Spain: For Whom The Bell Now Tolls
• zerohedge.comVia Mark J. Grant, author of Out of the Box,
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Eco-commune flourishes as Greek economy withers
• ReutersWeb designer Apostolos Sianos and three friends startled Greek villagers when they quit well-paid jobs in Athens to set up a self-sufficient commune that lives in yurts and grows its own vegetables.
Tunisia: Blood in the streets?
• http://www.sovereignman.com, Simon BlackBanking tycoon Baron Rothschild is credited with saying that ‘the time to buy is when there’s blood in the streets.’ Rothschild took his own advice, making a fortune buying deeply undervalued assets following Napoleon’s defeat at the Battle of Waterl
FOREX-Euro slips on doubts over effective ECB response
• http://in.reuters.com, By Jessica MortimerThe euro eased on Monday after making significant gains, with many investors wary of buying the currency on caution about how effective action pledged by European policymakers to resolve the euro zone crisis would be.
Natural Capital
• arcleinthe waste we can't see: Superfund sites, greenhouse gases, radioactive waste, vagrant chemicals; and the social waste we don't want to think about: homelessness, crime, drug addiction, our forgotten infirm and elderly.
10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Eric PlattGood morning. Here's what you need to know.
Beware The Lions In The Grass
• http://www.businessinsider.com, John MauldinThe Seen and the Unseen The Lion in the Grass Black Swan or Hidden Lion? The Lions of Europe What If the US Trade Balance Became a Surplus? The Bug that Roared Up in the Clouds, or How Do I Stay Connected?
10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Eric PlattGood morning. Here's what you need to know.
Iceland Has Hired An Ex-Cop To Hunt Down The Bankers That Wrecked Its Economy
• www.businessinsider.comIf you were involved in Icelandic high finance in the run-up to the recession, you might want to start watching your back.
Alternative Digital Currencies Based on Barter
• http://lewrockwell.com, by Gary NorthThe free market responds to demand. When a government breaks down, free markets respond. This is happening in Greece.
Baltic Dry Index Implodes, Signals Global Economic Collapse
• www.dailypaul.comThe mainstream media attempted to write off the implosion of the index as a fluke tied to the “overproductions of cargo ships” instead of a warning sign of deteriorating demand. The past six months have proven that assertion to be entirely false.
The Biggest Financial Scandal In History?
• http://theeconomiccollapseblog.comWe always knew that the financial markets were rigged, but this is getting ridiculous.
Roubini: My ‘Perfect Storm’ Scenario Is Unfolding Now
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Ansuya Harjani“Dr. Doom” Nouriel Roubini says the “perfect storm” scenario he forecast for the global economy earlier this year is unfolding right now as growth slows in the U.S., Europe as well as China.
ICELAND BOOMS AS THE WORLD STRUGGLES
• http://itmakessenseblog.com, The MeisterFor a country that four years ago plunged into a financial abyss so deep it all but shut down overnight, Iceland seems to be doing surprisingly well.
French T-bills now yield negative returns
• http://www.sovereignman.comWith mounting budget deficits around the world, it is becoming almost impossible for governments to pay high yields on the sales of Treasury Bonds. Because of the economic uncertainty, banks interest rates have been almost nothing while in several ca
Global Collapse In Auto Sales Coming Up
• http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.comIn response to my post Plunging New Orders Suggest Global Recession Has Arrived I received a couple of interesting emails from readers, one from the US, the other from an employee of the world's largest automotive parts manufacturer.
10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Mamta BadkarGood morning. Here's what you need to know.
European Finance Ministers Agree to Speed Up Bailout of Spanish Banks
• New York TimesWith Spain’s borrowing costs climbing again to critical levels, European finance ministers decided to speed up their promised bailout for the country’s troubled banks, while also giving the cash-tight government more time to rein in its budget defici
One in Every Two Children in Turkey Employed as Child Worker
• arcleinThe number of minors who are employed in Turkey amounts to 49 percent in the age group 5 to 17, alarming research by DİSK-AR, the research center of the Confederation of Revolutionary Workers’ Unions (DİSK), has shown.
Vacation Laws in Europe
• arcleinWait, wait, This just in: We do have the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) which provides us with the legal right to request unpaid medical leave. Well not quite. You have to work at an employer with 50 or more employees or work in the public sector, a
10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Mamta BadkarGood morning. Here's what you need to know.
Imagining a Universe Without Central Banks
• http://dailyreckoning.com, By Bill BonnerThe God Particle has been discovered!
EMERGING MARKETS-Brazil real falls for 2nd day in thin trading
• Walter Brandimarte ReutersThe Brazilian real slid for a second straight session on Wednesday, one day after a central bank official suggested policymakers were not comfortable with the currency's recent gains, while the Mexican peso inched lower in sync with the euro.
Global Economy Turns Bullish
• arcleinWhat I am saying is that the fundamentals of the global economy have actually never been better and I would have not expected to write these words so soon back in 2008. Governments need to merely pay attention to business and voters need to remove th
Outline on Collapse End Game
• Jim WillieMany are the events, signals, and telltale clues of a real live actual systemic failure in progress.
Massive Japanese Debt Monetization Is Coming, Yen to be Devalued
• FinancialSense.comYou can only stretch a rubber band so far before it snaps back or is torn, so too is the case with government indebtedness. There eventually comes a point when the road ends and the can hits a brick wall. It appears that Japan is rapidly approaching
Doug Casey: A Eurocrash Is Baked in the Cake
• LewRockwell.com"A major financial and economic catastrophe in Europe is unavoidable. From there, it's likely to spread out to the whole world."
Greek Healthcare Collapse
• arcleinStrapped with spiraling debt, the Greek healthcare, which is government-run, has had to receive gobs of international financial aid just to keep operating with some semblance of normalcy. There has also been plenty of IOUs issued, and desperate patie
10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Eric PlattGood morning. Here's what you need to know.
10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
• http://www.businessinsider.comGood morning. Here's what you need to know. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/opening-bell-20-2012-6#ixzz1yKqWcX5d
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