• The real New World Order..American hegemony in decline? McDonald's: 1,000 new restaurants around the World in 2010 McDonald's plans to open 1,000 new restaurants next year and renovate 2,300 existing locations.
At a meeting of company investors on Thursday, the fast-food giant said it would focus on opening new...
• Cheap food depends on cheap oil ‘GIVEN THAT food is as important to our well-being as health care and education," says Jennifer Scott, "it is curious that farmers are finding it so difficult to squeeze out a living from...
• We Can Expect More and More People to Want to Own Gold Meanwhile, gold hit a new record high yesterday. It's at 1,089. More on gold, below. The Dow went up too - 203 points yesterday. It's over 10,000 again. Not very impressive for a bear market bounce....
• Gold suppression is public policy and public record, not 'conspiracy theory' Thank you for coming to listen to me today. Please forgive my inability to speak German. I'll be discussing many documents, some of them fairly complicated, but don't worry if you miss something...
• The Job Loss Recovery British Airways to cut extra 1,200 jobs amid losses GM plans to cut 10,000 Opel jobsDaimler aims to cut 1,000 jobs at Mercedes 10,500 JOB CUTS BY VAUXHALL BOSSES Still Waiting for Details on...
• Reality: Global economy has no substitute for falling dollar Let’s see. The Chinese are cross because the falling dollar means the stacks of American IOUs they have in their vaults will be paid back in a devalued currency. The Americans are cross because...
• Recession Will Be 'Full-Blown Depression': Strategist This global recession will turn into a "full-blown depression," Nicu Harajchi, CEO of N1 Asset Management, said Friday, adding that global stimulus hasn't come down to Main Street. Wall Street is...
• Gold: What's REALLY Behind the Record Rise, Bull or Bubble? When prices in a financial market go from Sea Level to Outer Space in a relatively brief time, two scenarios are at work -- and they both start with the letters “B-U.” When a precious...
• UK: State pension age should be 70, say bosses The state pension age should rise to 70 as soon as "reasonably practical", company directors argued today. The Institute of Directors called for a "radical reform" of both the state and private...
• A second Great Depression is still possible Over the past year the global economy has experienced a massive contraction, the deepest since the Great Depression of the 1930s. But this spring, economists started talking of “green...
• FRANCE: No Improvement Expected In Global Economy - Carrefour CEO Lars Olofsson, CEO of Carrefour, has said he does not expect any major improvement in the world economy in the near future. Talking to the Wall Street Journal, Olofsson noted, “I don't see any...
• Reality: Is There Really a Global 'Cabal' Aiming to Dump the Dollar? Comment (an opinion): If you think the dollar is going to hell in a handbasket soon, you are in for a surprise. All these stories about the dollar just about to collapse are nothing but...
• Economic Shocks: Census Data Show Recession-Driven Changes A smaller share of Americans married, drove to work alone, owned their own home or moved to a new residence last year than the year before. More lived in overcrowded housing. Property values...
• U.S. Controlled IMF To Be Everybody's Central Bank? The International Monetary Fund pitched its case Friday for becoming a global central bank, a function that would require a hefty capital injection but could help even out imbalanced and...
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