Top Picks ~ Week of November 12, 2007

Money & Markets

Belgian Treasury Promises No Default
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (16 Nov 2007)

Fund Managers Hold Nerve Despite Fears
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (15 Nov 2007)

MBIA, Ambac Downgrades May Cost Market $200 Billion
By Christine Richard & Cecile Gutscher – Bloomberg News (15 Nov 2007)

Merrill Taps Thain After Fink Demanded Fully Tally
By Charlie Gasparino – CNBC (14 Nov 2007)

Foreclosures Hit a Snag for Lenders
By Gretchen Morgenson – New York Times (15 Nov 2007)

Markets Poised for Severe Fall, Says King
By Edmund Conway – London Telegraph (15 Nov 2007)

Florida Holds $2.2 Billion of Debt Cut to Junk Status
By William Selway & David Evans – Bloomberg News (14 Nov 2007)

American Gangster’s Wad of Euros Signals U.S. Decline
By James G. Neuger & Simon Kennedy – Bloomberg News (14 Nov 2007)

Money Market Funds Requiring Props as Credit Crisis Spread
By Deborah Brewster & Saskia Scholtes – Financial Times, London (13 Nov 2007)

Miami Condo At Ground Zero in Mortgage Fraud
By Tom Brown – Reuters (13 Nov 2007)

Deutsche Bank Foreclosures Tosssed Out of Ohio Federal Court – “They Own Nothing!”
By Moe Bedard & Aaron Krowne – IAmFacingForeclosure.com (12 Nov 2007)
— Information about this case: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company v Williams et al

Banks’ Balance Sheets Will Hit Fan in January
By John Crudele – New York Post (8 Nov 2007)

SEI, Rival Money Funds Go On Offense to Avoid ‘Breaking the Buck’
By Diya Gullapalli & Tom Lauricella – Wall Street Journal (13 Nov 2007)

No Free Market Here: Japan Threatens Currency Speculators
By David Pilling – Financial Times, London (12 Nov 2007)

Dollar Drop Puts UAE at ‘Crossroads’ On Currency Link
By Matthew Brown – Bloomberg News (13 Nov 2007)

Investors Fear Growth Will Fail To Revive Stocks
By E.S. Browning & Craig Karmin – Wall Street Journal (12 Nov 2007)

Goldman Alert Over Emerging Markets
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (11 Nov 2007)

Rule Change Sounds Alarm on Wall Street
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (11 Nov 2007)

US Will Retake Economic Superpower Crown
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (11 Nov 2007)

Credit Crisis ~ The London Telegraph

Currency Controls are Already in Operation to Counter Dollar’s Fall
By Gavin Finch & Ye Zie – Bloomberg News (12 Nov 2007)

E*Trade Sinks 59% on Losses and Fear of Bankruptcy
By Anupreeta Das – Reuters (12 Nov 2007)

Banks Reported Agreed on Credit Backup Fund
By Eric Dash – New York Times (11 Nov 2007)
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Precious Metals

Soaring Gold Prices Prompt Call for Sale of Beirut Reserves
By Osama Habib – Lebanon Daily Star (16 Nov 2007)

A Perfect Storm for Gold as Mines Left Empty
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (16 Nov 2007)

FBI Raids Seize Dies, Records in CdA
By Bill Morlin – SpokesmanReview.com (16 Nov 2007)

Day II – FBI Raid on Liberty Dollar

Feds Raid Liberty Dollar and Seize and Freeze Everything
By Chris Powell – GATA (15 Nov 2007)

FBI Raid on Liberty Dollary Confirmed Without Explanation
By Chris Powell – GATA (16 Nov 2007)

Digital Gold as Replacement for Dollar is Cited in Washington Post
By Sebastian Mallaby – Washington Post (12 Nov 2007)

Redburn Partners Vindicates GATA in ‘Gold War’ Report
By Chris Powell – GATA (13 Nov 2007)

The Last Hurdle
By James Turk – Gold Money (11 Nov 2007)
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Food & Health

Organic Meat Sales Show Huge Gains, Report Says
By Ann Bagel Storck – Sprig News (14 Nov 2007)

Ritalin of No Long-Term Benefit, Study Finds
By Allegra Stratton & Agencies – Guardian Unlimited (12 Nov 2007)

Let ’em Eat Banknotes: British Food Prices Soar
By Harry Wallop – London Telegraph (13 Nov 2007)

Food for Thought as Prices Soar
By David Smith – Times Online (11 Nov 2007)

Planting Empowerment ~ Sustainable Reforestation
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Life

Lucky Shot

Saudi Punishes Gang Rape Viction With 200 Lashes
Breitbard.com (15 Nov 2007)

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Geopolitical

Information Fusion Centers and Privacy
At the Electronic Privacy Information Center

World Clock – Poodwaddle.com

Bug or Bot: Civil-rights Questions Raised as Scientists Develop Fleet of Flying Robots
By Rick Weiss – Washington Post (9 Oct 2007)

Flying Surveillance Devices at Sept. 15 Mass March and Die-in
At A.N.S.W.E.R (9 Oct 2007)
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Take Action

How We $top the Border Wall
By Jay Johnson-Castro – Rio Grande Guardian (11 Nov 2007)
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Get Data

Top 100 Federal Prime Contractors – Washington Technology

Top 100 Civilian Contractors – Government Executive.com
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