The yuan is, in the Chinese language, the base unit of a number of modern Chinese currencies. The distinction between yuan and renminbi is analogous

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By Paul Menchaca After suffering often staggering losses since the financial crisis shook global markets in 2008, US endowments have been forced to reassess their

By Brad DeLong My suspicion is that this is simply coincidence and proves once again the dangers of drawing conclusions in the field of human

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By Paul Levy Note: I consider this series of articles one of the most important things I’ve ever written. If after reading it you feel

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Voter Concern About Economy Hits Highest Level In Over Two Years With a new Congress scheduled to swing into action this week, the number of

There will soon be seven billion people on the planet. Continue reading the article . . .

By Joseph A. Giannone The efforts by Facebook to raise as much as $1.5 billion outside of regulated markets is the latest test of the

By Alex MacDonald and Liam Pleven A prominent indicator of international food prices hit a record high in December, sounding a warning about looming threats

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By Ronnie Cummins If you put a label on genetically engineered food you might as well put a skull and crossbones on it.” – Norman

By Molly Peterson President Barack Obama will sign a $1.4 billion food-safety bill today that marks the biggest change to oversight of the food industry

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By Sam Smith The day after Julian Assange of WikiLeaks threatened to “take down” a major American bank, the shares of Bank of America fell

By Paul Ferguson I noticed something last week.  But before I get into it a little background is required.  Most of the junior mining stocks

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By John Hussman Why are Treasury yields rising despite hundreds of billions of Treasury purchases by the Federal Reserve? There are two possibilities in the

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By Gregory White The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced changes to rules on how it calculates long-term unemployment Tuesday, according to The Hill. Continue reading

Our indexes are designed to provide real-time information on major inflation trends, not to forecast official inflation announcements. The official CPI series are shown for

By Hibah Yousuf U.S. stocks ended Monday mixed as investors digested a surprise interest rate hike by the Bank of China and a blizzard put

By Bill Carter and Brian Stelter Did the bill pledging federal funds for the health care of 9/11 responders become law in the waning hours

Georgie Anna Branham LaRue passed from this world on December 26, 2010 at 2:22am at the Falls Center Hospice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Services will take

By Jesse Most people confuse freedom with power. Freedom is not the ability to do whatever we wish when we wish however we wish, to

By Michael Hudson Continue at the Real News Network . . . Solari Report Blog Commentaries The Slow Burn (9 April 08) The Military Holds

By Jesse I hope everyone has the opportunity to see “Inside Job” in the months ahead. The issue is not settled. As someone who watches

By Jeannette Neumann Cities Tap Homeowners for Revenue as Workers’ Retirement, Health Costs Rise. Cities across the nation are raising property taxes, largely citing rising

By Louis Lanzano Star banking analyst Meredith Whitney has been saying for months that the next phase of the housing meltdown would be a local-government financial crisis.

By Mike Ludwig The former United States ambassador to France suggested “moving to retaliation” against France and the European Union (EU) in late 2007 to

By Mike Ludwig The former United States ambassador to France suggested “moving to retaliation” against France and the European Union (EU) in late 2007 to

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By Paul Levy Note: I consider this one of the most important articles I’ve ever written. If after reading it you feel so inspired, please

By Jon Rappoport The 10th Amendment Center is a group that is campaigning to nullify illegal federal laws. It’s also resuscitating the right of states

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By Johann Hari The year 2010 began with David Cameron looking into a TV camera and pledging to the British people: “If any cabinet minister

By Sandy Hingston They don’t read. They can’t spell. They spend all their time playing computer games and texting and hanging out with one another

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By Paul Ferguson Gold bounced off of trendline support this morning.  Trading in the gold shares looked particularly encouraging, with stocks opening at their lows

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By Amy Schatz and Shayndi Raice Consumers for the first time got federally approved rules guaranteeing their right to view what they want on the

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By Paul Ferguson Going with the sailing analogy here. Silver has set a course to the northeast.  When we look at it on a monthly

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