One of the greatest pleasures in life is to have visitors. That is why we are so glad to see you. We hope your stay

By Philip Elliott and Daniel Wagner Embracing Depression-era policy and populist politics, a combative President Barack Obama chastised big Wall Street banks Thursday and urgently

By Vincent Fernando and Kamelia Angelova Continue reading Workers Are Unemployed So Long, They’re Forgetting Their Skills

By David G. Savage In a 5-4 decision that strikes down a 1907 law, the justices say the 1st Amendment gives corporations, just like individuals,

By Michel Chossudovsky A Haiti disaster relief scenario had been envisaged at the headquarters of US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) in Miami one day prior to

A Solari Circle is a small (twelve or fewer members is recommended) financial action club formed by people who know and trust each other and

By Philip Stephens When Lloyd Blankfein met politicians in London a little while ago he brushed aside warnings that investment banks faced higher taxes if

Republican Scott Brown has won the Massachusetts Senate seat held for nearly a half-century by Democrat Edward Kennedy. Brown’s victory in the special election gives

By Nicholas Gonzalez, M.D. In recent weeks, as the tenor in the health care debate has become more contentious, and the passage of some far-reaching

by Tom Burghardt In the wake of the Flight 253 provocation, over-hyped terrorism panics, and last year’s Big Pharma and media-engineered hysteria over the H1N1

Unfiltered access is similar to giving your car keys to a friend who doesn’t have a license and letting him drive unaccompanied,” said SEC Chairman

By New York Times If you’re a retiree who relies on interest income, you know that the tap is running dry. In fact, many investors

By Adrian Douglas Here are some Trivial Pursuit questions for you: 1) What is the biggest market in the world for a physical commodity? 2)

For years I have been looking for the story of Jung’s patient who had poisoned her best friend. Thanks to the wonderful Paul Levy at

I asked Franklin Sanders recently for his recommendation on a primer on money and banking. He recommended Modern Money Mechanics which was written a while

By Michael Boldin, “Already, over a dozen states are considering laws or state constitutional amendments that would effectively ban, or nullify, any proposed national health

The list of those called to testify for a House inquiry into the American International Group and its payouts to its counterparties just gained a

By Craig Karmin A former top Calpers official has been paid more than $900,000 by a European money manager after he helped the start-up firm

If the US has a Grand Master of family farming and marketing strategy, it’s likely Joel Salatin, here laying out a banquet of food for

By Andrew Ross Sorkin For years, Wall Street whispered that Goldman Sachs profited handsomely by trading ahead of — or even against — its own

U.S. foreclosure actions shattered all records in 2009 and will do so again this year, with unemployment and wage cuts overcoming programs to remedy failing

From Ron Paul Powerful Speech – A Call for Revolution?

Yesterday morning,  executives from the banks which control the NY Fed and, in that capacity, serve as the depositories and agent for the US government,

Genetically modified maize can damage the liver and other internal organs in mammals, according to a new study published in the International Journal of Biological

My dear friends Pastor Brent and Debbie Landers lead the General Assembly & Church of the Firstborn 161 Baker Road, Hohenwald, TN 38462. The church

Researchers in Australia found that prolonged television viewing was linked to an increased risk of death, even in people who exercised regularly, and recommended more

At last count, 14 Attorneys General, Republican and Democrat are investigating this legislation [federal health care reform] for violating the 10th Amendment to the United

William Black, an associate professor of economics and law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, talks with Bloomberg’s Betty Liu about Secretary of Treasury Geithner.

President Barack Obama said, “My thoughts and prayers go out to those who have been affected by this earthquake. We are closely monitoring the situation

Argentina’s central bank reserves dispute suffered an expected escalation when on Tuesday Judge Thomas Griesa from New York State placed an embargo on Argentine central

By Lester Brown America’s century-old love affair with the automobile may be coming to an end. The U.S. fleet has apparently peaked and started to

By Tom Philpott The Gates Foundation has emerged as a kind of de facto USDA for Africa: a deep-pocketed funder with a focus on agriculture,

Executive Order will Strengthen Further Partnership Between the Federal and State and Local Governments to Better Protect Our Nation The President today signed an Executive

By Joe Weisenthal Continue reading Chart of The Day:Cash-Strapped States Hope Salvation Is Right Around The Corner

by Jesse As a rule of thumb, the worst possible time to convert lump sum savings into a fixed income annuity would be when interest

By David Glovin The Federal Reserve will ask a U.S. appeals court to block a ruling that for the first time would force the central

Continue reading Second Wave Of Mortgage Defaults – Part 1

by Karl Denninger Now this is a guaranteed rape job. In a short conversation this noontime that CNBC apparently has omitted from their archives (Why’s

By Joe Weisenthal and Kamelia Angelova Continue reading Chart Of The Day: A Jobless Recovery? Not For The Financial World

By Frederick J. Sheehan This paper is directed to traditional municipal bondholders, those who hold bonds primarily to receive tax-exempt, steady income. That investor generally

By Jeff Plungis U.S. investors oppose federal initiatives that would force them to give up control over their 401(k) accounts, the Investment Company Institute said.

By Elena Logutenkova, Joseph Heaven and Klaus Wille Switzerland’s financial markets regulator broke the law when it ordered UBS AG to give data on 255

Christopher Paton, who runs JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s public-sector benefit payments business, talks with Bloomberg’s Margaret Brennan about trends in food-stamp use in the U.S.

By Hugh Son Timothy Geithner was asked to testify before Congress about the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s efforts to limit American International Group

By Tyler Durden The latest observation on our depressing economic reality, behind the glitzy headlines and the 3D TV screens, comes from Bloomberg’s Jonathan Weil

Smartdust is a hypothetical wireless network of tiny microelectromechanical sensors (MEMS), robots, or devices, that can detect (for example) light, temperature, or vibration. A typical

Continue reading Sugar: The Bitter Truth YouTube (30 July 09)

Reginald H. Howe, partner in Golden Sextant Advisors and litigator in the first gold price-fixing case, Howe vs. Bank for International Settlements, has just analyzed

Continue reading How Will The Economy Recover With Lending Shrinking Like This?

By Catherine Austin Fitts I would like to propose a contrary theory to the dire views of those looking behind the veil of recent economic

Continue reading The Decline: The Geography of a Recession

Continue reading Video Dispatch: The Year Ahead in East Asia

Continue reading Video Dispatch: The Year Ahead for Russia

By John Crudele The charade continues this Friday. That’s when the Labor Department will announce how many jobs it claims were lost in the US

By Omar R. Valdimarsson and Tasneem Brogger Iceland will hold a referendum on a depositor accord with the U.K. and Netherlands after President Olafur R.

By Robert K. Landis On October 16, 1929, Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics at Yale University, made a famous prediction: “Stock prices have reached what

By F. William Engdahl On December 25 US authorities arrested a Nigerian named Abdulmutallab aboard a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on charges