Month: October 2009

By Peter Robison, Pat Wechsler and Martin Z. Braun Salvatore Calvanese, the treasurer of Springfield, Massachusetts, for four years, had a ready defense for why

By Tyler Durden “Although the main interests of the Federal Reserve are macroeconomic in nature, well-functioning financial markets are ancillary to good economic performance. Conversely,

It appears that local governments are getting serious about enforcing Wisconsin’s livestock premises registration law. Last week, Patrick Monchilovich of Cumberland became the first person

Here’s something rather rotten from the State of Denmark. Its government yesterday unveiled official research showing that two-year-old children are at risk from a bewildering

By David B. Caruso It was the most expensive real estate deal in U.S. history. Now it’s poised to become one of the biggest flops.

“By Jesse” The theory of a short squeeze in Eurodollars which we had first put forward last year “The Dollar Rally and Deflationary Imbalances in

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Biofuel refineries in the US have set fresh records for grain use every month since May. Almost a third of the US

[Information originally from Weston Price.] The debate on food safety is heating up in Congress. Last Thursday, October 22, the Senate Committee on Health, Education,

Scientists claim the giant atom-smashing Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is being jinxed from the future to save the world. In a bizarre sci-fi theory, Danish

By David Espo Businesses would not be required to provide health insurance under legislation being readied for Senate debate, but large firms would owe significant