Economy
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The People vs. Goldman Sachs (Matt Taibbi)
Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and CEO of The Goldman Sachs Group, is sworn in while testifying before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Investigations Subcommittee on Capitol Hill on ...
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Why CEOs Avoided Getting Busted in Meltdown (William K. Black)
Lee Farkas, former chairman of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp., is seen in this handout photo. Farkas was convicted this year of helping run a more than $1.9 billion fraud scheme aimed in ...
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Earthlings Unite? (Mickey Z.)
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust "In a world where everything is living, nothing can be thrown away. Where would you throw it to?" --Clark Strand, Seeds from a Birch Tree May 10, 2011 -- It is the duty ...
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Osama bin Laden’s Second Death (Paul Craig Roberts)
May 2, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- If today were April 1 and not May 2, we could dismiss as an April fool’s joke this morning’s headline that Osama bin Laden was killed in a firefight in ...
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Enabling Acts (David Glenn Cox)
David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust May 7, 2011 -- I’ve been watching a magic trick, just another of many that I’ve witnessed over the years. Funny thing about magic tricks is that even though you ...
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VIDEO: Daily Show -- Bernie Sanders Extended Interview
Apr. 29, 2011 (The Daily Show With Jon Stewart) -- In this unedited, extended interview, Bernie Sanders believes the Republican plan to cut social programs while extending tax cuts for the wealthy ...
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BOOKS: After Empire -- The Birth of a Multipolar World. By Dilip Hiro (Jim Miles)
After Empire - The Birth of a Multipolar World. Dilip Hiro. Nation Books, Perseus, New York, 2010. Apr. 25, 2011 (Palestine Chronicle) -- Modern history and current events are aligned in this ...
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US Rethinks Strategy: War as Opportunity in Libya (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Apr. 27, 2011 -- The brutality of Libyan leader Moammar Ghaddafi, and his refusal to concede power, is costing Libya much more than innocent lives. The country is ...
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Silver, Gold Rise to Records as Asian Stocks Fall; Yen Weakens (Shiyin Chen and Yumi Teso)
Apr. 25, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- Silver and gold climbed to records and oil rose for a fourth day, while the U.S. dollar weakened, amid concern inflation will accelerate. U.S. stock futures advanced ...
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Velkommen to Banktopia (Mike Whitney)
Apr. 22, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- Let's talk turkey. The dollar is getting hammered by the day. And the dollar is getting hammered by design, because the Fed wants a weaker currency to ...
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Libya: Another Neocon War (David Swanson)
Apr. 22, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- The US department of justice (DOJ) has submitted a written defence of the U.S. role in this new war in Libya to the U.S. Congress. The DOJ claims the ...
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