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U.S. Consumer Confidence Droops to Three-Month Low in March (Shobhana Chandra)
Mar. 29, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- Confidence among U.S. consumers dropped more than forecast in March as fuel costs surged to the highest level in more than two years. The Conference Board’s confidence ...
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Home Prices in 20 U.S. Cities Declined 3.1% From Year Earlier (Alex Kowalski)
Mar. 29, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- Residential real estate prices dropped in January by the most in more than a year, raising the risk that U.S. home sales will keep slowing. The S&P/Case-Shiller index of ...
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The Capitalist Follies (David Glenn Cox)
David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust Mar. 28, 2011 -- There are days in this world when the events overwhelm us. Forces of nature batter us and remind us of how frail our lives and our societies ...
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Vermont House Passes Single-Payer Health Care Bill (Chris Garofolo)
Vermont Single-Payer Health Care Rally. Jobs with Justice, flickr Mar. 25, 2011 -- MONTPELIER (Brattleboro Reformer) -- The Vermont House of Representatives passed a bill calling for a single-payer ...
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Corporations Serve the State: Sanction Policies and the Zionist Power Structure (James Petras)
Mar. 22, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- One of the key distinctions between a capitalist and a non-capitalist (socialist, feudal, absolutist state) economy is the separation of state and ...
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Japan’s ‘BP Moment’ Troubles Global Economy (William Pesek)
Mar. 20, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- You never want to kick a nation when it’s down. It’s time, though, to consider the depth of Japan’s coming recession. A week ago, before radiation fears prompted a mass ...
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US Cost of Living Hits Record, Passing Pre-Crisis High (John Melloy)
Mar. 17, 2011 (CNBC) -- One would think that after the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, Americans could at least catch a break for a while with deflationary forces keeping the cost ...
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All Out War on Libya: Surge in the Price of Crude Oil (Prof. Michel Chossudovsky)
"Humanitarian Wars are Good for Business"... Speculators Applaud... This is Part III of a three-part article. PART I Insurrection and Military Intervention: The US-NATO Attempted Coup d'Etat in ...
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US Wholesale prices up 1.6 pct. on steep rise in food (AP)
Wholesale prices rise 1.6 pct. due to biggest jump in food costs in more than 36 years Mar. 16, 2011 -- WASHINGTON (AP) -- Wholesale prices jumped last month by the most in nearly two years due to ...
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Get ready for the meltdown of the US Treasury Bond market | LEAP/E2020
Mar. 17, 2011 -- Public announcement GEAB N°53 (LEAP/E2020) -- Beyond its tragic human consequences (1), the terrible disaster that has just hit Japan weakens the shaky U.S. Treasury Bond market a ...
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Japan braces for potential radiation catastrophe (Taiga Uranaka and Ki Joon Kwon)
Mar. 15, 2011 -- FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) -- Japan faced potential catastrophe Tuesday after a quake-crippled nuclear power plant exploded and sent low levels of radiation floating toward Tokyo, ...
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