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Can Oscar Go to the White House? (Mary Lyon)
There’s a global warming to Al Gore -– and specifically to Al Gore in the White House.
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The World Drops Its Guard (Steven S. Roach)
After four fat years, convictions are deep that nothing can derail a Teflon-like global economy. That’s the time to worry the most.
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Asian Stocks Add to Global Rout After China's Slump; Sony Drops (Darren Boey and Stuart Kelly)
Asian stocks extended a global selloff sparked by the biggest plunge in Chinese shares in a decade.
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Economists Say Recession Unlikely (Jeannine Aversa)
Former U.S. Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Alan Greenspan warned this week that the United States could slip into recession this year.
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Honeybees Vanish, Leaving Keepers in Peril (Alexei Barrioneuvo)
“I have never seen anything like it,” Mr. Bradshaw, 50, said from an almond orchard here beginning to bloom. “Box after box after box are just empty. There’s nobody home.”
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America's March Madness (Mickey Z.)
Last month, I touched on a fraction of Februarys forgotten history vis-à-vis Americas long history of global brutality. Heres a small taste of Marchs madness.
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U.S. Stocks Plunge in Global Rout; Dow, S&P 500 Erase '07 Gains (Eric Martin)
``This is a fairly violent selloff, said Russ Koesterich, a portfolio manager at Barclays Global Investors in San Francisco, which has $1.7 trillion in assets.
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My Country ‘Tis of Thee (Dale Allen Pfeiffer)
The settlement of this country is the story of the extermination of these original inhabitants. This country was purchased, not with wampum, but through a most-bloody genocide.
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US mortgage crisis goes into meltdown (Ambrose Evans-Pritchard)
Peter Schiff, head of Euro Pacific Capital, said the sector was in an unstoppable meltdown. Its a self-perpetuating spiral: as sub-prime companies tighten lending they create even more defaults, he ...
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Subprime Mortgage Index Tumbles an Eighth Day, Derivatives Show (Shannon D. Harrington)
The index has fallen to a record low as some investors have used it to bet the housing slump will worsen and that losses at lenders focused on the riskiest borrowers will continue.
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Durable Goods Orders in U.S. Fell 7.8% in January (Joe Richter)
``Its not a great start to the quarter, said Christopher Low, chief economist at FTN Financial in New York.
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