Photo: Russell Lee I keep receiving reports that banks are cutting lines and refusing to loan to healthy businesses. There are more reports of profitable

By Craig Karmin and Liz Rappaport Harvard’s endowment, scalded in the financial crisis, is shying from some riskier bets even as markets had been improving—and

I published Solari & the Rise of the Rule of Law in 2002. I thought it might be appropriate to republish one of the sections

California State Budget Crisis Not Caused by the Recession by Peter Phillips The budget crisis in California has been artificially created by cutting taxes on

By Edgar Ortega NYSE Euronext (See 1) and (See 2) handled $38.05 trillion in stock trades across seven equity markets last year under CEO Duncan

By Scott Lanman Bernanke, whose term expires Jan. 31, faces lawmakers at a hearing this week on steps to aid Bank of America Corp.’s takeover

The recent international banking incident between the US government and Swiss banking authorities in which Treasury demanded private account information about holdings of US citizens

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By: Paul Sutherland NASA will tomorrow launch a spectacular mission to bomb the Moon. Their LCROSS mission will blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying

Last week, the firm predicted that President Barack Obama’s government could issue $3.25tn of debt before September, almost four times last year’s sum. Goldman, a

Amidst global economic recession and financial-market fragility, net private capital inflows to developing countries fell to 707 billion US dollars in 2008, a sharp drop

The discussion and debate about the $134.5 billion bonds seized by the Italian government continues. We thought we would put all the links in one

Thomas Geissler of TG Gold-Super-Markt By Richard Evans and Harry Wallop Holidaymakers passing through Britain’s airports could soon have the chance to buy a block

By Scott Rasmussen Republicans by nearly three-to-one say global warming is caused by planetary trends, while Democrats believe human activity is to blame by the

There’s only ONE shot that’s in perfect harmony with the field… One shot that’s his authentic shot, and that shot is gonna choose him… There’s

by Rick Rozoff Since the beginning of the year the United States and NATO have repeatedly indicated in both word and deed their intention to

By Barry Eichengreen & Kevin H. O’Rourke Voxeu.org “This is an update of the authors’ 6 April 2009 column comparing today’s global crisis to the

Obama Initiative Seeks Fix To Finance Regulations Yahoo Finance (17 Jun 09) Obama Bank Revamp May Stall as Competing Issues Mount Bloomberg.com (15 Jun 09)

Background Information A new food safety bill is on the fast track in Congress-HR 2749, the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009. The bill needs

Photo By: Joel Black Dr. Sam Chachoua is a talented physician who had to leave the United States for reasons of safety and to protect

Photo: PA By Andrew Alderson For the first time since the Second World War vegetables are being grown in the Palace’s grounds alongside ornamental plants.

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The Bush Doctrine, Economic Warfare and Your Investment Portfolio By Rob Kirby In a military sense, we are all familiar with and can visibly recognize

By: Jean-LeonGerome For a long time, I have believed that community prayer can play an important role in transforming communities. That said, I don’t know

Chicago’s 49th Ward The participatory budgeting networks are abuzz with excitement about the participatory budgeting effort being introduced in the 49th Ward of Chicago. The

By: Kurt Nimmo Washington, D.C. – Congressman Ron Paul’s Federal Reserve Transparency Act, HR 1207, has reached and surpassed the level of 218 cosponsors in

Doctors Warn: Avoid Genetically Modified Food By Jeffrey M. Smith On May 19th, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) called on “Physicians to educate

This is the second week of the month. That means I am headed over to Westpoint, Tennessee on Thursday, June 11th, to join Franklin Sanders

By: Valuation Review A new announcement from Fannie Mae calls for all appraisal data to be submitted electronically beginning March 2010. Uh oh, there goes

Chicago’s 49th Ward I thought I would create a space where readers could post links or other information on governmental resources related to Chicago’s 49th

By: MercoPress In 2008, the world total military expenditure was an estimated 1.464 trillion US dollars, accounting for an increase of 4% in real terms

Vatican Study Endorses GMOs for Food Security Analysis: The academy aimed less to conduct an objective appraisal than to mobilize public support By John L.

Palmer pigweed in a Southern cotton field. By Clea Caulcutt The gospel of high-tech genetically modified (GM) crops is not sounding quite so sweet in

ATA Truck Tonnage Index Fell Another 2.2 Percent in April American Trucking Association (26 May 09) Association of American Railroads – Weekly Traffic Report “Lower

Chrysler Asset Deal Stayed by U.S. Supreme Court Bloomberg.com (8 Jun 09) U.S. Says TARP Issue Out of Court’s Reach Scotusblog.com (8 Jun 09) Reference:

By Dena Aubin and John Parry – Analysis NEW YORK (Reuters) – Is Campbell’s Soup a better bet than U.S. government debt? No, we’re not

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[I get fascinating feedback. Here is an example. Worth thinking about the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) and whether the oil price manipulations were part of an intentional

Photo: Douglas Jackson of E-Gold By Kim Zetter Jackson, 51, is the maverick founder of E-Gold, the first-of-its-kind digital currency that was once used by

Photo by: Media Gallery The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on April 28, 2009, on the question of whether state officials are barred by the

My good friend Jason Eaton wants a new logo for his website Social Thread. So he is having a design competition. It is an interesting

Mark Lundeen has just published week 86 in his “Bear Market Race to the Bottom Series.” View the series to date at Gold Speculator—weeks 69

by Dennis Cauchon Benefits, such as Social Security, food stamps, unemployment insurance and health care, accounted for 16.2% of personal income in the first quarter

Photo By: Wall Street Geek By Marcy Gordon and Greg Risling Angelo Mozilo, the man who rode the housing boom to build Countrywide Financial Corp.

By David Weidner The reality of shareholder enfranchisement is harsh and depressing, a testament to the intractability of the system and the apathy of participants.

Alas, the official statistics grow ever more suspect. Here are some comments on the real unemployment numbers. May Employment Report Not Believable Temp Work Helps

Youtube As discussed in last night’s Solari Report, the top story of the week is the abrogation of the social contract in America. Bernake alluded

By Peter Zeihan The global recession is the biggest development in the global system in the year to date. In the United States, it has

Below are the top 20 financial institutions by market capitalization in 1999 and then in 2009. Read article

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If you want to get an in-depth overview of the many problems facing the American food system, here is a good overview. Related Links: Support

By Shawn Dady Tennessee Representative Frank Nicely has been quietly working on a cow-share bill for the state of Tennessee. This is a very good

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QUITO, May 30 (Reuters) – Ecuador’s government-run central bank has ordered private banks to repatriate $1.2 billion in overseas deposits and investments to help jump-start