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“The End of Fake”

by macromon, Global Macro Monitor, We have no idea how the S&P downgrade of the U.S. is going to play […]

US debt downgrade could mean rate hikes for all

Eileen Aj Connelly, AP Personal Finance writer, On Monday August 8, 2011, 2:35 pm EDT NEW YORK (AP) — Lawmakers […]

Cyber Wars

By Doug Hornig, Casey’s Research, It is often alleged that our future wars will be fought largely in cyberspace, with […]

Buffett’s Berkshire bids $3.25B for Transatlantic

On Sunday August 7, 2011, 5:50 pm EDT NEW YORK (AP) — A unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. […]

What Investors Need to Know About America’s Debt Crisis

By Chris Mayer, The Daily Reckoning Forget the government nonsense about the U.S. debt ceiling “deal.” All the posturing, scolding […]

Gabelli’s Major Quarterly Changes to Focus Five Stock Pick List

By JON C. OGG , From 247WallSt, August 1 might not sound like the start of a quarter to most, […]

Going nowhere: Economy struggles to find footing

Paul Wiseman and David K. Randall, AP Business Writers, On Wednesday August 3, 2011, 5:35 pm EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — […]

NIA Exposes Debt Ceiling Truth

By National Inflation Association, NIA hasn’t written about the whole debt ceiling issue over the past few weeks because in […]

Platinum’s a Precious Metal, Too

by Myra P. Saefong, Market Watch, Move over gold and silver — it’s time for platinum to start getting the […]

Return of 20% Home Down Payments Looms

ByJoe Mont, Staff Writer , On Friday July 29, 2011, 8:30 am EDT BOSTON (TheStreet) — Hopeful homebuyers may soon […]