US Federal Reserve set on QE2 course as dissenter speaks out
The Federal Reserve’s leading opponent against more quantitative easing said there’s “no strong evidence” it will work, as the minutes from the central bank’s last…
War
Afghan civilian war injuries double in Kandahar conflict
Wounded patients flooding into hospitals, says Red Cross, while fighting is stopping the sick getting basic medical care Nosrait Shoaib/AFP/Getty Images Peter Beaument Guardian The…
420 Banks Demand Global Currency
Jerome Corsi The Intel Hub The Institute of International Finance, a group that represents 420 of the world’s largest banks and finance houses, has issued…
Currency Wars: The Phantom Financial Menace
AgentOgden Illustration Giordano Bruno NeitherCorp Press War, almost every kind of war, is first and foremost a production. A piece of live-action theater with “good…
The New World Order of Global Markets
Tectonic plates are shifting as emerging markets become major drivers of the developed world. Bob Lenzner Forbes The best minds in finance–George Soros, Mohammed El-Erian,…
Currency wars are necessary if all else fails
The overwhelming fact of the global currency system is that America needs a much weaker dollar to bring its economy back into kilter and avoid…
Forex markets on alert as IMF talks fail to gain currency
Foreign exchange markets are braced for fresh turbulence after talks at the IMF failed to ease fears of a currency war Larry Elliot Guardian The…
Mission to stop nuclear terrorism
(Editor’s Note: Osama bin Laden’s only form of communication seems to be recorded audio tape, while by the CIA’s own admission there are only 50-100 members…
Raids on Activists Indicates FBI Abuse of Power
Lance Page Image/Truth-Out Yana Kunichoff Truth-Out On the heels of a series of FBI raids on anti-war activists, an FBI whistleblower and constitutional rights groups…
Finance Leaders Call for IMF Role in Averting Protectionist `Currency War’
Sandrine Rastello and Iuri Dantas Bloomberg Global governments tasked the International Monetary Fund with calming the recent outbreak of tensions over currencies amid signs they…
Finance leaders fail to resolve currency dispute
Martin Crutsinger Associated Press WASHINGTON — Global finance leaders have failed to resolve deep differences that are threatening the outbreak of a full-blown currency war….
Antiwar Activists Refuse to Appear in Court
Simone de Beauvoir Institute Chip Mitchell WBEZ Some Midwest antiwar activists say they’ll refuse a federal order to testify this month before a grand jury…
Cyber Wars: US Is Stepping Up Defense Against Digital Attacks
Emma Innocenti – Getty Images Reuters Guarding water wells and granaries from enemy raids is as old as war itself. In the Middle Ages, vital…
The US Edges Closer to Invading Pakistan
Eric Margolis Lew Rockwell This writer has been warning for years that US and NATO efforts to defeat resistance to Western occupation by Afghanistan’s fierce…