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Even as increasingly desperate falling knife catchers try to convince someone, anyone to buy up some or all of their shares of BP stock, which is certainly on its way to a guarantee…

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“2053” – This is the number of nuclear explosions conducted in various parts of the globe from 1954-1998.

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The Obama administration’s flagship effort to help people in danger of losing their homes is falling flat.

More than a third of the 1.24 million borrowers who have enrolled in the $7…

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When BP executives filed into the West Wing on Wednesday morning to meet with President Barack Obama, they were joined by at least one familiar Washington hand: former Clinton admin…

If you live in Okaloosa County, Florida, or Destin on Florida’s Emerald Coast and are wondering who’s going to be calling the shots if black crude oil comes ashore — wonder no more. It won’t be the…

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Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D-PA 11th District) responds to a caller on C-Span, who, struggling to support her family while earning fewer than ten dollars an hour, was questioning the unaccounted r…

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After busy making several outrageous comments regarding BP and the Gulf oil spill as recent as last evening, Matt Simmons abruptly announced today that he would retire from the board…

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One of the many considerations to make in purchasing gold and silver is the divisibility of the coins you buy. With today’s gold prices at over $1,200 per ounce, a 1-ounce gold …

In the summer of 2006, Harry Blazer invited me to discuss the Solari investment model with him. We recorded our conversation, calling it The Essence of Solari.

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Here’s something most teens overlook as they get ready to head off for college: a last will and testament.

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Unmanned aircraft have proved their usefulness and reliability in the war zones of Afghanistan and Iraq. Now the pressure’s on to allow them in the skies over the United States.

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Imposing roughly the same cautionary standards for cellphones as for fatty food or sugary soda, this city — never shy about its opinions — voted on Tuesday to require all retai…

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Gov. David A. Paterson and legislative leaders have tentatively agreed to allow the state and municipalities to borrow nearly $6 billion to help them make their required annual payme…

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European banks at risk of writedowns from the sovereign debt crisis face a funding squeeze that may depress earnings, curb lending and imperil economic recovery in th…

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Ever wonder who may have been buying up every share of BP stock earlier this week, especially when it plunged to 14 year lows on June 9 amid media frenzy based on a Fortune story in…

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On May 27th, more than a month into the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, Barack Obama strode to the podium in the East Room of the White House. For weeks, the administ…

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Japan is at “risk of collapse” under its huge debt mountain, the country’s new prime minister has said.

Naoto Kan, in his first major speech since taking over, said Japan needed a financial restruc…

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Spewing oil and alienating Americans with its chief executive’s impolitic remarks, BP may be Public Enemy No. 1 in the United States. But in Britain, where the co…

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The oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is allegedly linked to a Goldman Sachs mega sell off of its shares in BP energy conglomerate just days before.

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When their customers have complained about an unexpected fee, credit card companies have pointed to the fine print in their credit card agreements. Now, a pro se litigant in Californ…

“The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill is having a devastating impact on the environment and the economy of the Gulf Coast states and their communities. As one of the responsible parties for this event…

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Public criticism of Goldman Sachs has come to China, where the investment bank has been lambasted in articles in state-controlled media.

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The growing use of mobile telephones is behind the disappearance of honey bees and the collapse of their hives, scientists have claimed.

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The cost of doing business in China is going up.

Coastal factories are increasing hourly payments to workers. Local governments are raising minimum wage standards. And if China al…

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Focus hard on this shocking Wall Street reality: The top six bank holding companies earned an aggregate of $51 billion in pretax income in 2009. We’re talking about JPMorgan Chase…

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We are now in a position to change history. I finally believe that mankind has a future. A once demoralised population with no moral purpose is coming out …

A Solari Report – Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) 2010

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Here is an article I published eight years ago. It reminds us that we should ask the question if the Greek bailouts are not just a series of infusions into banks that engaged in fraudulent inducement….

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The number of Americans receiving food stamps in March topped 40 million for the first time as the jobless rate hovered near a 26-year high.

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