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The end of the American road
CounterPunch by Paul Craig Roberts 10/28/08 The New American Century lasted a decade. Financial crisis and defeated objectives in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Georgia brought the neoconservative project for... ...
Wall Street Still Pays $20 Billion in Bonuses
bloomberg.com — Five straight quarters of losses and a 70 percent slide in its stock this year haven't stopped Merrill Lynch & Co. from allocating about $6.7 billion to pay bonuses. Goldman Sachs Group... ...
Stocks Decline as Earnings Reveal Fallout From Credit Crisis
Michael M. Grynbaum, The New York Times: "The malaise on Wall Street simply will not lift. Despite cheaper oil and looser credit, stock investors on Wednesday could not shake their fears about the consequences... ...
The Rising Body Count on Main Street: The Human Fallout From the Financial Crisis
Nick Turse, Tomdispatch.com: "The fallout from the current subprime mortgage debacle and the economic one that followed has thrown lives into turmoil across the country. In recent days, the Associated... ...
U.S. Faces $1 Trillion Deficit
csmonitor.com — The U.S. government's extraordinary effort to rescue the banking system may have pulled America's economy back from the brink, but it comes at a cost — helping to push an already bloated... ...
Financial Warfare over future of global bank power
Berlusconi Says Leaders May Close World's Markets By Steve Scherer Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said political leaders are discussing the idea of closing the world's financial markets while... ...
Brazil, Argentina abandon US dollar
Brazil and Argentina have launched a new payment system in their bilateral trade, doing away with the US dollar as a medium of exchange. http://www.pres stv.ir/detail.aspx?id=7149 3&sectionid=3510213... ...
IMF Says World Economy Heading for `Major Downturn'
Global growth is headed for a "major downturn'' next year, as U.S. gross domestic product grinds close to a halt, the International Monetary Fund said in a staff report prepared for a Group of Seven meeting... ...
McCain struggles to explain support for bailout
Ithaca Journal 10/02/08 Republi can presidential candidate John McCain, who insists he would veto any pork barrel bills to come across his desk as president, is struggling to explain his vote for the... ...
Bailout Fails to Recognize Housing Bubble
Dean Baker, The Center for Economic and Policy Research: "The near hysterical discussion (count the times 'Great Depression' appears in news stories) of the bailout still largely fails to recognize the... ...