me very hard once, thinking about what one little man could do. Think of the Queen Mary — the...
View ArticleWednesday Humor: The Next Paradigm In Wearable Computers
The iWatch; Google Glass; the convergence between body and computer continues at a torrid pace, yet nobody knows just what the winning formula will be to make lazy, internet addicted consumers even...
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