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Chile marks 40th anniversary of election of left-wing icon Allende Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 5:57PMSantiago de Chile - Chile observed Saturday's 40th anniversary of the presidential election of Salvador Allende, who was the first Marxist national leader in Latin America to take power by democratic means.
Can Gold Continue it’s Ride Up or is a Correction Inevitable? Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 4:30PM"The European Union is dying – not a dramatic or sudden death, but one so slow and steady that we may look across the Atlantic one day soon and realize that the project of European integration that we've taken for granted over the past half-century is no more."
International Forecaster September 2010 (#2) - Gold, Silver, Economy + More Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 4:29PMThe following are some snippets from the most recent issue of the International Forecaster. For the full 28 page issue, please see subscription information below.
Britain working through tough economic issues; Canada must as well Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 11:01PMLONDON — England has survived the Norman Conquest, the Black Death, a civil war or two and Hitler’s bombs. So it can certainly survive an economic crisis.
Allende presidency divides Chileans 40 years after his death - Feature Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:57PMSantiago - As early as his 1970 inaugural address, Salvador Allende knew that his narrow victory in the presidential polls was likely to provoke a reaction from the Chilean right and the US government.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 3/9 Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 9:57PMHCM City Television's HTV9 broadcast on Tuesday the first episode of Leu Chong (Tents and Bamboo Beds) about examinations organised in Viet Nam 100 years ago.
Venezuela Will Pay France's Casino $600 Million For Expropriated Stores Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 1:55PMVenezuela will pay France’s Casino Guichard Perrachon SA about $600 million for the nationalization of the company’s hypermarkets and supermarkets in January, President Hugo Chavez said.
Gold & Investement in Failure Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 9:29AMUse the above link to subscribe to the paid research reports, which include coverage of critically important factors at work during the ongoing panicky attempt to sustain an unsustainable system burdened by numerous imbalances aggravated by global village forces.
Comment on Tony Blair–A Journey: My Political Life by Kathy Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 2:16AMsorry thats accomplice.
Comment on Tony Blair–A Journey: My Political Life by Sayang Bangsa Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 2:16AMDear davidquellsgoliath I wish I am rapat to Tun M. I cannot be since he's as old as my grandpa. Even Mukhriz is older than I am. He knows me because of my dad. I meet him at many functions. I just kissed his hands and exchanged some pleasantries. I have some blood ties with Siti Hasmah, that's about it. When my company had some business with him when he was number one, I was just a junior ...
Comment on Tony Blair–A Journey: My Political Life by ilham Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 2:16AMWoman attempts citizen’s arrest on Blair Anti-war protesters gave former British premier Tony Blair a torrid reception when he turned up to sign copies of his autobiography at a book-store in Dublin. One activist, Kate O’Sullivan, who managed to enter the book-store, tried to make a citizen’s arrest on Blair for war crimes in Iraq. Here is her account: Related posts: “Wall of sound” confronts ...
Gold & Investment in Failure Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 4:15PMMany observers to the wild gyrations, deep contortions, extreme measures, and other bizarre activity in the government and banking arenas are suffering from severe confusion.
Tony Blair as Cool, Above-It-All as Ever in Weighty Memoir Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 8:19AMExcept for the swipes at Gordon Brown this memoir tosses few of the poison darts that typify British political autobiography.
Al Duncan, you are a delight Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 12:02AMAl Duncan, you are a delight. Your "Nationalization of retirement," column of Aug. 27 brought nothing but smiles to my face.
Venezuela: Farmer Dies on Hunger Strike Over Land Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 7:03PMFranklin Brito, 49, has died in a hunger strike to protest President Hugo Chavez’s land nationalization policies.
Blair Sneers at Brown, Coos Over Bush in Slick Memoir: Review Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 4:48PMFrom Cool Britannia to the searing legacy of Iraq, Tony Blair’s career as U.K. prime minister had a certain tragic arc: The same people who gushed over him at the beginning hounded him out at the end.
Venezuelan opposition figure dies after hunger strike - Summary Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 4:33PMCaracas/Sao Paulo - Venezuelan farmer and opposition figure Franklin Brito died in a military hospital in Caracas after a several-month hunger strike, his family disclosed late Monday.
