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US cuts Social Security and Medicare

U.S. Debt Propasal Would Cut Social Security, Medicare By Heidi Przybyla and Brian Faler – Nov 10, 2010 12:53 PM […]

By ATSiem | 11 Nov 10 | Also posted in North America, Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

French will be working two years longer. Til 62, not 60.

Sarkozy signs the law: French retire at 62, not 60 PARIS (AP) – Retiring at 62 became law in France […]

By ATSiem | | Also posted in Retirement & Savings, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Eat a carrot, hurt the economy? Sometimes

November 11, 2010 By MARIA CHENG , AP Medical Writer Eating a healthy diet may be good for you, but […]

By Aidualc | | Also posted in Food for Thought, Latin America, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Why Fed bond-buying plan is raising trade tensions

Published November 11, 2010 | Associated Press WASHINGTON –  The Federal Reserve’s plan to buy more Treasury bonds has incited […]

By Aidualc | | Also posted in Asia, North America | Comments (0)

Gold Gains in New York on European Debt Concern, China Inflation

November 11, 2010, 8:16 AM ESTBy Nicholas Larkin Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) — Gold gained in New York as European debt […]

By Aidualc | | Also posted in Asia, Commodities, North America, Western Europe | Comments (0)

EMERGING MARKETS-Brazil real and Mexican peso dip on China, G20

Thu Nov 11, 2010 8:52am EST By Samantha Pearson SAO PAULO, Nov 11 (Reuters) – The Brazilian real and the […]

By Aidualc | | Also posted in Asia, Latin America | Comments (0)

Sorkin: Worrying Over China and Food

By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, NY Times, The prospect that a group backed by China may make a takeover offer for […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Asia, Commodities | Comments (0)

$10.2 Trillion in Global Borrowing

By Mark Whitehouse, WSJ, $10.2 trillion: The amount of money advanced-nation governments will need to borrow in 2011 As the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America | Comments (0)

China inflation spikes in October, fueling rate-hike fears

By V. Phani Kumar, MarketWatch HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — China’s consumer prices increased at their fastest pace in two years […]

By DennisGao | | Also posted in Asia | Comments (0)

The age of the dollar is drawing to a close

By Jeremy Warner, Telegraph.co.uk, Currency competition is the only way to fix the world economy, says Jeremy Warner. Right from […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 10 Nov 10 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, Western Europe | Comments (0)