After Gold Crash, Experts Point to Central Bank Manipulation
In the wake of gold prices cratering in recent days, more than a few prominent experts have already started pinning the blame on...
Economy
FHA in Line for Taxpayer Bailout
A likely bailout of another federal housing agency has drawn fire from congressional Republicans over an item in President Obama's budget that would...
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Friday’s Jobs Report In Line with Reduced Expectations
Friday's jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics buttressed the position of many who have seen a widening disparity between Wall Street's...
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Reality Gap Between Wall Street and Main Street Widens
The battle between a stock market that moves inexorably higher and an economy that continues to languish will be won when reality is...
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Eurozone Boss Seeks More Looting as Capital Controls Hit Cyprus
After looting some 30 percent of selected bank account holders’ deposits in Cyprus on behalf of the so-called “Troika”— the European Union (EU),...
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Cheap Abundant Natural Gas is a Game Changer, Says the IMF
A researcher at the International Monetary Fund expressed surprise at the greatly increased production of natural gas due to fracking and the law...
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Panic Grips Europe as Cyprus, EU, and IMF Confiscate Savings
Panic-stricken bank depositors in Cyprus emptied ATM machines across the nation after the surprise announcement Saturday that, as part of an extremely controversial...
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Major U.S. Companies Park Money Overseas to Save on Taxes
In a stunning depiction of how bad our tax code has become, the Wall Street Journal on March 10 found that 60 major...
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Friday’s Surprisingly Strong Jobs Numbers Aren’t Real
According to Friday's Labor Department report, the economy generated 236,000 new jobs in February, dropping the unemployment rate to 7.7 percent. But these...
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Ammo Shortages: More Than Simple Supply and Demand?
Despite much speculation that huge government agency orders for billions of rounds of ammunition are deliberately designed to result in "de facto" gun...
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Subway Restaurant Founder Slams Destructive Federal Regulations
Fred DeLuca, the founder of Subway, the world's largest restaurant chain, said that he would not be able to start his successful business...
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Gas Prices May Drop in Short Term, But Will Likely Stay High
The price of gasoline, according to the Energy Information Administration, may fall in the near future, but will likely rise again and continue...
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Amid Record Demand in 2012, Central Banks Scramble to Buy Gold
Global demand for gold hit a new record value level in 2012 and central banks around the world were gobbling up the precious...
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Time Warner Continues to Shrink, May Sell Off Most of Its Magazines
The announcement that Time Warner may be selling most of its magazines to another publisher is more evidence of its continuing loss of...
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Student Loan Consequences: Real, Costly, and Personal
The consequences of governmental intrusion into the private market are inevitable, painful, and costly, as students such as Nick Keith found out much...
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