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China Just Blew Up the Agritech Card Game
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Iran Bans US Consumer Goods
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Putin Wants to Ax Dollar from Russian Trade
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Fed Considers December Rate Rise, Sees ‘Moderate’ Expansion
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Greece’s Creditors Demand Further Reforms
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FINRA’s Proposal to Halt Elder Fraud: Stop Withdrawals
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Auditor calls Bank of England Regulation Bill ‘Unacceptable’
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Britain’s Biggest Banks to be Forced to Separate Retail Banks from Investment Arms
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The Final Leaked TPP Text Is All That We Feared
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US Judge Rules No Copyright in Happy Birthday To You
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Yellen Returns to Washington; Questions Remain after Health Scare
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TPP Could have ‘Catastrophic Effects’ on Canada’s Economy
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Goldman: This May Push Oil to $20
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Big Banks in $1.87 Billion Swaps Price-fixing Settlement
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Putin Says Dump Dollar
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Federal Workers on Track to Get 1.3 Percent Pay Hike in January
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Jackson Hole Summit 2015: What is It, Why is It Important and Who Will Be There?
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Agricultural Commodities Sink After USDA Report
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Woman Who Married Cuban Spy Suing JP Morgan for $57M
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The Worst of the Worst of the Worst: New Century and its Economics Shills
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Why Aluminum Is a Big Headache for Top…

Singapore 2.0: Lee Seeks Smart City Revamp as Old Model Ebbs
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Changed completely, the government does things very…

Saudi Arabia to Raise $27Bn in Bonds, Trying Not to Sink…

Rico Will Fail to Make Aug.1 Payment, Signaling Default
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Report: Greece Planned German CorruptionProbes in ‘Grexit’ Scenario
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The Tax Hunt for Loose Change – Germany To Cause Mass Exit of Existing Assets
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The FIRE Economy: New Zealand’s Reckoning – By Professor Jane Kelsey
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UPDATE 1-IMF Won’t Be Part of 1st Tranche of Planned Greek Bai…

Calling Off the Credit-Card Debt Collectors
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Ford to Shift Work Abroad
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Gulf States Reach $18.7B Settlement with BP Over Oil Spill
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Greek Banks Considering 30% Haircut On Deposits Over €8,000…

Blythe Masters Quick Off the Block With Startup Buys
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Vindicated, while Lagarde emerges a loser? – David Marsh in MarketWatch
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BP ditched Arctic concerns for strategic deal wi…

When Loan Forgiveness Isn’t Enough
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Justice Department Looks for Rigging in Treasuries, Gold, Silver, Oil
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So Long Big Apple! Chinese Firms Look to Drop NYSE Listings, Return Home
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The New Saudi Oil Fields: Solar
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Japan Limps Into 2nd Quarter as Inflation Stops, Spending Falls
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The Shanghai Stock Market Crashed on Thursday — Here’s What i…

Bullish call on Gold from HSBC as Its Chief Economist Stephen King Warns Global Economy on the Cusp of a Major Collapse
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India To Grow At 8.1% In 2015-16: UN Report
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opening up of 120 million…

The Decline In S&P 500 Leverage Is Unprecedented
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Illinois Supreme Court Rules Pension Law Unconstitutional
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Beijing Approved Shenzhen Hong Kong Connect, To Launch in Q4: Local…

The Richest People in Every State
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All Eyes on BOJ (Bank of Japan) Statement Amid Deflation Fears
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40 Days: Treasury Says Debt Has Been Frozen at $18,112,975,000,000
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Largest Bank In America Joins War On Cash
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Exclusive: Wary of Natural Disaster, NY Fed Bulks Up in Chicago
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“Some Woman” (with Banker) at The Art House

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Economies Must Work Together to Avoid Decade of Low Growth, IMF Boss Warns
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Etsy Seeks Up to $1.78 Billion Value as Artisan Site Readies IPO
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A Greek Morality Tale: Why We Need a Global Debt Restructuring Framework
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YouTube | 14 March 2015
TARP bailout had to be passed i…

Lord Rothschild Warns Investors: “Geopolitical Situation Most Dangerous Since WWII”
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Oil Set for Biggest Monthly Gain Since 2009
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Greece Runs Out of Funding Options Despite Euro Zone Reprieve
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China Pivots Everywhere
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Germany Rejects Greek Loan Request
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Regional Grocer Wegmans Unseats Amazon to Claim Top Corporate Reputation Ranking
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ICE Delays Opening of S’pore Futures Exchang…

Fidelity Move Creates $100 Billion Gap for Banks
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Vatican Bank May be too Corrupt for Pope Francis to Save: Posner
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Chevron Pulls the Plug on Poland Shale Gas Exploration
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Using Women…

