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The Outcast (David Glenn Cox)
David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust Aug. 22, 2011 -- Professor Ward Churchill was fired from his teaching position at the University of Colorado for his comments surrounding the September 11 ...
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Gold Tops $1,880 in Long Week’s Rally (Debarati Roy and Maria Kolesnikova)
Aug. 19, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- Gold rose to a record above $1,880 an ounce in New York, rallying for the seventh straight week, as concern that the global economy is slowing drove equities lower. The ...
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Treasury Rally Pushes Yields to Record Lows (Susanne Walker)
Aug. 20, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- Treasuries surged, pushing yields on five-, seven- and 10-year notes to historic lows, as investors sought a refuge on concern U.S. growth is slowing and Europe’s ...
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U.S. Stocks Slide the Most Since 2009 (Victoria Taylor and Inyoung Hwang)
Aug. 20, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks tumbled, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to its biggest four-week loss since March 2009, as concern the global economy is stalling overshadowed the ...
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US-Arab Disconnect: Revolutions Restate Region’s Priorities (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 18, 2011 -- As the Arab Spring continues to challenge dictators, demolish old structures and ponder roadmaps for a better future, the United States remains ...
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U.S. Mortgage Rates Hit 50-Year Low (Prashant Gopal)
Aug. 18, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. mortgage rates fell to the lowest in more than half a century as concern that the global economic recovery is faltering spurred demand for bonds that guide home ...
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Philly Fed’s factory index in August freefall (Greg Robb)
Regional gauge falls to negative 30.7, stunning markets Aug. 18, 2011 -- WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Factory activity in the Philadelphia region weakened sharply in August to the lowest level seen ...
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Is the SEC Covering Up Wall Street Crimes? (Matt Taibbi)
A whistleblower claims that over the past two decades, the agency has destroyed records of thousands of investigations, whitewashing the files of some of the nation's worst financial criminals. Aug. ...
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U.S. Stocks Tumble on Global Growth Concerns, Economic Reports (Rita Nazareth)
Aug. 18, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks slumped after Morgan Stanley cut its forecast for global growth and government data showed that jobless claims rose and consumer inflation accelerated more ...
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Ending the Moral Rot on Wall Street, Part 1 (William D. Cohan)
Illustration by Ian Michael Rousey & Chris Nosenzo Aug. 7, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- What will it take for Americans to finally get the message that much of Wall Street, in its current form, is a corrupt ...
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Life in an Age of Looting: 'Some Will Rob You with a Sixgun and Some with a Fountain Pen (Phil Rockstroh)
Aug. 12, 2011 (World News Trust) -- As the poor of Britain rise in a fury of inchoate rage and stock exchanges worldwide experience manic upswings and panicked swoons, the financial elite (and their ...
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