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Moore also clearly illustrates the revolving door between the executive suites of high finance and the halls of government. (The name of Goldman Sachs, the big investment banking firm, crops up a lot here he pointedly notes that Goldman Sachs was the
Obama’s inner-circle is shaping-up like the bar scene from Star Wars. It’s a swollen throng of unaccountable czars and policy advisors comprised of some of the most bizarre fringe leftists imaginable. As mom always said, you’re known by the company y
As Congress lurches closer to a decision on an enormous overhaul of the American health care system, pressure is mounting on legislative leaders to make the final bill available online for citizens to read before a vote.
The top Senate Democrat says lawmakers of both parties assured President Barack Obama on Tuesday that they will rally behind whatever decision he makes on Afghanistan.
Robert Gibbs blamed FOX News for the latest White House scandal. Safe Schools Czar Kevin Jennings praised the founder of NAMBLA and hid statutory rape from the authorities. The White House says it's FOX News' fault.
In a new report, Neil Barofsky, the special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP), reveals that then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and key federal regulators forced the nation’s nine largest financial institutions to t
Developments surrounding Matt Taibbi's supposed video of a Penson trade are escalating. Penson has alerted the SEC that the supposed Penson video is not video of a Penson trading platform.
A new value-added tax ) is "on the table" to help the U.S. address its fiscal liabilities, according to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
United Nations undersecretary-general for economic and social affairs, Sha Zukang, called today for a new global reserve currency to end dollar supremacy which has allowed the United States the "privilege" of building a huge trade deficit.
Australia's central bank raised its key cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.25 percent on Tuesday and heralded more to come, saying it was safe to row-back on stimulus now that the worst danger for the economy had passed. The Australian dollar jumpe
Defense Secretary Robert Gates blamed the Taliban's revival on a past failure to deploy enough troops to Afghanistan and said U.S. forces would not withdraw whatever the result of President Barack Obama's strategy review. "We are not leaving Afgha
But maybe the real epidemic is underdosing. Countless Americans suffer with severe chronic pain because doctors are afraid to treat them properly
The United States believes Iran's Revolutionary Guards are providing training and weapons to Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan to help them fight Western forces, U.S. counterterrorism officials said on Monday. The alleged role played by the Revolu
Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N), legendary for its clout in Washington, has inexplicably halted its political fund-raising machine. The strange twist comes at a time when Wall Street's biggest and most powerful investment bank, nicknamed Government
Big oil producing nations denied a British newspaper report on Tuesday that Gulf Arab states were in secret talks with Russia, China, Japan and France to replace the U.S. dollar with a basket of currencies in trading oil.
Oil prices climbed Tuesday as the combination of a weaker dollar and stronger stock market outweighed concerns about weak demand and vast supplies of crude.
Gold surged to a record high above $1,040/ ounce, fueled by a steadily falling US currency, which prompted investors to buy gold as a hedge against dollar-denominated portfolios. Spot gold hit a historic $1,043.45/ ounce
Gold futures hit a new high on Tuesday, lifted by weakness in the dollar after Australia hiked interest rates and after a report that Gulf-area oil producers, along with China, Russia, Japan and France, are planning to eventually end dollar-based oil
Nogales, Ariz. Authorities report an almost tenfold spike in the number of Chinese people caught in the southern Arizona desert.
Rutgers: Erasing this deficit will require substantial and sustained employment growth. Even if the nation could add 2.15 million private-sector jobs per year starting in January 2010, it would need to maintain this pace for more than 7 straight y
HUACHUCA CITY, Ariz. (AP) - Health officials suspect an outbreak of swine flu has caused an Arizona school to shut down after more than a third of the students called in sick.
Swiss authorities rejected on Tuesday an appeal by lawyers for Roman Polanski, arrested in September after fleeing America in 1978 from an underage sex charge, to release the film director from prison.
The collapse of a financial institution is not necessarily a disaster. If free markets are to thrive, we must not allow giant, state-supported banks to believe that they are indestructible
A recently declassified, formerly Confidential, 30 year old memo prepared by Henry Owen for President Jimmy Carter's eyes only, highlights the perils facing the United States if oil were to be priced in SDRs instead of dollars, a topic which is all t
Lots of speculation today about the upcoming death of the U.S. currency, middle class, and by implication, its entire economy, as gold hits all time highs. Max Keiser joins the fray:
Crude-oil futures rose above $71 a barrel Tuesday, adding more than 2% as part of a broad commodities rally arising from the latest tumble in the dollar.
The Federal Reserve won't have to disclose details of its emergency financial crisis lending programs immediately after an appeals court on Tuesday approved the central bank's appeal to suspend a lower court ruling requiring such disclosure pending r
The destruction of the dollar as the international reserve currency, as I have regularly stated, could happen at anytime. New developments suggest it may happen sooner rather than later
The so-called great Swine flu pandemic is nothing more than a One World Government power grab, an effort at population control and a boondoggle designed to enrich big Pharma and its supporters.
The National Retail Federation threw some cold water on the holiday:WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The National Retail Federation today released its 2009 holiday forecast, projecting holiday retail industry sales to decline one percent this year to $43
