Handicapped Passenger Told: “Too Disabled to Fly”
October 15, US Airways asked one of its passengers flying from West Palm Beach to Kansas City to exit the airplane. Johnnie Tuitel,...
Economy
Gold and Commodities Soar With Fed Inflation News
Commodities markets have soared on news of a global currency inflationary war by central banks around the world, with gold prices climbing to...
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No Social Security COLA Next Year
Social Security recipients will go a second consecutive year without receiving a cost-of-living adjustment in 2011, according to various press reports. The announcement,...
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Bank of America Suspends Foreclosure Sales
Amid the rising turmoil in the housing market, the Bank of America announced today it is suspending foreclosure sales in all 50 states....
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Washington Could Learn From Havana and Moscow
Once upon a time the United States had some standing to lecture communist countries on the virtues of free markets. Today, however, our...
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Gold and Competitive Currency Destruction
The price of gold as measured against the U.S. dollar hit a record $1,341 per ounce at the close of commodities market day...
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IMF Outlook for Global Economy Gloomy
There is little growth on the horizon for the global economy, and a significant likelihood of further trouble, believes the International Monetary Fund....
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Corn Syrup Makers Seek Name Change for Sweetener
With high-fructose corn syrup suffering from years of bad press, and consumption of the popular sweetener falling to a 20-year low over concerns...
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Recession is Over?
With a straight face, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) announced that the Great Recession ended last June. June of 2009, that...
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Debate Over Government Pension Plans Heats Up
After losing billions during the economic crisis, bloated benefits of state and local government-employee pension plans across America have been thrust into the...
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Secret Billionaire Luncheon Produces Dire Predictions
Bilderbergers, look out, here comes another super secret meeting of billionaires predicting the future of the world’s economy. ...
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Arthur Sulzberger Contemplates the Future of the New York Times
The New York Times will stop publishing its print edition sometime in the future. That's the word from Arthur Sulzberger, publisher of the...
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Shock Therapy for the Housing Market
The Obama administration, writes the New York Times, has done just about everything in its power to prop up the sagging housing market,...
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Unemployment Rate Rises to 9.6 Percent
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the unemployment rate in the United States increased to 9.6 percent during the month...
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Bernanke Whitewashes Fed Responsibility for “Great Recession”
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke largely whitewashed Federal Reserve responsibility for the housing bubble and resultant economic recession in testimony before the...
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