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• zerohedge.com"Despite the robust investment returns since 2004, annual growth in unfunded pension liabilities has outstripped these returns," Moody's warns ...
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"Despite the robust investment returns since 2004, annual growth in unfunded pension liabilities has outstripped these returns," Moody's warns ...
When is the U.S. banking system going to crash? I can sum it up in three words.
"US home sales tumble in August, Mario Draghi wants to impose larger stimulus measures in Europe & the beginning of US airstrikes upon Syria. Trends Journal subscribers got the first hint of a possible Syrian airstrike more than 7 weeks ago!"
Rogers understands that we are living in perilous times, and that actions by governments, finance ministers and officials across the globe have left us on the brink of a very serious collapse that will end with currency turmoil, food shortages, panic
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc hit back at News Corp on Thursday for calling it a platform for piracy and an "unaccountable bureaucracy," in a point-by-point rebuttal that stressed the Internet search company's commitment to fighting online cri
City Council Votes to Increase Hourly Rate to $15.37, One of Nation's Highest Minimum Wages
But to a few Wall Street financiers, a lawsuit that accuses the government of shortchanging the American International Group in its 2008 bailout is something else: a promising investment in a cause they support.
The Federal Reserve and its bullion bank agents (JP Morgan, Scotia, and HSBC) have been using naked short-selling to drive down the price of gold since September 2011.
Progressivism and the rise of the welfare-warfare state
A big jobs report comes out, and it shakes up the stock market. The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones both took a tumble after the US Labor Department issued their monthly statement on August employment numbers. Economists were looking for a big jump in
Fast food workers across the country are planning strikes and other acts of civil disobedience as they push for a minimum wage of 15 dollars an hour. The first strikes are being planned for this Thursday. The Service Employees International Union is
Claiming the motive is concern for the environment and a desire to invest in alternative renewable fuels, the Rockefellers join 650 individuals and 180 institutions which together own $50 billion and have pledged to divest themselves of oil.
Mark your calendars and hold on to your hats, the next 12 months could be a wild ride for America and the world. The biblical Feast of Trumpets, also known as the Jewish New Year, begins at sundown on Wednesday, Sept. 24, which also marks the appe
FEDERAL RESERVE IS BROKEN !! "I spoke to a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, (name withheld), and said to her I think the Fed is insolvent," Rickards revealed. "She refused to answer the question directly initially,
You won’t believe the idea that America’s quintessential foreign policy establishment organ is floating now....Or maybe you will.
A Fiscal Times, Yahoo Finance article by by John Grgurich claims that Instead of QE, Fed Could Have Given $56,000 to Every Household in America.
Precious metals are under pressure once again this morning led by Silver which just hit its lowest since August 2010.
It should come as no surprise that the US routinely uses force to get its way in foreign disputes. After all, we have the world's most powerful military.
What's the most hazardous financial activity that you can engage in?...It's not investing in penny stocks. It's not buying foreign currencies. It's not even playing futures and options, as risky as they may be.
Despite lagging mortgage applications and home sales, homebuilder sentiment surged for the 4th month in a row to 59 (against expectations of 56) to its highest since November 2005.
Hot on the heels of yesterday's low PPI and this morning's falling CPI, we thought it worth noting (given The Fed's pre-occupation that inflation is running too low) that the price of milk - that staple of the American diet - just hit an all-time hig
On 24 and 25 May 2005, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Professor of Economics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and senior fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute (Auburn, Alabama), visited Antwerp, where he gave a lecture on the economic surplus value of
I never believe government manufactured numbers.
The depression that followed the stock-market crash of 1929 took a turn for the worse eight years later, and recovery came only with the enormous economic stimulus provided by the second world war, a conflict that cost more than 60 million lives.
The fundamental failing of today's global economy can be summarized simply: Too Much Debt.
The fundamental failing of today's global economy can be summarized simply: Too Much Debt.
Our Bubble Economy Is On Its Last Gasp: "There Is A 100% Probability That The System Will Crash".
The topic of potential interest rate hikes by central banks is no longer ever far from any serious mind interested in finance.
According to the Federal Reserve, the percentage of American families that own a small business is at the lowest level that has ever been recorded.
Take note of their targeting of the FED's seal framed by the motto, "In God We Trust...But Serve Devil."