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By Bob Ivry JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Morgan Stanley (MS) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) are among lenders whose commodity-trading is in jeopardy

By Wikipedia Solar Impulse is a Swiss long-range solar powered aircraft project developed at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. The project eventually hopes to

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By Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk Something peculiar has been going on in the treasury market during the latest round of quantitative easing (QE). If we study

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By CNBC In Dubai, city of opulence and excess, the obese are worth their (over) weight in gold. In an effort to fight increasing obesity

By Pew Research Publics around the world believe the global balance of power is shifting. China’s economic power is on the rise, and many think

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By Michael A. Fletcher Detroit filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in the nation’s history Thursday afternoon, capping a long and spectacular decline that left the

By Jenna Johnson Under pressure from the White House, Senate leaders are quickly moving forward with a plan to change how the government sets federal

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By Lidia Kelly and Douglas Busvine G20 summits do not always set the pulse racing, but this week’s gathering of finance ministers and central bankers

By Dr. Joseph P. Farrell Yesterday I blogged about that nice bright shiny new NSA facility being built (for all to photograph from their spy

By Loveday Morris and Ahmed Ramadan After more than two years of relentless conflict, Syria’s government is desperately trying to avert a secondary crisis: a

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Published Jul 06, 2012 EXECUTIVE ORDER – – – – – – – ASSIGNMENT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COMMUNICATIONS FUNCTIONS By the authority

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By RT The Obama administration will not be allowed to terminate a lawsuit by asserting that a civil argument would risk exposing national secrets, a

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By Jon Rappoport This article is a compilation of a number of pieces I’ve written about Ed Snowden and the NSA. It doesn’t replace them,

By George Ure OK, bear with me here: The largest story of the week, when the history books are written, could be that the latest

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By Chris Lazare Oregon has come up with a plan to help provide higher education for free at their 7 state universities. Advocates of the