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Bitcoin, an online-only currency scarcely four years old, is breaking out to new highs this week and now sports a total value of $2.8 billion. Just a few months ago, it looked like this economic experiment as the world’s first decentralized technology-based form of money would crash and burn. Since then, ConvergEx’s Nick Colas points […]
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$100 for a can of Lysol and computer monitors for $9 were offered at walmart.com due to a bug in their pricing algorithm. Customers were quick to snap up bargains, some knowingly taking advantage of mispriced items hoping that Wal-Mart would honor prices as displayed. Others purchased items for 1000% of their retail value. So […]
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According to data released by the Social Security Administration, 23 Million Americans make less than $5,000 a year, while only 166 make more than $50 Million per year. Some other data highlights: 119,400 Americans make more than $1 Million per year 81 Million Americans make less than $29,999.99 per year 92.5% of Americans make less […]
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US centric views cannot imagine a world where the US is not the dominating superpower economically, politically, and militarily. Probably, this was what many British felt like post WW1. It’s not surprising that empires rise and fall, but it’s difficult for many of those who are participating in the empire system to be objective, and […]
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President Obama issued an executive order Friday directing a government-wide effort to boost preparation in states and local communities for the impact of global warming. The action orders federal agencies to work with states to build “resilience” against major storms and other weather extremes. For example, the president’s order directs that infrastructure projects like bridges […]
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The US tax code has over 4 million words, since 2001 Congress has made over 5,000 changes to it. It’s the equivalent of 7x the words from War and Peace, and 4x the number of words in all Harry Potter books combined.Each year taxpayer advocate Nina Olsen prepares a report and delivers it to Congress, […]
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This 9 minute video explains succinctly the real driving force behind the EU crisis and the possible endgame, the destruction of the EU nation-state. For more economic animations see http://www.davidmcwilliams.ie/ When I was still in primary school, punk rock emerged – it seemed to me – out of nowhere and re-invented music. Before, music to […]
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Reports are surfacing that the NSA has secretly tapped into two of the largest internet service providers in the US; Google and Yahoo. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Post is reporting that the National Security Agency has secretly broken into the main communications links that connect Yahoo and Google data centers around the world. The […]
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Just days after major Forex banks such as Deutche Bank, Rabobank, and others “The Usual Suspects” have been fined billions for a Libor fixing scandal, the US Department of Justice officially announced a criminal investigation into the fixing of Forex rates. Oct 29 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department is investigating the manipulation of foreign […]
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The economic problem with government bail-outs and intervention is they act as a huge economic player, keeping rates artificially low and stimulating those companies that work directly with the government. The economic problem with this is that while the large companies can remain afloat with this support, very little ‘trickles down’ to small enterprises which […]
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