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Reimagining–Not Just Repairing–Banking

From  www.umairhaque.com site, Here’s a curious fact. If you think about it for a second, we’re witnessing the simultaneous failure […]

Commodities and Conservation in the Caspian

By Mark Mobius, Investment Adventures in Emerging Markets , Hello readers, thank you for your patience while I was away […]

Quick Fix In Europe? Dream On

From www. ciovaccocapital.com site, If you are involved in the financial markets in any way, shape, form, or fashion, you […]

China’s New Lenders of Last Resort

by Lingling Wei, WSJ, Dai Weidong’s gold-plated cellphone has been ringing off the hook lately with local entrepreneurs looking for […]

Why Goldman Is Surprised By The Market’s Reaction To The Twist, And What’s Next For The Fed?

by Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge, After spending the last few weeks ‘helping’ the Fed with its agenda, Goldman Sachs’ Andrew […]

China Slaps Taxes of 48% on Foreign Employees

by Right Site, Payroll Withholdings to Be Levied on All Foreign Nationals Starting on October 15th, all foreign nationals working […]

Rousseff Crisis Spurred by Lula Debts as Brazil Boom Diminishes

By Alexander Ragir, Bloomberg, On a cool July evening, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff hosts a cocktail party for 50 leaders […]

Destiny is Demography

By Bill Bonner, The Daily Reckoning, The San Francisco Federal Reserve bank came out with a gloomy forecast last month. Its […]

Poverty In America

by ilene, Zero Hedge site, Solutions, anyone? Courtesy of Michael Snyder of Economic Collapse America is getting poorer. The U.S. […]

A Declassified Jon Huntsman On China’s Terror Of A Gold-Pegged Dollar

by Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge site, While last night’s quid-pro-quo from Chinese officials will likely be remembered as the start […]