Manager ‘Truly Sorry’ for Blowing Up Hedge Fund
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I acted…

ECB Seeks to Inject Up to 1.1 Trillion Euros Into Economy in Deflation Fight
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Alibaba in Major Initiative to Court China Consumer for U.S. Retailers
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Forget Emerging Markets. Hot Topic at Davos 2015 is the U.S.
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World’s Best Forecaster Targets Euro-Dollar Parity: Currencies
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Why American Entrepreneurship has Been Dying for Decades
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China to Launch Yuan Swap Trading With Russian Rubles on Monday
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Japan 2-Year Yield Drops Below Zero on BOJ Easing, Weak CPI Data
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Wynn Resorts Being Investigated for Possible Money Laundering Violations: DJ
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Iceland Jails Former Landsbanki CEO
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Japan’s Pension Fund Cutting Local Bonds to Buy Equitie…

21 Asian Countries Initiate New China-backed Bank
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It’s Not Just Spying – How The NSA Has Turned Into A Giant Profit Center For Corrupt I…

Fed’s Bullard says QE3 Could Last Longer than October
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FATCA Explained in 4 Minutes
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Accredited-investor Definition Revamp Backed by SEC Pa…

Meet the Prison Bankers Who Profit From the Inmates
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With the ultimate captive markets, prison bankers and state jailers make money off high fees for financial services…

Inv…

Crisis
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U.K. Seeks to Criminalize Manipulation of 7 Benchmarks
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OECD Unveils Proposals to Curb Corporate Tax Avoidance
Reuters | 16 September 2014
New international tax rules proposed on Tuesday could eliminate structures that have allowed companies such as Google…

British Banks Warn They’ll Head South if Scotland Quits UK
Reuters | 11 September 2014
The battle for the hearts and heads of the Scottish people intensified on Thursday…

The Fed Just Imposed Finan…

A Mile Below Paris Drillers Hit Hot Pools to Warm Houses
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In the midst of a suburban sprawl halfway between the Eiffel Tower and Paris’s busy Orly airport…

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IMF’s Lagarde Put Under Investigation in French Fraud Case
Reuters | 27 August 2014
IMF chief Christine Lagarde has been put under formal investigation by French magistrates…

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Sometimes, just sometimes, you need to stop for a second, take a step back, and reconsider the simplest pieces of any puzzle…

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Three New JPMorgan IT Deaths Include Alleged Murder-Suicide
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Since December of last year, JPMorgan Chase has been experiencing tragic…

Calpers Could Shift Invest…

Singapore’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Warns of ‘Challenging Times’
IPE | 06 August 2014
GIC, the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund, has increased its holdings in cash and bonds and cut exposure…

Bond …

Mercosur Finally Agrees on Joint Trade Proposal to Exchange With the EU
Merco Press | 29 July 2014
Mercosur members finally agreed this week on a draft joint proposal to be presented to the European …

Court Forces Government to Release Documents in Fannie/Freddie Suit
National Legal Policy Center | 25 July 2014
The burden carried by the holders of stock in mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac…

Cash Crops With Dividends: Financiers Transforming Strawberries Into Securities
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His boots were caked with mud when Thomas S. T. Gimbel…

U.S. Poised to Label MetLife a Poten…

Citigroup Settles Mortgage Inquiry for $7 Billion
The New York Times | 14 July 2014
The $7 billion deal that Citigroup agreed to strike with the Justice Department…

Executive Pay ‘180 Times Average…

Chinese Tycoon Guo Copying Buffett Rises From Bread to Club Med
The Malay Mail | 07 July 2014
Twice a week in the winter of 1987, students living in the No 5 dormitory of Shanghai’s Fudan Universit…

Don Coxe: Russia, China and Iran to Become More Aggressive as US Disengages

YouTube | 18 June 2014
Jim welcomes back Donald Coxe, Chairman of Coxe Advisors LLP in Chicago…

California Governor Sign…

Goldman Wins Dismissal of $450 Million Mortgage-Bond Suit
Bloomberg | 13 June 2014
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) won dismissal of a suit over $450 million in residential mortgage-backed securities…
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Shareholders Revolt Against Walmart and Netflix
Yahoo! Finance | 11 June 2014
In the Wild One, Marlon Brando’s Johnny is asked what he’s rebelling against…

What If the Fed Has Created a Bubble?
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ECB Hurls Cash at Sluggish Euro Zone Economy, Seeks to Force Bank Lending
Reuters | 05 June 2014
The European Central Bank launched a raft of measures on Thursday to fight low inflation…

Buffett’…

Family Offices Team Up Taking Page From Private Equity
Bloomberg | 27 March 2014
Katie Kalvoda’s interest was piqued when the 40-year-old money manager for a group of ultra-wealthy families…

