Economy
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Japan Nuclear situation 'grave and serious' (Irish Times)
Japanese prime minister Naota Kan at a news conference Friday. Photo: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg Mar 25, 2011 (Irish Times) -- The situation at Japan's crippled nuclear complex in Fukushima 240km ...
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Fukushima Radiation: Some Difficult Truths (Ritt Goldstein)
Mar. 24, 2011 (CommonDreams.org) -- As radiation counts elevate in Japan, news of nuclear contamination spreading across a widening spectrum of life and its necessities, official pronouncements ...
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Natural Flow of History: Hamas Should Rethink Charter (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Mar. 24, 2011 -- “Now it is time to naturalize the flow of history,” wrote Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs (British Guardian, Mar. 16, 2011). ...
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Corporations Serve the State: Sanction Policies and the Zionist Power Structure (James Petras)
Mar. 22, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- One of the key distinctions between a capitalist and a non-capitalist (socialist, feudal, absolutist state) economy is the separation of state and ...
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Japan’s ‘BP Moment’ Troubles Global Economy (William Pesek)
Mar. 20, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- You never want to kick a nation when it’s down. It’s time, though, to consider the depth of Japan’s coming recession. A week ago, before radiation fears prompted a mass ...
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US Cost of Living Hits Record, Passing Pre-Crisis High (John Melloy)
Mar. 17, 2011 (CNBC) -- One would think that after the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, Americans could at least catch a break for a while with deflationary forces keeping the cost ...
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Mich. passes 'financial martial law' bill (Jennifer Epstein)
Gov. Rick Snyder requested the expanded state powers the legislation provides. | AP Photo Mar. 16, 2011 (Politico) -- Michigan legislators have approved a bill authorizing state-appointed emergency ...
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All Out War on Libya: Surge in the Price of Crude Oil (Prof. Michel Chossudovsky)
"Humanitarian Wars are Good for Business"... Speculators Applaud... This is Part III of a three-part article. PART I Insurrection and Military Intervention: The US-NATO Attempted Coup d'Etat in ...
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US begins assault against Libyan air defenses (AP)
Mar. 19, 2011 -- WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. military attacked Moammar Gadhafi's air defenses Saturday with strikes along the Libyan coast that were launched by Navy vessels in the Mediterranean. A ...
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Secretive Plan For a Global Currency (Ellen Brown)
"The Tower of Basel," Bank For International Settlements headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. Mar. 17, 2011 (Global Research) -- The following is an excerpt of a chapter by Ellen Brown from the new ...
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US Wholesale prices up 1.6 pct. on steep rise in food (AP)
Wholesale prices rise 1.6 pct. due to biggest jump in food costs in more than 36 years Mar. 16, 2011 -- WASHINGTON (AP) -- Wholesale prices jumped last month by the most in nearly two years due to ...
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