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Economy Bottoming, Demand Improving, Frontline Says (Alistair Holloway)
File photo of Frontline Ltd.'s "Front Shanghai" supertanker. Source: Frontline Ltd., via Bloomberg Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The world economy may be improving from its worst slump in six decades, ...
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How Much Freedom Can One Man Stand? (Joe Bageant)
Not much more, dear hearts, not much more Joe Bageant -- World News Trust Aug. 22, 2009 -- Freedom comes in many forms in America, and new forms are constantly being created. The latest has been ...
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More Money Is Owed Than Exists (Mogambo Guru)
The Mogambo Guru -- World News Trust Aug. 28, 2009 -- TAMPA BAY, Fla. -- I admit that I was pretty sloshed when I started haranguing the other barfly trash sitting near me about how “It has been ...
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Reluctance to Spend May Be Legacy of Recession (Peter S. Goodman)
Aug. 29, 2009 AUSTIN, Tex. (New York Times) -- Even as evidence mounts that the Great Recession has finally released its chokehold on the American economy, experts worry that the recovery may be ...
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H1N1: Are we ready? (Gerry Nott)
Face masks, like the one modelled by Sara Thomas, a sales associate at Homecare & Surgical on Whyte, may become a common sight in Canada if the second wave of H1N1 hits hard. They become popular ...
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Study Says World's Stocks Controlled by Select Few (Lauren Schenkman)
Companies from US, UK and Australia have the most concentrated financial power Aug 25, 2009 -- WASHINGTON (Inside Science News Service) -- A recent analysis of the 2007 financial markets of 48 ...
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To This Partisan Irish Catholic, More Change We Can Believe In (Mary Lyon)
Mary Lyon Mary Lyon, From The Left -- World News Trust Aug. 30, 2009 -- Watching the pageantry accompanying the passing of Senator Ted Kennedy was striking, touching something way deeper in my heart ...
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Ocean 'Garbage Patch' Grows -- Experts Alarmed (AP)
The sheer quantity of plastic that accumulates in the North Pacific Gyre, a vortex formed by ocean and wind currents and located 1,000 miles off the California coast, has scientists worried about ...
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Crochety As He Ever Was (T. Scheisskopf)
T. Scheisskopf -- World News Trust Aug. 29, 2009 -- Love him or hate him, John Dvorak is a professional curmudgeon. While few sectors of our society escape his flinty gaze (usually accompanied by a ...
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BOOK REVIEW: Syria and Iran - Diplomatic Alliance and Power Politics in the Middle East -- Jubin M. Goodarzi
Jim Miles -- World News Trust Syria and Iran -- Diplomatic Alliance and Power Politics in the Middle East. Jubin M. Goodarzi. I.B. Taurus & Co. New York/London. 2009. *** “In the past we prepared for ...
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Racketeering 101: Bailed Out Banks Threaten Systemic Collapse If Fed Discloses Information (Tyler Durden)
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/27/2009 10:35 -0500 (ZeroHedge) -- And so the guns come out blazing. The Clearing House Association, another name for all the banks that were bailed out over the past ...
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