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A single investor - thought to be a hedge fund - is sitting on thousands of tonnes of tin in warehouses across London. According to traders almost the entire stock of tin on the London Metals Exchange(LME) was bought up by a single, mysterious inves
Goldman Sachs stand to receive a payment of $1bn - while US taxpayers would lose $2.3bn - if embattled commercial lender CIT files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, people familiar with the matter said. The payment stems from the structure of a
Powell, a long-time observer of the China-Africa relationship, was astounded by the sheer visibility of China on the continent. From television broadcasts to cultural projects, China’s presence in Africa has been rapidly increasing.
Now this has all been focused on the automobile industry. It is way more important than that. It will completely change the whole business of energy. To start with, it becomes practical and desirable to establish a consumer owned energy
Why do we continue to believe the same people that have, in both statements and choices, been nothing but wrong? Who should we believe and turn to for more accurate information and analysis? Perhaps a useful source would be those at the epicenter of
Goldman Sachs stands to receive a payment of $1bn – while US taxpayers would lose $2.3bn – if embattled commercial lender CIT files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, people familiar with the matter said.
Baltimore case shows how the line between law and disorder blurs when cops and crooks exchange information for money
If Congress is stupid enough to abdicate its constitutional powers to the Fed, God help America's democracy. And for capitalism, this will go down as the biggest blunder of Obama's presidency, worse that Clinton's dismantling of the Glass-Steagall Ac
After decades in charge, the club of rich, industrialised nations is fast losing sway as a share of global economic power shifts towards big developing countries.
We need new global governance for politics, economics and the environment. The most developed countries cannot govern mankind on their own.
Former presidential candidate Alan Keyes has given perhaps his most dire warning yet, saying that the Obama administration is preparing to stage terror attacks, declare martial law and cancel the 2012 elections, which is why they are demonizing their
A doctor explains possible problems with the swine flu vaccine.
Worthy goals, for yourself, as well as worthy goals for society, will never be achieved by compromise of your principles.
David and Goliath might be an appropriate title for this video. Because Jane Bürgermeister, as a committed Christian, possesses an almost unreasonable amount of courage in her single-handed stand - against what many perceive as being a giant that few
In an attempt to gain favor with China, the United States pressured Tibetan representatives to postpone a meeting between the Dalai Lama and President Obama until after Obama's summit with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, scheduled for next month,
When company personnel rolled into town in a convoy of black Mercedes SUVs embossed with seals advertising a non-existent "City of Hardin Police Department,"the company's payroll has increased by at least one, and possibly two, key local figures.
Veronica Rodriguez and Daryl Buck were both residents of Oregon when they were convicted of first-degree sexual assault on a child younger than 14 years of age. Neither case involved coercion, seduction, or nudity. In fact, neither case involved actu
A homeowner says a Phoenix police officer shot him 6 times in the back during a 911 home-invasion call, and the 911 tape recorded the officer’s partner saying, "That's all right. Don't worry about it. I got your back. … We clear?"
FBI anti-terrorism agents raided the Queens (NY) home of a self-described anarchist charged with tweeting protesters with instructions on how to evade police at the (Pittsburg, PA) G-20 summit.
The town’s police had been pulling over motorists along a main highway, seizing their property (cars, cash, jewelry, etc.), then presenting them with an unsavory bargain: Sign a waiver forfeiting all of their property over to the police, or be arrest
A brewery has launched a low alcohol beer called Nanny State after being branded irresponsible for creating the UK's "strongest beer". Campaigners welcomed the 1.1% alcohol Nanny State but said the name showed a lack of appreciation of the problem
A September 17, 2009, Nightline report on the execution of an innocent man in Texas. Cameron Todd Willingham was convicted and executed of arson murder based mainly on discredited arson analysis. Now that all of the evidence against Willingham has
We are honored that more than 450 mayors from big cities and small towns from across the country have joined the coalition of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, and we welcome other mayors to stand with us. We are committed to working with our fellow mayor
"That's all right. Don't worry about it. I got your back. ... We clear?"
Wall Street supplies a swinging door of jobs for its financial regulators, and—in the case of many members of Congress and our Presidents—campaign contributions. This dependence is known as “capture,” and the result is that instead of reigning in Wal
A recurring theme on Zero Hedge over the past few months has been the inordinate (and seemingly inexplicable if one takes at face value the arguments for an improving economy) amount of insider selling of corporate shares, which has reached a stagger
Its victory was hailed by the banner: "SpaceShipOne, Government Zero." It has been five years since SpaceShipOne screamed its way into the history books as the first privately built and financed manned craft to reach space. While that roar from the s
I don't want my Son and Daughter-in-Law to buy a house right now. My son and daughter in law both have good jobs and a newborn and are looking for larger place to buy. My wife is a real estate agent and has been shopping with them for weeks. As pri
Ray Kurzweil's concept of the Singularity rests on two axioms: that computers will become more intelligent than humans, and that humans and computers will merge, allowing us access to that increased thinking power. So it only makes sense to begin the
For those that follow contrarian investors like Marc Faber, Jim Rogers, Gerald Celente and Harry Dent, this should come as no surprise.
