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The fall of the Dollar Empire
OPEC considers dumping US dollar Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries plans to discuss a proposal by Iran and Venezuela to price oil in non-dollar currencies. http://www.pr esstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=43 221&sectionid=3510213... ...
US subprime crisis costs global 7.7 trillion dollars: bank
The meltdown in the US subprime real-estate market has led to a global loss of 7.7 trillion dollars in stock-market value since October, a report by Bank of America showed Thursday. http://www.brei tbart.com/article.php?id=0 80214202021.5qwu7lx0&show_ article=1... ...
Town bans "radioactive bodily trespass"
Here's something encouraging and thought-provoking. Some towns in the USA are starting to do something very practical and useful. The story quoted below was brought to my attention by the environmental... ...
Government Suppresses Major Public Health Report
Maggie Mahar, AlterNet, reports: "The Center for Public Integrity, a public interest investigative journalism organization, has obtained copies of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study... ...
The Consumer End of a Stumbling Economy
Charles R. Morris, writing for The Washington Independent, says: "One can pity Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke. No other federal reserve chairman ever cut interest rates by a full 1.25% within... ...
The 2007 US economic slowdown
The Free Liberal by Fred E. Foldvary 02/05/08 High rentals and purchase prices for commercial real estate increases costs for enterprise, which reduces its profits, and thus results in less economic... ...
IMF Head in Shock Fiscal Warning
By Chris Giles and Gillian Tett in Davos The intensifying credit crunch is so severe that lower interest rates alone will not be enough "to get out of the turmoil we are in", Dominique Strauss-Kahn,... ...
US Slides Into Dangerous 1930s 'Liquidity Trap'
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in Davos The United States is sliding towards a dangerous 1930s-style "liquidity trap" that cannot easily be stopped by drastic cuts in interest rates, Nobel economist Joseph... ...
Tell the FCC and Congress You Support Net Neutrality
We got the heads up from John Laesch, Democratic candidate in the special election to replace Dennis Hastert in IL-14. The FCC has made provision for comments from the public on net neutrality, and on... ...
Message From Davos: The Recession Is Coming
By Gary Duncan, Economics Editor in Davos A full-blown, prolonged recession in America is now inescapable, with the rest of the world set to be dragged into a severe global slowdown despite yesterday's... ...