Alib…

Russia, China Sign $400 Billion Gas Deal After Decade of Talks
Bloomberg | 21 May 2014
Russia reached a $400 billion deal to supply natural gas to China through a new pipeline over 30 years…

Russia…

Texas Dubbed ‘Magnet State’ by Internal Revenue Service
Biz Journals | 12 May 2014
Texas expanded its personal income tax base by $2.4 billion…

Scottish Retailer Replaces Pound with Bitcoin
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Elder Financial Exploitation
Fifth Third Bank
Older Americans face many financial challenges as they age, one of which is financial exploitation…

Almost Half The Russell 2000 Members Are In A Bear …

U.S. Lost $11.2 Billion in GM Bailout, TARP Report Says
Bloomberg | 30 April 2014
The U.S. Treasury’s bailout fund lost $11.2 billion on the rescue of General Motors Co. …

Biggest Infrastructure …

Banker Death ‘Epidemic’ Spreads To China
Zero Hedge | 23 April 2014
Until now, the terrible trail of dead bankers has been only among US and European financial executives…

The Political Poison of V…

Ronald McDonald Replaced by Farmer Dirk
24/7 Wall St. | 15 April 2014
Ronald McDonald, a spokesman for McDonald’s Corp., has been mothballed…

McDonald’s Foreign Workers Call it ‘Slavery’
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98% Of All Consumer Credit In Past Year Was Student And Car Loans
Zero Hedge | 07 April 2014
Same s***, different month…

Tesla Kicks Off China Sales This Month With Musk Helming
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Amazing Graphic Shows Chicago’s Middle Class Disappear Before Your Eyes
CBS Chicago | 03 April 2014
The graphic that you are about to see is sobering, perhaps depressing, and you can’t take your e…

Wal-Mart Sues Visa for $5 Billion Over Card Swipe Fees
Yahoo! Finance | 28 March 2014
Wal-Mart Stores Inc this week sued Visa Inc for $5 billion…

Putin Eyes Russia Credit Card System After Western …

LARRY PAGE: I Would Rather Give My Billions To Elon Musk Than Charity
Business Insider | 20 March 2014
Google CEO Larry Page has an unusual idea about what should happen to his billions should he die….

Meet The Secretive 24-Year-Old Woman From Hong Kong Who Is The World’s New Youngest Billionaire
Yahoo! Finance | 10 March 2014
A secretive 24-year old woman from Hong Kong recently took the title of w…

Consolidation of Ukrainian Stock Market Brings New Opportunities to Investors
Kyiv Post | 06 March 2014
The merger of Ukraine’s two main stock trading platforms…

Retail Sales Drop was Enormous-Ka…

Mt. Gox Files for Bankruptcy, Hit with Lawsuit
Reuters | 28 February 2014
Mt. Gox, once the world’s biggest bitcoin exchange…

Natural Gas Inventories Are Headed Toward Zero
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“The Pig In The Python Is About To Be Expelled”: A Walk Thru Of China’s Hard Landing, And The Upcoming Global Harder Reset
Zero Hedge | 21 February 2014
By now everyone knows that the Chinese credit …

JPMorgan Global Program Trading Exec, Dead at 37
Housing Wire | 12 February 2014
Ryan Henry Crane, 37, executive director in JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s (JPM) global program trading, died Feb. 10…

Moody…

World Payments Report 2013
CapGemini
Innovative offerings in the payment acquisition space are flourishing from banks and new entrants…

Nearly 1 Billion Smartphones Were Shipped Last Year
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USA Watchdog | 27 January 2014
Investment advisor Catherine Austin Fitts knows the economy is bad, but not all bad…

Yellen to be sworn in as first woman Fed…

Stronger Tank Cars Needed to Ship Oil by Rail: Agencies
Bloomberg | 23 January 2014
Crude oil hauled by rail needs to be shipped in stronger tank cars and on safer routes…

Internet Firms and Taxes:…

Bank of America CFO: M&A is Ramping Up
The Wall Street Journal | 15 January 2014
Bank of America’s chief financial officer thinks M&A activity is finally revving up…

Obama’s Unemployment ‘New No…

Striving to Be the Berkshire Hathaway of China
Dealbook | 09 January 2014
Fosun International aspires to be China’s answer to Warren E. Buffett’s investment firm…

Inflation Vs Deflation – The…

Debenhams Boss Say High Street Was ‘Sea of Red’ in Run-up to Christmas
The Telegraph | 31 December 2013
Debenhams issues major profits warning as difficult Christmas for the high street is confirmed…..

China Money Rate Tumbles Most Since 2011 as PBOC Injects Cash
Bloomberg | 24 December 2013
China’s benchmark money-market rate tumbled the most since February 2011 after the central bank injected fu…