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Athens — Greece announced on Sunday that it had reached agreement on a long-delayed financial rescue package that would require years of painful belt-tighten…

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By John E. Kramer

Arlington, Va.—It’s called policing for profit and it’s happening all across America.

Police and prosecutors’ offices seize private property—often without ever charging…

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Ira talks about a friend who for years had a very trusted business partner and bookkeeper, until one day when he ran away with all of her money.

ACT ONE. EA…

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The storms rolled through flooding parts of Tennessee this weekend. I was planning on driving to Nashville to join friends at the Nashville Symphony. Instead, I staye…

On April 15th, Goldman Sachs common equity closed at $184. On April 16th, after the SEC announced that it was bringing a civil complaint against the firm, Goldman stock closed down 13% at $160. That…

By Emily Singer

The select few who have had their genomes sequenced learn to use that information for health care.

Several months after deciphering his genetic code last year, Stanford bioengineer…

By Brian Faler

Since the U.S. recession began in December 2007, Congress has extended the length of unemployment benefits for the jobless three times. Now, the lawmakers may have reached their limi…

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The financial regulation the Senate is debating may undo your financial privacy.

If someone asked you what’s wrong with a planned economy, your first answer might not be “privacy.” But…

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This handbook has been written primarily for those who live far from medical centers, in places where there is no doctor. But even where there are d…

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By Richard Teitelbaum

Neil Barofsky was unpacking boxes in December 2008 when the stench of sewage wafted through the hallways at the 168-year-old Main Treasury Building. The space assigned to him …

By Alison Gendar and Bill Hutchinson

Federal prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation of Goldman Sachs to determine if the Wall St. giant committed securities fraud, sources said Thursday…

By Catherine Austin Fitts

It makes sense to pause in the outpouring of news about Goldman Sachs to ponder what has happened and the nature of the game that is afoot.

Goldman is the visible target …

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“Was that a threat?”

That’s how U.S. border guards at the Lewiston Bridge border crossing responded to a Canadian shopper when, exasperated by the abusive treatment …

The premium investors seek to hold Greek debt has soared today following a day when Standard and Poor’s downgraded Greek’s credit rating to junk status. The premium for a 10-year Greek note over the G…

By Matthew Berger

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in its first-ever case involving genetically modified crops. The decision in this case may have a significant impact on both the…

By Barbara Hollingsworth

Patent No. 6904336 was approved by the U.S. Patent and Trade Office on Nov. 7, 2006 — the day after Democrats took control of Congress. Former Sen. John Sununu, R-N.H., cr…

In last week’s Solari Report, Catherine interviewed author and  privacy expert, Katherine Albrecht. During the interview, Katherine mentioned a search engine that serves to protect the privacy of int…

April 26, 2010
Michael Boldin is founder and head of the Tenth Amendment Center.

“What is the Tenth Amendment, and why should we care? (“Amendment 10 – Powers of the States and People. The powers…

Nearly 700,000 prescriptions for atypical antipsychotics were dispensed for kids under 13 last year. The changes being proposed for the manual of mental illness—whose sales since 2000 have topped $4…

Lloyd Blankfein, Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, testifies before a Senate subcommittee today on the role his and other investment banks played in triggering the 2008 financial collapse. The hear…

By Louise Story and Gretchen Morgenson

Goldman Sachs, which emerged relatively unscathed from the financial crisis, was accused of securities fraud in a civil suit filed Friday by the Securities and…

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April 23 (Bloomberg) — Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s top executives, including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein, were sued by investors in two lawsuits filed on behalf of the fi…

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Percentage of men who currently own a pet: 78%

Animal the average guy is most likely to keep around: Dog

Percentage of men who say they’d risk their lives to save their pets: 72%

Percentage of me…

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By Brian Knowlton

Amid mounting frustration over taxation and banking problems, small but growing numbers of overseas Americans are taking the weighty step of renouncing their citizenship.

“What w…

By: Gordon T Long

This alarming chart suggests one or more of three possibilities:

There is no relationship between corporate taxes and GDP.
Corporate pretax profits have seen near exponential gr…

Goldman Sachs, the global financial institution, with fraud allegations levied against it has a long history of setting up its clients for a fall…and making handsome profits.

This is a story of h…

Negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) resumed last week in Wellington, New Zealand, with Canada, the United States, the European Union, and a handful of other countries launch…

By Carrick Mollenkamp, Mark Whitehouse, Anton Troianovski

Aberdeen Township, N.J. — The government’s civil-fraud allegation against Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS, News) Group Inc. centers on a deal the fi…

“U.S. federal health authorities recommended … that doctors suspend using Rotarix, one of two vaccines licensed in the U.S. against rotavirus, saying the vaccine is contaminated with material fr…

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I have received MANY inquiries about my new course. People have asked me for an outline or syllabus of the course. So here it is.

I’m happy to answer any and all questions that …

By Ralph Diermann

After selling off their electricity and gas networks to large energy corporations in the early 1990s, small towns in Germany are now banding together to buy back their energy infr…

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Confused about this Goldman Sachs (GS) Abacus deal you’ve been hearing about?

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It’s really pretty simple.

