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This weekend, mega defense contractor United Technologies announced an offer for Diebold (1) (2) at a 66% premium to the current stock market price. Leading

An unanswered question proposed for our discussion: Is M3 rising at 15-25% rate really a combination of a much higher M3 printing loans and money

The new spin is that the recession will be short, but the recovery will not be because “Father Fed” is going to deal with inflation

Sometimes I am asked how to prepare for a worst case scenario if we experience a financial or political meltdown in the U.S. or the

“Due to budgetary constraints, the Economic Indicators service will be discontinued effective March 1, 2008.” Economic Indicators.gov is brought to you by the Economics and

Thanks to the wonderful opensecrets.org, here are the top 20 contributors for the candidates running in the Presidential primaries. [* These charts list the top

Whistle-Blower Site Taken Offline From BBC News (18 Feb 2008) Wikileaks Taken Down By Order of a US Court By Phil Cubeta – Gift Hub

One way for municipalities to address the credit contraction and creeping financial coup d’etat we have been writing about and to help protect their citizenry

~ Updates Bank Wants Out of Clear Channel TV Sale RadioWorldOnline (29 Feb 2008) Wachovia May Halt Clear Channel-Providence Deal Bizjournals.com (25 Feb 2008) (Click

In recent testimony, New York Governor Eliot Spitzer referred to the efforts by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to dilute and stop