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Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s longtime business partner in Berkshire Hathaway, warns in a new column that the U.S. economic empire is crumbling before our eyes, thanks to federal debt and poor planning. In an article penned for Slate.com, Munger uses the form of a parable to explain how...

A top Federal Reserve official warned Monday that even as the economy starts to grow again, employers are likely to continue squeezing more productivity out of workers rather than start hiring new ones, thereby prolonging the economic crisis for the millions of unemployed. In remarks at the...

Survey: 1 In 3 Detroit Homes Vacant POSTED: Sunday, February 21, 2010 UPDATED: 9:02 am EST February 21, 2010 DETROIT, Mich. -- A survey that's expected to be an important tool as Detroit works to revitalize core neighborhoods and possibly shutter others finds about one third of residential...

Improving economy is already priced in the market. Look for triple digit fall tomorrow.

Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Simon Property Group Inc.’s offer of more than $10 billion to buy General Growth Properties Inc. out of bankruptcy would mean a payday of at least $170 million for investor William Ackman, almost 20 times the price of his stake. Ackman, who runs New York-based...

Feb. 3 (Bloomberg Multimedia) -- The U.S. may lose 824,000 jobs when the government releases its annual revision to employment data on Feb. 5, showing the labor market was in worse shape during the recession than known at the time...

Tax Cuts to Expire for Top Earners Taxes on high-income earners would rise by nearly $1 trillion over the next 10 years, under the budget plan put forward by President Barack Obama on Monday. The bulk of that increase comes as tax cuts enacted under President George W. Bush expire at the...

70 percent of emergency food centers face threats to their survival If there is any indicator of the toll that the Great Recession has taken on the public, it would be the statistics beginning to emerge about hunger in the US. According to a study from the nation's largest food bank...

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Cash-strapped San Diego set to sell police horses and tack January 30, 2010 | 8:12 am The police horses that have patrolled San Diego's Balboa Park are being sold at an online auction. The Police Department has ended its horse unit, which was organized in 1983, as a money-saving...

Bilderberg Group comes to mind when talking about secret organizations.

I heard Jedd Clampett is looking for someone honest to invest his money with ever since he let go of Milburn Drysdale.

'Underemployment' near or above 20 pct in 9 states as part-timers, discouraged workers grow WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said in his State of the Union Wednesday that "one in 10 Americans still cannot find work." But in nine states the figure is closer to one in five, according...

Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Sales of new homes in the U.S. unexpectedly dropped in December, capping the worst year on record and signaling the government’s tax-credit extension has yet to shore up demand. Purchases declined 7.6 percent to an annual pace of 342,000, marking the fourth decrease...

U.S. households struggle to afford food: survey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly one in five U.S. households ran out of money to buy enough food at least once during 2009, said an antihunger group on Tuesday, urging more federal action to help Americans get enough to eat. "There are no...

Who needs a real woman anyways?? I'm hearing a robotic female will be on the market soon.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5h1Glm2GssKMiFMvrdG6O-y5xeStA WASHINGTON — The decade ahead could be a brutal one for America's unemployed - and for people with jobs hoping for pay raises. At best, it could take until the middle of the decade for the nation to...

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Whether we do or not doesn't really matter. Any attack on Iran will spike oil prices to the $300 level. When you have the power to shut down 40% of the worlds oil supply indefinitely you are in a position of power.

These threats have been going on for the last 5 years. Iran has the ability to shut down 40% of the worlds oil supply that travels through the straits of hormuz. http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2009/12/04/Oil-is-a-tool-for-Iran-an-analysis-says/UPI-45321259944194/ Second...