Money & Markets
Citigroup to Consolidate Seven SIVs on Balance Sheet
By Shannon D. Harrington & Elizabeth Hester – Bloomberg News (13 Dec 2007)World Bankers Resort to Firebreak
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (14 Dec 2007)More Liquidity Without Inflation?
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – London Telegraph (13 Dec 2007)The Reasons Why We Report Daily Gas Prices in Cambridge
Cambridge, Canada: Area Guide & Interactive Community PortalFed To Try Another Way of Injecting Banks With Cash
By Krishna Guha & Michael Mackenzie – Financial Times, London (11 Dec 2007)Fed’s Money Helicopters Take Off For Europe, Britain, Canada
By Martin Crutsinger – Associated Press (12 Dec 2007)An Irrelevant Fed: Thimbles of Water in a Forest Fire
By John P. Hussman – Hussman Funds (4 Dec 2007)States’ Investment Strategy Scrutinized
By Joe Bel Bruno – Associated Press (8 Dec 2007)Iran Drops Dollar from Oil Deals: Report
The Raw Story (8 Dec 2007)Fed Seems Poised to Lower Interest Rates Again Tuesday
By Jeannine Aversa – Associated Press (9 Dec 2007)Brazil Plans Sovereign Wealth Fund to Counter Rising Currency
By Jonathan Wheatley – Financial Times, London (9 Dec 2007)Blackstone Reported Assembling China Bid for Rio Tinto
By David Litterick – London Telegraph (10 Dec 2007)Derivative Trades Jump 27% to Record $681 Trillion
By Hamish Risk – Bloomberg.com (10 Dec 2007)Price Spiral Hits Christmas Trees [Must register to view full article.]
By Hugh Williamson – Financial Times, Berlin (7 Dec 2007)Christmas Delay for Company Pension Plan
By Patrick Hennessy – London Telegraph (9 Dec 2007)
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Food & Health
Grain Harvest Sets Record, But Supplies Still Tight
From Worldwatch Institute (Dec 2007)How Many of These Ridiculous “Disorders” Do You Suffer From?
By Christopher Kent – Mercola.com
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Life
Nauru Island: Far Side of Paradise
By Joshua Samuel Brown – Albion Monitor (26 Apr 2003)New Supercomputers – Unbelievably Faster
By Christopher Lee – Washington Post (6 Dec 2007)Largest US Civil Disobedience Movement Underway
By Max Obuszewski – Scoop Independent News (6 Dec 2007)Imagine what would happen if protesters shifted bank deposits, IRA, 401k and pension fund investments while they were at it?
17P/Holmes – A periodic comet in our solar system.
Comet Holmes Brings Brief Burst of Brightness to Orlando Area
By Christine Snow – Orlando Sentinel (9 Dec 2007)_________________________________________________________
Geopolitical
Democratic Green is Corporate Green
By Howard Switzer – Green Party of Tennessee (Dec 2007)TRULINCS – Frequently Asked Questions
Pilot program to provide prison inmates limited electronic correspondence capabilities.Sentient World: War Games on the Grandest Scale
By Sim Strife – The Register UK (23 Jun 2007)Ex-Italian President: Intel Agencies Know 9/11 An Inside Job
By Paul Joseph Watson – Prision Planet (4 Dec 2007)
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