Top Picks ~ Week of June 11, 2007

Bush Shafts Enron Victims
By Robert L. Borosage – TomPaine.commonsense (Jun 14, 2007)

Swiss Sales Dash Hopes of Gold Recovery
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – Telegraph.co.uk (Jun 14, 2007)

20 Things You Should Know About Corporate Crime
By Russell Mokhiber – CommonDreams.org News Center (Jun 14, 2007)

GATA Will Demand Truth about US Gold Reserves
By Chris Powell – GATA (Jun 14, 2007)

Theft Rising at US Wal-Mart Stores
By Anne D’Innocenzio & Marcus Kabel – AP Business Wire (Jun 13, 2007)

AIG Sues Greenberg
By Peg Brickley – MarketWatch (Jun 13, 2007)

Peak Oil in 2007? [Register to read Full Article]
By Carlton Meyer – Sanders Research (Jun 13, 2007)

New Farm Bill Database: The Full Monty of Subsidy Disclosure
“It is clearer than ever before that the vast majority of farm subsidy payments goes to a small number of farmers who grow only the five major subsidized crops.”
From the Environmental Working Group Bulletin (June 2007)

ICBC Sets Its Sights on US and Russia
By Jamil Anderlini – FT.com (Jun 12, 2007)

Greenspan: China Won’t Sell US Bonds Because No One Would Buy!
By Pedro Nicolaci da Costa – Reuters (Jun 12, 2007)

Brave New Hay
By Matt Jenkins – High Country News (Jun 11, 2007)

Seventh Annual Trafficking in Persons Report
Press Release: US State Department (Jun 13, 2007)

Opium: Iraq’s Deadly New Export
By Patrick Cockburn – The Independent (May 23, 2007)

China’s Trade Surplus Surges 73 Percent
By Joe McDonald – AP (Jun 11, 2007)

Spain Risks Crisis Over Vanishing Reserves
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – Telegraph.co.uk (May 17, 2007)

The Incredible Story of Michael and Dorothea Schmidt and Real Milk in Canada
By Sally Fallon – Real Milk Articles

The Rising Cost of Offshoring
By Michael Mandel – Business Week (Jun 18, 2007)

Russian President Criticizes the Imperialism of the Currencies
By Andrew E. Kramer – NY Times (Jun 10, 2007)

142 MPH Winds Scream Over NW Denver Metro Area
By Chris Spears – Denver News (Jun 7, 2007)

US Drought Monitor
Corroborative effort of several Agencies

Sex Crimes and the Vatican – A Film by Panorama
From BBC News (Sept 2006)

Women in Art
At YouTube.com

Blackstone CEO Collected $400M in ’06
By Joe Bel Bruno – AP Business Write (Jun 11, 2007)

Air-Car Ready for Mass Production
By Bob Ewing – Ecogeek (May 26, 2007)

Forced to Trial, MorganChase Settles Copper Price-Rigging Lawsuit
By Ryan J. Foley – AP (May 29, 2007)

‘Footprint’; Kittery Man Creates New Card Game
By Steven Gintz – Foster’s Online (May 24, 2007)

Reinventingmoney.com
The best leading-edge ideas on monetary and non-monetary exchange.

Why the Plunge Protection Team Needs Scrutiny
By John Crudele – NY Post (May 27, 2007)

The Take – A Film
Factory Workers in Argentina Take Over
See Also: The Working World site

BIS Warns About Explosion in Debit for Takeovers
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (Jun 12, 2007)