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World Bank expects slow US growth but no recession

By Alex Kennedy AP, World Bank’s Zoellick expects slow US growth, high unemployment but no recession SINGAPORE (AP) — The […]

Are Political Suicides Needed to Save Greater Europe?

by Roya Wolverson, curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com, Greek tragedy strikes again. European and Greek leaders are at each other’s throats about Greece being […]

Will Asia “buy up” America?

by Michael Schuman, curiouscapitalist site, Those of us old enough to remember the 1980s – and I unfortunately include myself […]

Jim Rogers – ‘U.S. Needs To Cut Spending With A Chainsaw!’

From dailybail.com site, Interview transcript: Jim Rogers: I hope it’s only one decade of loss that we lose in America. Japan […]

Der Spiegel Interview with George Soros

By Gregor Peter Schmitz and Thomas Schulz, ‘You Need This Dirty Word, Euro Bonds’ In a SPIEGEL interview, billionaire investor […]

Did the Fed Buy the Market to Stop the Collapse?

By Phoenix Capital Research, Zero Hedge,   Now that the market has rolled over and erased most of the gains […]

Numerous Spanish Towns Face Bankruptcy

By Mike “Mish” Shedlock, globaleconomic analysis blog, The Spanish economic implosion continues. Various austerity measure in Europe and rate hikes […]

Fed Pledge Let’s You Know The Fix Is In

by Peter Schiff,, Forbes, Last week’s wild actions on Wall Street should serve as a stark reminder that few investors […]

Pharmaceutical contract manufacturing and API sourcing: why not Central Europe?

At present, only a few companies based in Central Europe and the Balkans emphasise their contract manufacturing and API sourcing […]

Eurozone growth sags to 0.2 percent in Q2 Eurozone sees growth sag to anemic 0.2 percent in Q2 as officials struggle with debt crisis

Eurozone sees growth sag to anemic 0.2 percent in Q2 as officials struggle with debt crisis David Mchugh, AP Business […]