Mexican officials frequently lecture the U.S. about our supposedly
loose gun laws that are blamed for spreading anarchy south of our
borders. Mexican President Filipe Calderon has admitted that his
country is experiencing a "gradual and growi
If there are no foods shipped from the bakeries and factories, there are no foods in the shops. If there are no foods in the shops, people go hungry. If people go hungry their children go hungry. When children go hungry, people riot and governments f
Philadelphia, Phoenix and Atlanta are asking U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to release funds from the $700 billion financial bailout authorized by Congress last month.
I don’t know about you. But I started keeping a mental “Outrage List” a while back. The idea: Chronicle all the ridiculous statistics, all the lies, all the questionable practices, and all the dubious “rescue packages” Wall Street and Washington keep
NorthCom is being shy about giving out additional information about Vigilant Shield '09. When I called for a fact sheet on it, I was told there was none.
The conservatives know that they have boxed themselves in. Can they now argue that the war on terrorism is over when they previously said it would last for decades? Can they now argue that the president should not be trusted...
Nujood Ali was forced into an arranged marriage, filed for a divorce and was named Glamour’s Woman of the Year. It’s been a busy year for the 10-year-old.
There has been an unprecedented surge in Saudi gold purchases in the past two weeks with over $3.5 billion being spent on the yellow metal, reported Gulf News citing local industry sources.
The McLean-based company said that it lost $25 billion from July through September, and that as a result it was, in essence, broke -- with its liabilities exceeding its assets by $13.8 billion.
"Retail sales plunged by the largest amount on record in October as the financial crisis and the slumping economy caused consumers to sharply cut back on their spending.
Gold can easily go up to $1500-$2000 in the medium-term, says Johann Santer, MD at Superfund Financial Hong Kong. As such, he tells CNBC's Martin Soong that gold at $710 is a good entry point.
G-20 conference will set in motion plans for a new world economic order, and the centralization of financial power into an internationalist inner circle of regulators completely above oversight or accountability.
I have my ongoing differences with the National Rifle Association, whose executives have met far too many unconstitutional gun regulations they think are “just right.”
TOKYO (AFP) – Japan will propose to lend up to 100 billion dollars to the International Monetary Fund at the financial crisis summit in Washington that begins Friday, as gloom spread over an imminent worldwide recession.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – George Soros, chairman of Soros Fund Management, testified at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Thursday.
But while Democrats said the stimulus measure would wait until President-elect Barack Obama takes office in January, some industry experts fear that one of the Big Three automakers will collapse before then,
At 39, Favre holds every significant quarterback record in existence. But it was these games, these moments, that brought him out of retirement and into uniform.
"I don't think it's me personally, I think it's what I represent," Palin said. She added: "Everyday, hardworking American families —a woman on the ticket perhaps represents that. It would be good for the ticket. It would be
Senior officials with President-elect Barack Obama's transition team said late Thursday that Sen. Hillary Clinton would be an asset to the new administration, but declined to confirm reports she was under consideration for secretary of state.
Archaeologists say the trove of 39 gold and 70 silver coins was minted in the middle of the first century B.C. as the future Roman ruler Julius Caesar led a campaign against Celtic tribes in the area.
Dr. Michael Mithoefer is at the forefront of a controversial field of study. He is leading a pilot study into using MDMA -- the pure form of the illegal drug ecstasy -- to treat depression and post traumatic stress disorder.
Officials at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. yesterday detailed a plan to prevent 1.5 million foreclosures in the next year by offering financial incentives to companies that agree to sharply reduce monthly payments on mortgage loans.
The first of the Bush administration's major financial takeovers, the seizure of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is poised to get more expensive and some analysts are warning it may ultimately cost more than the government has suggested.