Oil breaks through $103 on Egyptian crisis
Breitbart/AFP World oil prices extended their gains in Asian trade Thursday after the political crisis in Egypt erupted into violence. At least two people were…
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Global food prices hit new record high
Global food prices have hit a new record high, amid fears that the escalating cost of bread and meat is adding to the turmoil in…
The Pharaoh will Fall, Oil will Climb, and Wall Street will Win
Eric Blair Activist Post Yesterday, oil broke through the $100 mark for the first time since 2008 due to the populist uprising in Arab nations, indicating…
Political and Economic Chaos (Video)
SGTbull07 4 Reasons the Government is Destroying the Dollar http://www.financialsense.com/contrib… Music Courtesy of Kevin MacLeod via Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. incompetech.com ‘Impact Andante’ ‘Impact…
AAA Rating Tough to Defend as U.S. Debt Soars
Kevin Hassett Bloomberg Opinion Last week, Standard & Poor’s lowered Japan’s bond rating to AA-, the fourth-highest level. By that standard, the U.S. got away…
The 13 Countries That Control the World’s Gold
247WallSt Even if 2011 has gotten off to a rough start for gold, everyone knows that the value of gold is at historic highs. What…
5 Collapse-Proof Investments With Tangible Fundamentals
Eric Blair Activist Post Anyone who has followed the investment world since the 2008 financial collapse knows that fundamentals no longer have any relevance. The…
Credit card rates at record highs near 15%
Source: CreditCards.com Blake Ellis CNN Money NEW YORK — Interest rates are now hovering near record highs, at an average rate of 14.72%. And if…
High-Interest Lenders Feast on Soldiers
At Fort Sill, High-Interest Lenders Circle The Gates Chris Kirkham Huffington Post LAWTON, Okla. – Just outside the front gates of the sprawling Fort Sill…
Steep Oil Prices, Food Shortages Will Likely Spark Deadly Riots This Year
Dees illustration Tom Engelhardt Alternet From now on, rising prices, powerful storms, severe droughts and floods, and other unexpected events are likely to play havoc…
Coping with food shock in 2011
The Jakarta Post Food price volatility in international markets during 2010 alarmed many involved parties, including in Indonesia. A warning of a possible food crisis…
Home price drops exceed Great Depression: Zillow
Al Yoon Reuters Home prices fell for the 53rd consecutive month in November, taking the decline past that of the Great Depression for the first…
In Corrupt Global Food System, Farmland Is the New Gold
Stephen Leahy IPS News UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jan 13, 2011 (IPS) – Famine-hollowed farmers watch trucks loaded with grain grown on their ancestral lands heading for…
Who, How and Why: $140 Oil and $5 Gas
Llewellyn King Oil Price According to a loosely-organized apocalyptic Christian movement, May 21, 2011 will be the “end of days.” On or about that same…