The budget deal and Washington's new politics of compromise … The muted market reaction to this week's budget deal in Washington may initially seem like a disappointment. After all, uncertainty over government spending, debt and taxes has consistently emerged in business sentiment surveys as the biggest single factor holding back corporate investment and damaging financial confidence...Read More
Release the Senate Torture Report … A dozen years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the American public still doesn't know the full extent of the laws that were broken and the human rights abuses that were committed. Moving forward as a country demands taking responsibility for past actions and providing redress to victims. And that process can only take place after a full public acco...Read More
Walmart touts "Everyday Low Prices," but we asked its customers to support 'Everyday High Wages" instead. We posed as representatives of "15 for 15," a make-believe organization advocating that Walmart raise prices by 15% and use the extra cash to pay its low-skilled workers $15 per hour.The surcharge would be added to customer's bills at checkout, just like a gratuity at a restaurant.Not surprisi...Read More
Interview with Frank Holmes about Gold at the Mines and Money London 2013 with Jochen Staiger, Chief editor from www.Commodity-TV.netRead More
The Sixteen Men of Tain is the tenth studio album by guitarist Allan Holdsworth, released in March 2000.Tracklisting:1. "0274" 0:00:052. "The Sixteen Men of Tain"0:07:45 3. "Above and Below"0:14:104. "The Drums Were Yellow" (Holdsworth, Gary Novak)0:17:205. "Texas" 0:23:186. "Downside Up" (Chad Wackerman)0:29:027. "Eidolon"0:36:098. "Above and Below (Reprise)"0:40:46Read More
Rencontre avec Habibata. Elle raconte l'histoire de son excision jusqu"? son intervention m?(C)dicale pour retrouver son int?(C)grit?(C).Read More
'Despite the Swiftian invective of the title, Insignificance marks a lot of milestones in producer/composer Jim O'Rourke's career. The third of his records named after a Nicolas Roeg flick, Insignificance marked O'Rourke's move from Chicago, where he had helped shape the experimental jazz and post-rock music scenes, to New York, and to date remains his solo effort most concerned with pop accessibi...Read More
Uruguay becomes first nation to legalise marijuana trade … The Uruguayan government hopes legalising the sale of marijuana will tackle drug cartels … Uruguay's cannabis bill reflects liberal past … Uruguay has become the first country in the world to make it legal to grow, sell and consume marijuana. After nearly 12 hours of debate, senators gave the government-sponsored bill...Read More
Central banks lose $400bn in gold rout … Fall in gold price catches out central banks' fearful of repeating Gordon Brown's mistake of selling reserves at the bottom … Central banks, fearful of repeating Gordon Brown's mistake of selling the nation's gold reserves at the bottom of the market, have been caught out by the slide in prices this year, with the value of the pr...Read More
Uruguay becomes first nation to legalise marijuana trade … The Uruguayan government hopes legalising the sale of marijuana will tackle drug cartels … Uruguay's cannabis bill reflects liberal past … Uruguay has become the first country in the world to make it legal to grow, sell and consume marijuana. After nearly 12 hours of debate, senators gave the government-sponsored bill...Read More
Central banks lose $400bn in gold rout … Fall in gold price catches out central banks' fearful of repeating Gordon Brown's mistake of selling reserves at the bottom … Central banks, fearful of repeating Gordon Brown's mistake of selling the nation's gold reserves at the bottom of the market, have been caught out by the slide in prices this year, with the value of the pr...Read More
Rethinking the Idea of a Basic Income for All … In October, Swiss voters submitted sufficient signatures to put an initiative on the ballot that would pay every citizen of Switzerland $2,800 per month, no strings attached. Similar efforts are under way throughout Europe. And there is growing talk of establishing a basic income for Americans as well. Interestingly, support comes mainly from t...Read More
Single Payer Is Getting a Second Life as Obamacare Frustration Peaks … Could anger at the Obamacare rollout make Americans more receptive to a kind of Medicare-for-all system? That's what activists are hoping—and they're plotting a state-by-state fight. As the rollout of Obamacare clunks forward, activists who opposed the law from the beginning say it is time to seize the momen...Read More
Rethinking the Idea of a Basic Income for All … In October, Swiss voters submitted sufficient signatures to put an initiative on the ballot that would pay every citizen of Switzerland $2,800 per month, no strings attached. Similar efforts are under way throughout Europe. And there is growing talk of establishing a basic income for Americans as well. Interestingly, support comes mainly from t...Read More
Single Payer Is Getting a Second Life as Obamacare Frustration Peaks … Could anger at the Obamacare rollout make Americans more receptive to a kind of Medicare-for-all system? That's what activists are hoping—and they're plotting a state-by-state fight. As the rollout of Obamacare clunks forward, activists who opposed the law from the beginning say it is time to seize the momen...Read More
A simple grip variation on a biceps curl exercise can improve the muscle fiber recruitment of the elbow flexors. This simple trick can turn a preacher curl (aka Scott curl) into a Zottmann curl, which changes the activity of the biceps, brachialis and brachioradialis. This will ultimately translate into stronger and bigger biceps.Using a pronated grip on the eccentric portion takes most of the wor...Read More
The MoneyLetter, MPL Communications Inc.133 Richmond St.W., Toronto, ON, M5H 3M8. 1-800-804-8846According to Keith Richards (Portfolio Manager at Value Trend), the major U.S. markets have entered into a new mega-year bull market, having recently broken through a 14-year technical ceiling that began in 1999. Some may argue that stocks should be getting ready for a bear market correction instead. Th...Read More
We caught up with Nolan Watson at Mines and Money Australia 2013 to discuss the future of stream financing.More information at http://www.minesandmoney.comRead More
US tax deal could prove deadly for small banks … US demands are "barely tolerable both economically and legally", according to Swiss Bankers Association chairman Patrick Odier … Valiant, Berner Kantonalbank and Vontobel are the first Swiss banks to have agreed to sign up to a United States tax declaration programme. Experts warn the associated legal costs of complying with th...Read More
Fed's Bullard Sees Higher QE Taper Odds as Labor Market Improves … Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard, a voter on policy this year, said an improving job market has increased the chances of a reduction in the Fed's bond purchases, and any cut should be modest because of too-low inflation. – BloombergDominant Social Theme: It's very complicated. It has...Read More