Moody's downgrades Greece after debt swap
• ReutersMoody's Investors Service on Friday cut Greece's sovereign debt rating to the lowest possible level after a debt-restructuring deal that imposes hefty economic losses for private creditors.
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Precious Metals Special Report with Kathryn Derbes, David Morgan and John Doody David Morgan: Silve
• http://www.financialsense.com/Jim Puplava hosts a special series of interviews this week in response to the Leap Year "take-down" of gold and silver on February 29th of this week. John Doody sees gold stocks as very undervalued and believes it’s the best buying opportunity sinc
Up in smoke: Eurozone crisis pushes Spanish town to harvest pot
• RTA “dying” Spanish town suffering from massive unemployment is trying to stem the tide of economic decay the only way they can: by farming pot.
That Was Quick
•It was just the other day that I noted the massive money printing that has been going on by central banks around the globe: The Federal Reserve, of course, but also the Bank of Japan, the People’s Bank of China, the Bank of England, the European Cent
Foreign Central Banks To Begin Buying US Stocks Outright Starting Today
• www.zerohedge.comIn other words, while the Fed's charter forbids it from buying US equities outright, it certainly can promise that it will bail out such bosom friends as the Bank of Israel, the Swiss National Bank, and soon everyone else, if and when their investmen
Desperate British government launches task force against Flea Markets
• www.sovereignman.comHow is it that the Treasury can penalize Barclays for having done something that is perfectly legal? Technically, it can’t. That’s why the legislation being proposed to close these tax loopholes is going to be RETROACTIVE.
Economy Squeezed As Debt Accelerates
• www.thedailybell.comSen. Jeff Sessions, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, pointed out that our per capita government debt is already larger than Greece's. Per person, our government owes over $49,000 compared to $38,937 per Greek citizen.
Did Germany Approve Bailout to Force Greece Out of Eurozone?
• by grtvGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel is urging her lawmakers to support the new rescue package for Greece.
Readying the Greek Corpse for Burial
Stephen LendmanRaping and pillaging Greece
EMERGING MARKETS-Brazil's real slips on cenbank action, Latam FX mixed
• By Rachel Uranga and Asher LevineThe Brazilian real slipped sharply on Wednesday after the country's central bank stepped into currency markets to beat back the real's surge beyond the 1.70-per-dollar mark.
Latin America prepared for US financial bubble to burst
• pravada.ruLatin America is rapidly changing the orientation of the old standards of economic policy dominated by the United States and welcomes the arrival of other world powers.
Happy New Year! Iran War to Start by March 20th?
• by Staff ReportIran Is Celebrating the New Year by Ditching the Dollar ... March 20th is a holiday in Iran. It is called NOWRUZ and it's the equivalent of New Year's Day.
Iran Moves Further To End Petrodollar, Announces Will Accept Payment In Gold Instead Of Dollars
• by Tyler DurdenIran will take payment from its trading partners in gold instead of dollars.
8 Reasons Why The Greek Debt Deal May Not Stop A Chaotic Greek Debt Default
• The Economic CollapseThe global financial system is not a game of checkers.
China cautious on euro bailout
• By Keith B. RichburgThe ritual is now familiar. European officials meet with Chinese leaders seeking assurances of help for the continent’s debt crisis.
How Greece Could Take Down Wall Street With Ellen Brown
• arcleinThe Houses of Morgan, Goldman and the other Big Five are justifiably worried right now, because an “event of default” declared on European sovereign debt could jeopardize their $32 trillion derivatives scheme. According to Rudy Avizius in an article
G20 moves to line up huge Greece rescue deal for April
• ReutersThe world's leading economies worked on Sunday to line up a deal in April on a second global rescue package worth nearly $2 trillion to stop the euro-zone sovereign debt crisis from spreading and putting at risk the tentative recovery.
Expert: Look outside the eurozone
• RTAfter the global crisis of 2008 and disturbances of 2011, investors around the world are puzzling over the best places to put their money.
India-EU FTA: Where is the Europe’s Trade Agenda Headed?
• by Kavaljit SinghThe internal documents of the European Commission reveal the disgraceful attempts to push for higher levels of commitments in trade in industrial goods and agricultural products, services and investment liberalisation
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RBS says pay row "damaging" as losses mount
• By Sudip Kar-GuptaState-owned Royal Bank of Scotland paid out nearly a billion pounds in bonuses to staff for last year despite posting a fourth-quarter loss of nearly 2 billion pounds
Argentine advice for Greece: ‘Default Now!’
• RTHere in Argentina, when we watch the terrible things that are happening today in Greece, we can only exclaim, “Hey!! That’s exactly what happened in Argentina in 2001 and 2002…!”
Euro zone headed for recession, report says
• Washington PostCountries that use the euro are headed for a mild recession this year, the European Commission said Thursday, the region’s second economic contraction since 2008, despite years of attempts to solidify the euro zone’s economic standing. The announc
Slew of CEO Resignations Sweeping World
• Chris MontyIf one didn’t know better, one would almost certainly think that something huge was about to happen in the world of banking and finance. Over the past few weeks, a slew of high-level resignations have occurred around the world.
Eurozone ministers back 130bn-euro bailout for Greece
• www.bbc.co.ukEurozone finance ministers have agreed a second bailout for Greece after marathon talks in Brussels.
E.U. Banks and States Caught in a Vicious Cycle
• ReutersLike drunks at a bar door, the euro zone’s governments and banks are leaning unsteadily on each other for support. The banks know they have to sober up, but governments are urging them to have one more for the road.
Bullish hedge funds hike their bets in 2012 rally
• By Laurence FletcherHedge funds are cranking up their bets in equities and credit in 2012's buoyant markets in the belief that the euro zone
Live: Decision day for Greece
• By Esther Bintliff and John AglionbyIt’s decision day on the Greek bail-out. Or is it? Eurozone finance ministers are due to meet this afternoon to sign off on the €130bn bail-out to Greece.
U.S. official "optimistic" on global accounting move
• ReutersA senior U.S. regulator was "optimistic" on Monday about finding a framework for the world's top economy to use global book keeping rules for investors to compare cross-border companies. "We are hopeful we can put forward a model," James Kroeker,
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