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http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ambroseevans-pritchard/100001459/dollar-hegemony-for-another-century/ Dollar hegemony for another century By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Economics Last updated: October 21st, 2009 43 Comments Comment on this article Let me stick my neck out...

Very interesting. I had not been aware of this. http://www.keci.com/Health-Insurance-Companies-Face-End-To-Anti-Trust-/5493816

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/opinion/22barnett-1.html Who’s Looking at the Fed’s Books? Without a comprehensive audit to double-check Federal Reserve data, the risk exists of inadequate and sloppy accounting. By WILLIAM A. BARNETT Published: October 21, 2009 Lawrence, Kan...

The latest bubble is about to burst, but this time it's in the commercial market. Here's how to see it coming. http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/21/real_estate/commercial_real_estate_bubble.fortune/index.htm NEW YORK (Fortune) -- When the FDIC closed Chicago's Corus Bank last month, it may have...

I could easily see Ratigan running for office on the libertarian ticket. Keep it up, Dylan! It looks like you can finally speak the truth and not the bullshit CNBC was feeding you. <div><iframe height="339" width="425" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/33431350#33431350"...

The Snowball of Derivatives: The Specter of a Second Black Swan http://www.rgemonitor.com/globalmacro-monitor/257860/the_snowball_of_derivatives_the_specter_of_a_second_black_swan Ricardo Lago | Oct 21, 2009 Banking sector consolidation (via acquisition of failed banks) and the...

This is a reprehensible crime precisely because we, as a self-proclaimed "moral nation," have a duty to do everything to protect the defenseless among us. Children are virtually defenseless. Yet, we haven't made that much progress in deterring/preventing crime of violence against them...

Thank you. :)

Michael Moore, populist as he may be, and tarnished by the extreme right (unsuccessfully), has done more to point out the critical flaws in major structures in the U.S. and massive corruption in the U.S. (the industrial-military complex, the corrosive and toxic power of lobbyists of all stripes...

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The shit is about to hit the fans, folks. Hang on to your jockstraps. Bankruptcy trend among small firms stuns lenders. http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091021/BUSINESS07/910210315/-1/BUSINESS Article published October 21, 2009 Bankruptcy trend among small...

Goldman is a proxy of the U.S. This is no dramatic statement; it's factually demonstrable.

Poor banks. Thanks, Ben. You're doin' a heckuva job. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aZ4zPvmGfL50 Bernanke Airs Concern on Speeding Up Credit-Card Law (Update3) Share | Email | Print | A A A By Peter Eichenbaum Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Speeding up the...

Bravo! Bravo!!! <div><iframe height="339" width="425" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/33414533#33414533" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><p style="font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent...

But this is coming from a firm that received 50 billion in direct (through a variety of programs, not just tarp) taxpayer dollars, and that was likely to fail at the time, sans U.S. taxpayer help, according to Andrew Ross Sorkin and others with the best sources on the meltdown. The real gem...

Thanks for addressing all of my points (not being sarcastic, either). I don't think it will be the end of the world; just the end of the world as many people have known it. The beauty of math is its resoluteness and clarity. The math says we're in a very bad situation that will force...

I'd like to see a chart showing revenue adjusted for obliterating plants, machinery and employees. Companies can only shrink to survive and meet lowered expectations on net rev for so long...

China is so juiced by stimulus, a death-threatening hangover is in store. Central planners have literally told banks to loan money or else, and much of this has made its way into equity markets. -The government has been postponing the difficult and painful reforms,” said Fernandez...

Do you realize how many people on Wall Street and in NYC in general lost their jobs in the last year? Buddy, you haven't seen anything yet. When the global market forces an exit strategy on liquidity upon the U.S., the shit will hit the fan. Bank on that.