Robert Weller: Striking South African Unions Vote on Pay Increase Offer Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 2:24PMSouth Africa appears to be in the worst shape it has been since successfully switching from white-minority rule following elections in 1994.
Anglo Irish Bank suffers euro8.3B loss on dud loans Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 9:58AM(AP:DUBLIN) State-owned Anglo Irish Bank Corp. reported a euro8.3 billion ($10.3 billion) loss Tuesday on dud loans for the first half of 2010, a figure that raised more questions about the government's ability to keep supporting the Dublin-based lender.
Anti-Chavez Hunger Striker Dies In Venezuela Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:42AM(RTTNews) - (Correction: Omits reference to Venezuela as a communist country.) A Venezuelan farmer, who was on an indefinite hunger-strike protesting the land nationalization policies of the Hugo Chavez government, died of a heart attack, his family said in a statement on Tuesday.
Bulgarian Power Utilities' Audits on Their Way to Prosecutor Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 6:56AMThe audits of the three Bulgarian power utilities have already been sent to the Prosecutor's Office, the Head of the State Commission for Energy and Water regulation (DKEVR), Angel Semerdzhiev, announced Tuesday.
Venezuelan hunger-striker dies after land protest Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:57AMCARACAS (Reuters) - A Venezuelan farmer on hunger strike for months in a protest against President Hugo Chavez's land nationalization policies died on Monday in a military hospital, his family said.
Venezuelan hunger striker dies after Chavez protest Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 11:20PMA Venezuelan farmer who held a months-long hunger strike to protest President Hugo Chavez's policies of land nationalization has died at a military hospital, his relatives said.
Why ExxonMobil Left Ghana Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 9:27PMOn Wednesday August 18, 2010 Kosmos Energy announced that its sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with ExxonMobil has been terminated.
Venezuelan hunger-striker dies after land protest Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 8:37PMBy Patricia Rondon
Venezuelan hunger-striker dies after land protest Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 8:06PMCARACAS (Reuters) - A Venezuelan farmer who had been on hunger-strike for months in a protest against President Hugo Chavez's nationalization policies died on Monday in a military hospital, his family said.
Troves of lithium, valuable for batteries, boost mood in Bolivia and Afghanistan Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:17PMIn June, the Department of Defense announced that the mineral wealth of Afghanistan -- including iron, copper, gold and lithium -- might be worth more than $900 billion. Despite the historic importance of the first three, lithium seemed to be the material that most excited Pentagon officials, who... Bolivia - Afghanistan - South America - Lithium - Batteries
Views and News: Nationalization of retirement Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 12:25PMSocial Security is Bankrupt.
And a happy Labor Day to you, too! Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 3:04AMThe stubbornly dismal economy means at least one thing: an extended stay in the spotlight for a handful of star analysts whose defining characteristic is their extraordinary bearishness. And, of course, their accuracy.
Is the US Pulling the Plug on Iraqi Workers?f Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 10:33PMBy DAVID BACON Truthout International Posted by Bulatlat.com Early in the morning of July 21, police stormed the offices of the Iraqi Electrical Utility Workers Union in Basra, the poverty-stricken capital of Iraq’s oil-rich south. A shamefaced officer told Hashmeya Muhsin, the first woman to head a national union in Iraq, that they’d come to [...]
How Pimco Is Holding American Homeowners Hostage Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 5:55AMAs overlord of the fixed-income finance market, it generates billions annually in effort-free profits. Now it wants to make things worse.
Related Information Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 11:30PMISS is the municipal tax on services levied on the import and the rendering of services listed in Federal Supplementary Law 116/03.
The Goldsmiths—Part CLVI Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 9:29PMIn the past two years of publishing, the Goldsmiths and news reports at www.analysis-news have discussed two of the major problems now facing the Obama Administration and the Rothschild banking Cabal which is using the US dollar to conquer and rule the world.
Zimbabwe Youth League urges South Africa to grab mines, land from white farmers Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 12:08PMYouth League leaders from Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party urged their counterparts in South Africa's ruling party to seize land and mines from minority white farmers to 'correct past imbalances.'
