Money & Markets
Is Your City a Debt Trap? From Men’s Health
Nonborrowed Bank Reserves Go Negative ~
Data from the Federal Reserve WebsiteWachovia Accused of Aiding Telemarketing Fraud
Byh Jonathan Stempel – Reuters (6 Feb 2008)Treasury Validates Some Pension Rollbacks
By Ellen Schultz & Theo Francis – Wall Street Journal (4 Feb 2008)BLS Censors Birth/Death Employment Disclaimer
The Hedge Fund Implode-O-Meter
(2 Feb 2008)Regulators to Scrutinise Rating Agencies
By Chris Giles, et al – Financial TImes (5 Feb 2008)SEC Probes French Bank
By Kara Scannel & David Gauthier-Villars – Wall Street Journal (5 Feb 2008)Google Blasts Microsoft Bid as a Threat to Internet Freedom
By Richard Blackden & Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (5 Feb 2008)Economist: Expect Fed to Lower Dow to 8,000
By Jerome R. Corsi – WorldNetDaily.com (5 Feb 2008)Commercial Banks Allowed to Access Futures Market
From China.Org.Cn (4 Feb 2008)Reasons For and Responses to the Lack of Direct Access to No-Load, Low-Expense 403(b) Plans in Many School Districts
By Michael B. Engdahl (Fall 2006)
Banks Join to Solve Bond Insurer Crisis
By David Wighton, et al – Financial Times, London (1 Feb 2008)The New American Gentry
By Conor Doughtery – Wall Street Journal Online (1 Feb 2008)Where Do You Live? The Most Tax Friendly Cities in the US
From MyTwoDollars.comTop American Cities For Savings
By Kurt Badenhausen – Forbes.com (5 Sep 2006)
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Precious Metals
Clinton-Linked ‘Better World’ Mining Initiative to Roll Out in Africa
By Martin Creamer – MiningWeekly (5 Feb 2008)After Mining Deal, Financier Donated to Clinton
By Jo Becker & Don Van Natta – New York Times ( 31 Jan 2008)Dawn Raid for Rio Tinto Stuns BHP
By Rebecca Bream, et al – Financial Time (1 Feb 2008)Chinalco, Alcoa Buy $14Bn Stake in Rio Tinto
By Brett Foley & Helen Yuan – Bloomberg.com (4 Feb 2008)Connecticut Editor Helps Sponsor Gold-Rigging Ad in Wall Street Journal
By David Krechevskky – Waterbury Republican-American (1 Feb 2008)
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Mortgage Market
Bush Subprime Plan Undermined, States Shun Borrowers
By Michael McDonald – Bloomberg.com (5 Feb 2008)The Subprime Cleanup Intensifies
By Kara Scannel, et al – Wall Street Journal (2 Feb 2008)HUD
Chief Accused of Retaliation
By Carol D. Leonnig – WashingtonPost.com (4 Feb 2008)_________________________________________________________
Food & Health
Why the Price of ‘Peak Oil’ is Famine
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (7 Feb 2008)xx
Mississippi Legislature – House Bill 282
Food Establishments; Prohibit From Serving Food to Any Person Who Is ObeseChem Trails: What’s Wrong With Our Skies – at GoogleVideo
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Life
Getting Duped: How the Media Messes With Your Mind
By Ybonne Raley & Robert Talisse – Scientific American (31 Jan 2008)Finnish Patient Gets New Jaw From Own Stem Cells
By Sami Torma – Reuters (1 Feb 2008)Rain Forests Fall at an ‘Alarming’ Rate
By Edward Harris – Associated Press (2 Feb 2008)Park It and Plug It
By Jim Ostroff – Kiplinger Business Resource Center (1 Feb 2008)The Most Toxic Cities in the US
AOL Money & FinanceAmerica’s Most Obese Cities
AOL Money & FinanceThe 50 Most Storm-Prone Cities
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Geopolitical
How Will Real ID Affect You?
By Declan McCullagh – CNET News.com (7 Feb 2008)
Electronic Searches at Border Prompt Protests
By Ellen Nakashima – MSNBC (7 Feb 2008)
Cut Four Undersea Cables, Shame on You, Cut a Fifth, Also Shame On You
By Paul Miller – Engadget (6 Feb 2008)xx
Conspiracy Theorists Ponder Ongoing Web Outage
By Jonathan Richards – TimesOnline (6 Feb 208)Iranian Oil Bourse – From Wikipedia
Michael Chertoff, You’ve Been Sued
By Jay J. Johnson-Castro – Narco News (6 Feb 2008)Navy Tests Incredible Sci-Fi Weapon
By LiveScience Staff – LiveScience.com (1 Feb 2008)FBI Wants Palm Prints, Eye Scans, Tatoo Mapping
By Kelli Arena & Carol Cratty – CNN.com (4 Feb 2008)Methodists Renew Push For Divestment From Israel
By Nathan Guttman – Rense.com (2 Feb 2008)Snipes Acquitted of Tax Fraud
By Travis Reed – Associated Press (1 Feb 2008)
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