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U.S. Stocks Jump, Capping S&P 500’s Best 10-Day Gain Since 1938 (Lynn Thomasson & Adam Haigh)
March 23 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks rallied, capping the market’s steepest two-week gain since 1938, as investors speculated the Obama administration’s plan to rid banks of toxic assets will spur ...
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Treasury Announces $1 Trillion Public-Private Plan to Buy Banks' Bad Debt
March 23 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration unveiled its long-awaited plan to remove toxic assets from the books of the nation’s banks, betting that it can revive the U.S. financial system ...
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When Giants Fall, By Michael Panzner; A Review By Carolyn Baker
For many Americans, the years ahead will be nothing short of a modern Dark Ages, where each day brings forth fresh anxieties, unfamiliar risks, and a deep sense of foreboding. --Michael Panzner
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Full Commanding Denial (James Kunstler)
For those of you sitting on U.S. Treasury bonds and bills, now would be a good time to get out.
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Rapid Declines in Manufacturing Spread Global Anxiety (Nelson D. Schwartz)
March 19, 2009 (New York Times) -- Since it was founded by his great-grandfather in 1880, Carl Martin Welcker’s company in Cologne, Germany, has mirrored the fortunes of manufacturing, not just in ...
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The Free Market Flaw And The Spaghetti Effect (Hal Cohen)
Regulation is necessary for the simple reason that a market that is not fair is, by definition, not free
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Intifada: A Third Chapter? (Ramzy Baroud)
A third Intifada, in the eyes of many, could accomplish one vital task. It could provide the platform for the Palestinians to reclaim their unity (despite the prevailing factionalism of today) and ...
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Obama and his Dick -- Cheney (Mickey Z.)
Human society maintains its steady, relentless path toward mass homicide/suicide. If we ever decide to look up from our text screens and video games, we might actually catch the last act
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An interview with Andy Worthington, author of 'The Guanta¡namo File' | Elizabeth Ferrari
"There really are no half-measures. With Obama’s promise, America has emerged from an extraordinarily bleak period in which the fear of terror -- however legitimate -- combined with the leadership ...
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The Unprofessional Interviews -- Michael Greenwell Interviews Mickey Z.
March 7, 2009 (Atlantic Free Press) -- The next in the Unprofessional Interviews series is Mickey Z., author of one novel, CPR for Dummies, and several fiction books and contributor to this site, ...
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Future Scenarios, By David Holmgren -- A Review By Carolyn Baker
Future Scenarios offers fascinating and fertile challenges for engaging Peak Oil and climate change and confronts us with the question that will not die: Will our journey to a post-petroleum world ...
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