'Rational Optimist' Matt Ridley Answers Your Questions Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 2:41PMEditor's Note: Last week, Paul Solman talked to "rational optimist" Matt Ridley about why he believes that life on earth for humans is getting better and better. Ridley agreed to answer some of your questions -- his replies are below. Question: D.D. Trent: I like Ridley's upbeat view of the future. But at the root of all human progress and prosperity of the past 200 years has been the ...
Cancer & Desperation of QE2 Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 12:14PMHistory is being made. The American public has never been so nervous, perhaps fearful of something dreadful and imminent. The global monetary system is crumbling. The typical stimulus has failed to jumpstart the USEconomy.
A Serious Proposal: Why Doesn't The Government Nationalize All Consumer Lending? Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 11:48AMGross says that the government can be trusted to finance good quality mortgages, provided it maintain assiduous underwriting standards, and doesn't get distracted by a profit motive.
Analysis Brief Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 9:35AMA "For Sale-Bank Owned" sign sits in front of a home in Pontiac, Michigan. (Reuters/Rebecca Cook)
POLITICAL ECONOMY Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 9:31AMSouth Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Wednesday it was against the blanket nationalisation of mines and urged the government instead to invest in the sector through a state-owned company.
'Rational Optimist' Matt Ridley Answers Your Questions on Economy, Science Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 9:27AMEditor's Note: Last week, Paul Solman talked to "rational optimist" Matt Ridley about why he believes that life on earth for humans is getting better and better. Ridley agreed to answer some of your questions -- his replies are below. You can also find a few more thoughts from Pau l on rational optimism and Ridley's replies over on the Making Sense page . Question: D.D. Trent: I like Ridley's ...
Potash guarantees a must: Devine Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 9:22AMThe provincial government must "absolutely" extract legally binding guarantees from mining giant BHP Billiton if it buys Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc., former premier Grant Devine said Tuesday.
South Africa's NUM Miners Union Opposes `Blanket' Mine Nationalization Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 8:42AMThe National Union of Mineworkers, South Africa’s biggest labor union, said it opposes “blanket” nationalization of mines in the country although the government could take over iron ore mines and ArcelorMittal South Africa Ltd.
Today's Buy Opportunity: Interactive Brokers Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 8:31AMWhy today's recommendation is Interactive Brokers
Will the German Army Drop the Draft? Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 7:20AMGermany's defense minister has proposed a set of radical reforms aimed at making the armed forces sleeker and cheaper. But his suggestion to get rid of the draft has everyone from politicians to health-care providers up in arms
Van Eck Launches Market Vectors™ India Small-Cap Index ETF (SCIF) Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 7:09AMNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New York-based asset manager Van Eck Global has launched Market Vectors India Small-Cap Index ETF (NYSE Arca: SCIF), an open-end exchange-traded fund (ETF) to provide investors with exposure to small-cap stocks in India, it was announced today. The fund will seek to track the Market Vectors™ India Small-Cap Index, which had a large base of 122 constituents and an ...
The Latest Bill Gross Letter Was His Most Blatantly Self-Serving One Ever Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 6:18PMPIMCO boss Bill Gross published his September letter today -- a defense of explanation of his call to completely nationalize housing finance in America -- and though we wrote about it earlier, we definitely did not go far enough in pointing out how scandalously self-serving it was.
Williams tight-lipped as feds agree to pay AbitibiBowater $130M over NL seizure Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 4:19PMST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Premier Danny Williams was tight-lipped Tuesday as the federal government announced it will pay AbitibiBowater $130 million to settle the company's claim that Newfoundland illegally seized some of its assets in the province.
An unsupportable American dream Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 4:17PMTerence Corcoran: One of the great paradoxes of the U.S. economy is how something as personal as home ownership could have been turned into one of the world’s biggest socialist disasters
Feds to pay AbitibiBowater $130 million over Newfoundland expropriation Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 2:27PMOTTAWA - The federal government will pay AbitibiBowater $130 million to settle the company's claim that Newfoundland illegally seized some of its assets.
Ottawa to pay AbitibiBowater $130-million over Nfld. expropriation Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 2:26PMCompany sought $500-million from province in NAFTA suit