Latest news (Page 103)
Oligarchs' Threat To Indian Democracy
Nice FT piece from yesterday: Brotherly shoveBy Joe Leahy Financial Times Published: August 11 2009 20:40 | Last updated: August
HuffPo: Memo Documents Admin's Pharma Deal
From Huffington Post: Internal Memo Confirms Big Giveaways In White House Deal With Big Pharmadigg Huffpost - Internal Memo Confirms
The Widening Fair Market Value Gap
From Bloomberg: Next Bubble to Burst Is Banks’ Big Loan Values: Jonathan Weil Aug. 13 (Bloomberg) It’s amazing what
Germany and Japan Return To Growth (For Now)
From Bloomberg: Euro-Area Economy Contracted 0.1% in Second Quarter (Update4) Bloomberg By Simone Meier Aug. 13 (Bloomberg) The euro-region
Today's Indicator Action
From Bloomberg: Fed meeting and Treasury purchases decision US Trade deficit Home prices
Inflection Point for Dollar as Risk Haven?
From The Financial Times: Speculation grows over dollar's turning pointBy Peter Garnham Financial Times Published: August 11 2009
Michael Mandel on Productivity Stats
I seem to recall there was a stretch in which productivity was revised downward for about five quarters in one
Climate Disobedience
Nice piece by Mark Engler at TomDispatch.com. They gave a nice introduction to the article, too, and they'
Monbiot on Fighting the Superstores
Tragic stuff. From The Guardian: My town is menaced by a superstore. So why are we not free to fight
Delasantellis on Foreclosed Home Sales
The Asia Times columnist sees a new breed of buyer--one that will buy-to-rent, and be financed by, of all things,
China's Wages "Miracle"
We've noted the dodgy nature of China's statistics before on this blog. But never regarding wages,