Christine Lagarde: "2013 Will Be Make or Break" Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, cautioned at the World Economic Forum in Davos that Europe must continue to guard against a relapse in 2013. Speaking at an event honoring women leaders hosted by Credit Suisse in partnership with Newsweek and The Daily Beast, Lagarde was joined by Egyptian human right...Read More

RED ALERT: World's biggest gold storage company dumps US citizens … ViaMat, a Swiss logistics company that has been safeguarding precious metals since 1945, is literally the gold standard in secure storage. They have vaults from Switzerland to Hong Kong to Dubai, and they count among their clients some of the largest mining companies in the world. They know what they're doing. And no...Read More

Mercenary firms: a lucrative niche market … Contractors of the US private security firm Blackwater secured the site of a roadside bomb attack near the Iranian embassy in central Baghdad in 2005 (AFP) European states are subcontracting an increasing number of tasks to private military companies to cut their armies' sizes and budgets. These mainly US firms cost them dearly, however, says m...Read More

Scientists have long published the results of their work in scholarly journals, and many such publications have warned that open access would destroy them and the function they provide the scientific community. The White House has moved to make the results of federally funded research available to the public for free within a year, bowing to public pressure for unfettered access to scholarly artic...Read More

Christine Lagarde: "2013 Will Be Make or Break" Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, cautioned at the World Economic Forum in Davos that Europe must continue to guard against a relapse in 2013. Speaking at an event honoring women leaders hosted by Credit Suisse in partnership with Newsweek and The Daily Beast, Lagarde was joined by Egyptian human right...Read More

Let's review some of the most successful peaceful strategies for promoting freedom recently.1. Ron Paul's Presidential Race. I'm listing Ron Paul first for a reason, as I think he has been the most successful Libertarian who has more successfully advanced the cause of Liberty than anyone else in the past 100 years. He ran for Congress to promote the ideas of Liberty from the national stage....Read More

Over a year ago St. Joseph of Ridgway was destroyed by a massive tornado.Now the rebuilding efforts have begun.Be a part of restoring this Southern Illinois landmark to this great community of Ridgway by donating to the effort.www.stkateri.netRead More

A panel discussion about mining exploration that took place Sunday, February 24, 2013 at the Cambridge House Palm Springs California Investment Conference in Palm Springs.Stay Connected!http://www.cambridgehouse.com/https://twitter.com/cambridgehttps://www.facebook.com/cambridgehou...Read More

Employee at JH MINT to Jason: "Jason, don't go insulting teachers now! We'll lose customers!"Jason to Manager at JH MINT: "It's ok. Teachers don't make that much, besides, the ones who would be likely become our customers won't be offended anyway."Employee to Jason: "Oh, you are bad! I love it!" Ok, let the article and the roasting of teachers commence:If people buy enough silver, and pa...Read More

Aaron Madsen on lead guitar and lead vocals, Erik Johnsgard on keyboards and vocals,Jeff Fitzgerald on rhythm guitar/lead and vocals, Lucas Lundin on bass guitar, Marshall Brengle on rhythm/lead guitar and Loren Rendler on drums.Performed at Murphy's Law.Video recorded by Dixie Lee Krieg.Read More

Euro zone economy to shrink again … "The improved financial market situation contrasts with the absence of credit growth and the weakness of the near-term outlook for economic activity," said Marco Buti, the commission's director-general for economic and monetary affairs. "The labor market… is a serious concern," he said, in a preamble to the Commission's la...Read More

Future of private bankers under the microscope … With the demise of Wegelin and planned ownership changes at Pictet and Lombard Odier, the number of traditional, family-run private bankers in Switzerland is shrinking from a Second World War rate of around 60 to just nine. The world of private banking faces an evolving landscape. The rate of new wealth creation in emerging economies eclipses...Read More

French President François Hollande awarded UNESCO peace prize … "After analyzing the global situation, it is Africa that held the attention of the Jury with the various threats affecting the continent," said the former President of Mozambique, Joaquim Chissano, who chaired the Jury of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize. "Having assessed the dangers and t...Read More

Euro zone economy to shrink again … "The improved financial market situation contrasts with the absence of credit growth and the weakness of the near-term outlook for economic activity," said Marco Buti, the commission's director-general for economic and monetary affairs. "The labor market… is a serious concern," he said, in a preamble to the Commission's la...Read More

Future of private bankers under the microscope … With the demise of Wegelin and planned ownership changes at Pictet and Lombard Odier, the number of traditional, family-run private bankers in Switzerland is shrinking from a Second World War rate of around 60 to just nine. The world of private banking faces an evolving landscape. The rate of new wealth creation in emerging economies eclipses...Read More

French President François Hollande awarded UNESCO peace prize … "After analyzing the global situation, it is Africa that held the attention of the Jury with the various threats affecting the continent," said the former President of Mozambique, Joaquim Chissano, who chaired the Jury of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize. "Having assessed the dangers and t...Read More

India and Vietnam: Taking the Glitter out of Gold … When uncertainty reigns, investors all over the world turn to gold as a safe haven. But some countries are starting to take issue with their residents' preference for storing wealth in gold bars, rather than bank accounts. Large gold imports can throw of a country's current account balance – the difference between what a count...Read More

Stop Mandating Reliance on Ratings … The Justice Department's suit against Standard & Poor's is a fresh reminder of the large mistakes by the three major rating agencies – S.&P., Moody's, and Fitch – in their evaluations of mortgage-based bonds during 2004-2007. There's an understandable urge to further regulate bond raters to prevent such mistakes in th...Read More

Florida Atlantic University's Stadium Named After a Prison Company … The GEO Group (GEO) is a for-profit prison company based in Boca Raton, Fla., that calls itself "the world's leading provider of correctional and detention management and community reentry services to federal, state and local government agencies." It can also call itself the world's leading provider of...Read More

India and Vietnam: Taking the Glitter out of Gold … When uncertainty reigns, investors all over the world turn to gold as a safe haven. But some countries are starting to take issue with their residents' preference for storing wealth in gold bars, rather than bank accounts. Large gold imports can throw of a country's current account balance – the difference between what a count...Read More