Barack Obama’s speeches contain the hypnosis techniques of Dr. Milton Erickson, M.D. who developed a form of “conversational” hypnosis that could be hidden in seemingly normal speech and used on patients without their knowledge for therapy purposes.
U.S. stocks rose, adding to the Dow Jones Industrial Average's best weekly gain in five years, after Halliburton Co.'s profit topped estimates and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke endorsed an economic stimulus package.
"For the wife's medical problems, there is sympathy. For the owner's defiance of the township's lawful directives, there is no excuse," Judge Carol McGinley ruled earlier this month.
Yesterday in Seattle at the second Barack Obama fundraiser of the day held at the downtown Sheraton Hotel Joe Biden ominously told supporters that within 6 months of an Obama administration there would be unpopular decisions made.
An employee of beleaguered Redflex Group was caught sound asleep on the evening of Saturday, October 18th while “operating” a speed trap on behalf of the City of Tempe.
During the boom, most mortgages were sold at least once. In the rush to turn them over quickly, many of the new lenders did not get the proper paperwork to show they own the note. This is the key to the "Produce-the-Note" strategy.
In the midst of highly unpopular bailouts of Wall Street, many justifications have been given about why Washington feels the need to act. Some claim that capitalism and the free market are to blame, but we have not had capitalism or a free market.
Chief Supt Steve Dann, commander of Hackney Police, said the group had been set up without consultation. "I see this as a slight against me that we were not delivering a service. I have worked very hard
Jacob Weisberg has an unbelievably asinine article blaming the Wall Street collapses on libertarianism. We who believe in individual liberty supposedly brought on this recession. It is hard to grasp that someone could actually believe this. Perhaps s
Everyone who buys a mobile telephone will be forced to register their identity on a national database under government plans to extend massively the powers of state surveillance.
Every other card issuer, from J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. to Capital One Financial Corp., is grappling with the same problems as more consumers shut their wallets and fall behind on their bills. American Express is especially vulnerable...
The political turning point was the violent takeover of the Senate by oligarchic creditors who murdered the debtor-oriented reformers led by the Gracchi brothers in 133 BC, picking up benches and using them as rams to push the reformers over the clif
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Monday that government purchases of stock in banks represent an investment that should eventually make money for the taxpayer.
"These are the Iraqi people in front of you, rejecting this agreement," Sadr said. "The treaty is in your hands, so the destiny and reputation of Iraq also is in your hands ... If they told you this agreement will give you sovereignty,
Financiers enjoying a respite from the panic of the past few weeks should brace themselves for further mayhem tomorrow, the deadline for insurers of Lehman Brothers' debt to pay up on billions of dollars of policies.
"He will have a role as one of my advisers," Barack Obama said on NBC's "Today" in an interview aired Monday, a day after Powell, a four-star general and President Bush's former secretary of state, endorsed him. "Whet
20 million jobs will disappear by the end of next year as a result of the impact of the financial crisis on the global economy. Construction, real estate, financial services, and the auto sector are most likely to be hit, according to the
The impact of the financial crisis on major economies was brought into focus as China's growth slowed and Britain fell deeper in debt, amid more signs of turmoil in the banking sector. While markets rallied at the start of the week's trading,
50 years ago, a chemist conducted a famous experiment to investigate how life could have started on Earth. Recently, scientists re-analyzed his results using modern technology and found a new implication: The original sparks for life on our planet co
The reversal of fortunes has been dizzying for states such as Arizona. Only two years ago, the state was sitting on a $1.5-billion surplus, but the housing collapse sent the economy into a tailspin.
Interbank lending emerged from deep freeze and Fed chairman Ben Bernanke gave his blessing to a second US government bailout stimulus package, providing hope the world's financial crisis may be easing. The 3-month Libor rate fell more than
One pilot said he was seconds away from firing 24 rockets at the object, which moved erratically and gave a radar reading like "a flying aircraft carrier." The pilot said it spent periods motionless in the sky before reaching estimated spee
In response to the Credit crisis president Bush is gathering up all the people who did not see what was coming, denied what was happening, and then failed to see the implications of what was indeed happening.
Confronted with a hugely expensive economic crisis, Democratic and Republican lawmakers alike have elected to pay the bill mainly by borrowing money rather than cutting spending or raising taxes. The cost will become a bigger burden
It was not immediately clear whether the US would accept the changes to the draft agreement. It provides legal authority for US troops to remain in Iraq after a UN mandate expires Dec. 31. If there is no accord US forces must leave.