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By Alison Fitzgerald

March 10 (Bloomberg)—At least seven U.S. state attorneys general are investigating whether Monsanto Co., the world’s largest seed producer, has abused its market power to l…

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The Federal Reserve System on Wednesday released the 2009 annual comparative financial statements for the combined Federal Reserve Banks, the 12 in…

The following is Tenth Amendment Center approved legislation to nullify federal overreach into the health care industry. Activists, we encourage you to send this to your state senators and represent…

By Liz Sidot

Public confidence in government is at one of the lowest points in a half century, according to a survey from the Pew Research Center. Nearly 8 in 10 Americans say they don’t trust the fe…

I finished Geneen Roth’s new book Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Anything this weekend. This is a beautifully written, inspiring book.

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Jim Johnson played an interesting role in the pump and dump of the American economy. He launched the pump as Chairman of Fannie Mae and since 1999 (the year he joined the board of Goldman per the pr…

By Jake Tapper

In my EXCLUSIVE “This Week” interview, I asked former President Bill Clinton if he thought he got bad advice on regulating complex financial instruments known as derivatives from…

By Susan Pulliam

Rajat Gupta told Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in March he wouldn’t stand for re-election as a director, after receiving notice from prosecutors that they were reviewing recorded conver…

The SEC’s complaint against Goldman Sachs (See U.S. Accuses Goldman Sachs of Fraud) is not the first time that Goldman has been investigated for mortgage market fraud. My company, Hamilton Securitie…

BY Larry Mcshane

The great Icelandic ash plume cast its devastating shadow over international air traffic again Saturday, grounding millions of global travelers – including hundreds trapped at Kenn…

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The great hope of transplant surgeons is that they will, one day, be able to order replacement body parts on demand. At the moment, a patient may wait months, sometimes…

We aren’t going to bother telling you the news on Goldman Sachs being charged by the SEC with fraud over mortgage products.  The notion that hedge fund Paulson & Co. is being implicated and t…

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After dominating space for a half century, the U.S. is mired in a political fight that threatens its leadership role and ambitions for manned exploration.

President Barack Obama travels Thursday to…

What is Nanotechnology? Nanotechnology is the experimental process of manipulating matter at a scale of 1/100th the width of human hair, in order to create new products and materials.

New consumer pr…

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From Wikipedia: In nanotechnology, a particle is defined as a small object that behaves as a whole unit in terms of its transport and properties. It is further classified according to size: in terms…

HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN! At least that’s what a recent flood of articles appearing in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Newsweek and BusinessWeek are asserting. The economy really is recove…

by Maurizio d’Orlando

Led by the New York Times, the violence campaign against Benedict XVI is meant to undermine his moral authority and that of the Catholic Church ahead of a possible war against I…

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After two months, kids hated the new meals, milk consumption plummeted, and many students dropped out of the school lunch program altogether.

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Pro-immigration groups across the US expressed despair today after Arizona passed the toughest bills in the country which they say are aimed at forcing out hundre…

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HONG KONG–Mongolia plans to raise up to $1 billion through a sovereign bond offering in the fourth …

Following is an Action Alert originating from the Weston Price Foundation:

The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on a sweeping overhaul of the food safety laws, very soon – possibly as early as April 1…

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By Carolyn Betts

The Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (“HIRE Act”) was passed by both houses of Congress and signed by the President into law on March 18, 2010…

For the ultimate in liquid investments, try top-quality wine, which has outperformed one benchmark U.S. stock index for 13 years and withstood two recessions.

That’s the conclusion of Philippe Ma…

Did you know that some of the most powerful entrepreneurial ideas in the lexicon of human knowledge arose from the ashes of economic catastrophe? It’s true. And the reason is a lot simpler than yo…

By John Burnett

“You farmers, I’m telling you right now, arm yourselves. As they say the old story is, it’s better to be tried by 12 than carried by six. Damn it, I don’t want to see six people car…

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Despite a growing federal deficit, IRS audit efforts aimed at the nation’s largest corporations have precipitously declined in the last few years and now are at an all time low, according to the ana…

No, not just Greece – all of Europe.  Without Congressional authorization or notice, of course.

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The National Coalition for the Homeless is working to bring about social change through advocacy, education, and community organizing. This report seeks to address these three areas of social change…

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On major issues, 48% of voters say that the average Tea Party member is closer to their views than President Barack Obama. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 44% hold …

By Anais Starr

I found a booklet online—The War Garden Victorious—by Charles Lathrop Pack. The image here is just one of the posters produced during that time on the subject. The book was origina…

By Steve Watson

A draconian Internet censorship bill that has been long looming on the horizon finally passed the house of commons in the UK yesterday, legislating for government powers to restrict…

By Jean Spencer

Congress’s food-safety fight is nearing an end but small farmers still have a bone to pick with the legislation.

The Senate version of a food-safety bill has attracted broad bipart…

By Alan Portner

Former Clinton Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and former Citigroup CEO Charles Prince testified Thursday before a federal panel on Capitol Hill. The panel is charged with rooting o…

Church services are being held across Poland to start a week of mourning for President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others, killed in a jet crash in Russia.

Floral tributes and written condolences have be…

Nick Barisheff, President & CEO Bullion Management Group Inc, on Financial Sense Newshour explains why BMG stored bullion at ScotiaMocatta Bullion Vault is safe & sound. See last half of the…

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Geo-engineers gathered once again near Monterey California at the Asilomar International Conference on Climate Intervention Technologies meeting to develop norms and guidelines f…

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The Internal Revenue Service has launched a new global program to target what it calls “high wealth individuals,” IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman said Monda…

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2010-23 and Announcement 2010-16 (collectively, the “IRS Guidance”) regarding Form TD F 90-22.1, Report of Foreign Bank And Financia…