A detail from the front of the United States Federal Reserve Board building is shown in Washington October 28, 2014. by Gary Cameron (Reuters) –

Gallup tracks daily the percentage of Americans who approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president. Daily results are based on

Click on the image for a larger version “So much money is now in circulation that you can tackle whole countries with it.” ~ Rainer

S&P Homebuilder ETF (XHB) vs. the S&P “Our economy isn’t going to recover until the housing market finds its footing” ~ Mark Zandi By Catherine

by Wikipedia The Government Pension Fund Global (Norwegian: Statens pensjonsfond Utland, SPU) is a fund into which the surplus wealth produced by Norwegian petroleum income

by Richard Dobbs, Susan Lund, Jonathan Woetzel, and Mina Mutafchieva Seven years after the bursting of a global credit bubble resulted in the worst financial

[CAF Note: Scoop’s contribution to free press globally is a modern day David and Goliath story.  Great reporting requires great publishers and enlightened owners to

”As in Athens, state accounting in Rome was haphazard, and fraud was common. In his Philippics (44-43 BCE), Cicero complained of bad accounts in his

““Know what you own, and know why you own it.”” ~Peter Lynch By Catherine Austin Fitts Chewing this week on potential investments… Related Reading: Bond

Hello Barbie is the latest incarnation of the doll – and will record what your kid says [CAF Note: Time to start buying dolls at

By Gretchen Morgenson On Aug. 17, 2012, the federal government began expropriating all the earnings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage finance giants

by Mary Holland J.D. On September 23, 2014, an Italian court in Milan award compensation to a boy for vaccine-induced autism. (See the Italian document

The Montana House Judiciary Committee recently passed a resolution calling for an Article V Convention (HJR 4), and your action is urgently needed to stop

Ranking of every country in 2015 according to the Reporters Without Borders index. click on the image for a larger interactive version Top 10 Finland

Samsung is warning customers about discussing personal information in front of their smart television set. The warning applies to TV viewers who control their Samsung

by Huw Jones (Reuters) – The EU turns to stock and bond markets this week with reform proposals intended to help companies raise the cash

“If we want to reduce poverty and misery, if we want to give to every deserving individual what is needed for a safe existence of

by Barbara Loe Fisher There have been hundreds of media stories published in the U.S. and around the world since Jan. 14, 2015, the day

click on the image for a larger version By Catherine Austin Fitts The market valuation of Apple passed $700 billion this week. Let’s put that

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“I hate bullies. I hate them. I’m not good enough with words to describe how much I hate them.” ~ Andrew Vachss By Catherine Austin

Domestic and global statistics from the Department of Energy published December 2014… Continue reading the pdf

by Jenny Hopkinson Forget legalizing pot: Two of the most powerful Republicans in the Senate believe there’s a much stronger chance to legalize growing hemp

by Jamie Condliffe A slew of 30,000 leaked Swiss HSBC bank account details—what the Guardian calls the “biggest banking leak in history”—lays bare the practices

“If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change” ~ Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa By Catherine Austin Fitts The long

Check out the first minute of this explainer from Vox: by Josh Harkinson It’s Friday afternoon in San Francisco and, to be honest, I’m sick

‘Military spending continues to fall in the West but rises everywhere else, says SIPRI‘, SIPRI Press Release, 14 April 2014. ‘Trends in world military expenditure,

Inside the secret network behind mass surveillance, endless war, and Skynet— by Nafeez Ahmed INSURGE INTELLIGENCE, a new crowd-funded investigative journalism project, breaks the exclusive

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A stock photo of Graphene based transistors. @unknown by Ahmed Bilal One of the major reasons that solar panels are facing such hurdles to replace

[CAF Note: Obama Administration is dropping the proposal to tax 529 plans.    I told you the week it was announced that it was DOA.

“The American people need health care, not health insurance.” ~ Catherine Austin Fitts by Catherine Austin Fitts Personal health care choices have become a risky

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“What we need to do is always lean into the future; when the world changes around you and when it changes against you – what

[View Chart Here] by David Goldman Tech blogger Robert Cringely wrote last week that IBM would lay off 26% of its staff, or nearly 112,000