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Credit card debt is ready to blow
After every financial crisis over the past 10 years, the Federal Reserve has cut interest rates and pumped money into the economy. Each rescue solved the problem - and created a new one. http://www.baltimore sun.com/business/bal-bz.ha ncock10oct10001523,0,98759 0.column Americans... ...
Wi-Fi: A Warning Signal
Panorama: WI-FI: A Warning [ https://omega.twoday.net/st ories/3754101/ ] A link to the recent BBC Panorama programme about Wi-Fi radiation and health: http://video.google.nl/vi deoplay?docid=224348282384 9327978&q=bbc+wifi... ...
The Second Great Depression
By Mike Whitney December’s figures indicate that foreign investment is drying up and the world is no longer eager to purchase America’s lavish debt. The only thing the Federal Reserve can do is raise... ...
Your MasterCard or Your Life
"A disturbing new report shows that with health care costs continuing their sharp rise," writes Bob Herbert, "low- and middle-income patients are reaching for their credit cards with alarming frequency... ...
Dollar Declines on Speculation U.S. Consumer Confidence Dropped
The dollar had its biggest drop this month against the yen on speculation waning consumer confidence in the U.S. will increase the likelihood for a cut in interest rates by the Federal Reserve in the first... ...
Dollar poised for a dip
We believe we have just seen the beginning of a more pronounced slowdown that will likely push us into recession. The reason we are more negative than many economists is that high levels of consumer debt... ...
We Fiddle as the Continent Turns to Dust
Paul Sheehan says: "I wonder what history will say about us when we are gone ... That we fiddled while Rome burned? That we were the wealthiest society in our history, worth more than $350,000 for every... ...
An Outcry Rises as Debt Collectors Play Rough
The rise in American consumer debt has been accompanied by a sharp increase in complaints about aggressive and sometimes unscrupulous tactics by debt collection agencies, a phenomenon that has government... ...
Don't Spy On Me
Government assaults on privacy are increasing all around us, even as the people's ability to speak without fear of reprisal is dwindling. Still, most of us have never found ourselves in a direct confrontation... ...
What We Need to Know About the Corporate Takeover of the "Organic" Food Market
*Excerpt "Seeds of Change is now owned by M&M-Mars Candy: "Women are from Venus, Seeds are from Mars "Earlier this year, Seeds of Change, an idealistic company formed in the 1980s to "preserve... ...