Natural disasters, climate change, and the ‘burn it all downers’
Written by Ed ThiedeFord Stock Can Rise 50% in Next Two Years
Written by Barron's Most Emailed TodayFord (ticker: F) stock has surged more than 50% over the past year, but its sales recovery isn't yet firing on all cylinders. Last quarter, pre-tax profits in North America reached the highest level in a decade, but losses in ...
...New Head Of CIA National Clandestine Service Featured In Wikileaks Cables On Torture Case
Written by DSWright
Aafia Siddiqui
The new head of the CIA National Clandestine Service, Francis “Frank” Archibald , is listed in the Wikileaks Cables as authoring a confidential report from the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan regarding the naming of the embassy legal attache in a detainee torture case . Archibald discloses his involvement in communicating with...
Daily Pfennig: Waiting and wondering when QE will end
Written by Casey ResearchIn This Issue.
* Dollar is largely unchanged...
* Kiwi moves higher while rand falls.
* UK inflation is lower, driving the pound down.
* Precious metals rebound, but then turn back around.
And, Now, Today's Pfennig For Your Thoughts!
Waiting and wondering when QE will end.
Good day. I'll start this morning's Pfennig with a quick correction. M
...White House Spokesman Jay Carney’s earlier statements regarding White House knowledge of the IRS scandal failed to disclose that the President’s Chief of Staff, Denis McDonough, knew about the situation weeks before the IRS report was published adding another name to the list of people who surrounded President Obama that knew about the...
Daily Digest - May 21: Fixing the Economy First, but not Yet
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What's the best way to pass a climate bill? Fix the economy first. (WaPo)
According to Brad Plumer, if we’re serious about climate change, we need to solve the jobs crisis first: there’s a connection between a Senator’s “green score” from the League of Conservation Voters and the unemployment rate in
...BRIEF-Halliburton sees N.America rig count up 100-150 rigs over rest of 2013
Written by Reuters: Company NewsAlabama Slamma’ – Not for Better, Far Worse… As Foreclosures we Chart.
Written by Mandelman
We seem to be having a national recovery in much of the media, but in the states themselves the numbers are refusing to cooperate. I guess if you can have a “jobless recovery,” then you can probably have a national recovery without states being involved.
According to a wonderfully dizzying article on AL.com – All Alabama, the southern state is f
...Patient readers: Yves will be returning very shortly, perhaps even before you will have read this. –lambert
Welcome to Hive City: Inside the 22ft steel tower that’s home to 5,000 bees Daily Mail
Violent Tornadoes in Oklahoma Weather Underground storify. WU commentary , Jeff Masters. Time-lapse footage near OKC . Explainer (Atlantic).
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