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Bitcoin was thought to be dead and dying after a series of attacks to the Tor network, and the shutdown of the site “Silk Road” a site where users could purchase anything illicit from drugs to fake passports. But since then Bitcoin has surged to record highs, attracting the attention of the US Senate which […]
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European politicians have voted for a suspension of an ongoing Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP), in light of recent revelations that the NSA has been spying on EU politicians, businesses, and individual citizens. The EU should suspend its Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) agreement with the US in response to the US National Security Agency’s […]
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Many in the US may be surprised how governments and institutions react in the long term to solve the global economic crisis. Those in Asia and Europe may not be. Simply, the economy is not producing enough to cover the losses. If the US continue down this path, at some point in the future tax […]
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Yesterday we saw reports from Info Wars about a letter received from a Chase business banking customer limiting cash use per cycle to $50,000 and forbidding international wire payments. On the surface the letter looked legit (after having received hundreds of such letters over the years) but was this customer in particular having some specific […]
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Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com October 16, 2013 Chase Bank has moved to limit cash withdrawals while banning business customers from sending international wire transfers from November 17 onwards, prompting speculation that the bank is preparing for a looming financial crisis in the United States. Numerous business customers with Chase BusinessSelect Checking and Chase BusinessClassic accounts […]
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“Everybody, sooner or later, sits down to a banquet of consequences.” Robert Louis Stevenson “They don’t have intelligence. They have what I call thintelligence. They see the immediate situation. They think narrowly and they call it ‘being focused.’ They don’t see the surroundings. They don’t see the consequences.” Michael Crichton The Fed is faced with […]
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CEPR: THE ROOTS OF SHADOW BANKING Enrico Perotti Univ of Amsterdam, DSF and DNB Download PDF
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When a little birdie dropped the End Game memo through my window, its content was so explosive, so sick and plain evil, I just couldn’t believe it. The Memo confirmed every conspiracy freak’s fantasy: that in the late 1990s, the top US Treasury officials secretly conspired with a small cabal of banker big-shots to rip […]
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The Buffets and the Gates of the US will be shedding a few tears this week as the United States and Switzerland have reached an agreement that brings the status of the latter as a tax haven for Americans (or will they?). No more hiding their cash away in Swiss banks. No more tax avoidance […]
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