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Thursday, September 07, 2006

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Wheat imports seen as sign of reversal in India's food security "In 1981, the growth rate of agricultural output was three-four per...
Wednesday, September 06, 2006

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Worker productivity rose at a revised 1.6% annual rate in the second quarter, up from an initially reported increase of 1.1%, the Labor Depa...

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IMF warns of ‘severe global slowdown’ The IMF warns slower growth could be triggered by a sharp US housing market slowdown or by surging inf...
Tuesday, September 05, 2006

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Pakistan signs peace deal with pro-Taliban militants The Pakistani government and pro-Taliban militants announced that they signed a peace a...

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IRS sends collection agencies calling for back taxes Beginning this week, thousands of Americans who owe taxes to the federal government wil...

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The confidence of American consumers strengthened in the latest week, possibly due to lower gasoline prices, ABC News and The Washington Pos...
Sunday, September 03, 2006

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Fears of 'extreme' TB strain Among the areas found to have been affected by extreme drug-resistant TB are Latvia and South Africa. S...
Saturday, September 02, 2006

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Nightmare Mortgages Now the signs of excess are crystal clear. Up to 80% of all option ARM borrowers make only the minimum payment each mont...

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Can't Rule Out China Hard Landing: Bernanke "Although the banking sector is burdened with an enormous and probably growing stock of...

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Bernanke said the boom in US productivity that began a decade ago is likely to continue. The International Monetary Fund is set to increase...
Thursday, August 31, 2006

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U.S. Personal consumption expenditures rose 0.1% in July, less than expected. YoY it is up 2.4%. U.S. personal incomes rose 0.5% in July, ...

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Wednesday, August 30, 2006

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Nations scour for wheat as drought shrivels supply World wheat stocks are expected to decline to 117 million tonnes this year from 135 mill...

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The Department of Commerce said that real GDP increased 2.9% in the second quarter, up from the previous estimate of 2.5%. YoY real GDP is u...

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The Five Morons Revisited Now I get it. When Fox News’ Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilley assured us that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass de...
Tuesday, August 29, 2006

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It's Cheaper to Go Dutch The Dutch are, no argument, the world's experts. Which raises a question as U.S. politicians and bureaucrat...

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U.S. Consumer confidence index dropped from 107.0 to 99.6 in August, the lowest in nine months. The Federal Reserve is not "behind the ...
Monday, August 28, 2006

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Selective Prosecution of War Crimes Saddam Hussein's attorneys do not deny that innocents were killed in the gassing of Kurdish villag...

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China will invest some $5 bln in energy projects in Venezuela by 2012. The Indian government has allowed import of an additional 2 million ...
Sunday, August 27, 2006

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Experts warn U.S. is coming apart at the seams A pipeline shuts down in Alaska. Equipment failures disrupt air travel in Los Angeles. Electr...
Saturday, August 26, 2006

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YoY consumer prices in Tokyo were up 0.9% in August. In Japan overall prices were up 0.3% YoY. Less than expected. Statistics Canada estim...
Thursday, August 24, 2006

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Freedom in a Cage In his most recent news conference Mr. Bush said: "if we ever give up the desire to help people who live in freedom, ...

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Israel may 'go it alone' against Iran He said there was a need to understand that "when push comes to shove," Israel would...

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New home sales fell 4.3% in July, the Commerce Department said Thursday. For 2006, new home sales were down 14% YoY. First-time U.S. jobles...
Wednesday, August 23, 2006

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Existing- home sales dropped 4.1 percent in July from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.33 million units, the Nat...

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US interventions have boosted Iran, says report The US-led "war on terror" has bolstered Iran's power and influence in the Mi...

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DNA database can flag suspects through relatives "It's a major privacy intrusion in the life of families," says Tania Simoncel...
Tuesday, August 22, 2006

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Bush's notes I took a few minutes with Photoshop, and now here are the same notes, rotated and made a little clearer, as if we're l...

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Bundesbank rules out gold sales to fill budget gaps "Such one-off measures are never a good idea," the Bundesbank chief said. ...

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More rate increases could still be needed to cut inflation , Chicago Federal Reserve President Michael Moskow said. French Q2 GDP rose 1.1...

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Drought, water worries cloud skies for US farmers The region under the greatest stress is the Great Plains, an area from North Dakota to Tex...

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China to spend US$125 billion to improve water facilities, combat pollution Water companies from France, England, and Germany already have i...

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Crude oil could hit $300 a barrel "The industry cut too many corners when prices were low. For 25 years, there was not a proper mainten...
Monday, August 21, 2006

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. Can taxation curb obesity? "When two-thirds of the population of countries like Australia or the US are obese or overweight, you can...

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The dollar hit a fresh two-month low against the Euro on Monday as investors shunned the greenback amid signs the U.S. economy is slowing. ...

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The timing is political Unlike the herd of security experts, I have had the highest security clearance; I have done a huge amount of profess...
Sunday, August 20, 2006

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Lieberman calls for Rumsfeld to quit

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The Arctic and Future Energy Resources The Northwest Passage connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by way of waters around the Arctic Arc...

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Scientists flock to test 'free energy' discovery McCarthy claims it provides five times the amount of energy a mobile phone battery ...
Saturday, August 19, 2006

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Mass murder in the skies: was the plot feasible? Now we have news of the recent, supposedly real-world, terrorist plot to destroy commercial...

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Despatches: The real threat we face is Blair John Pilger A senior Metropolitan Police officer, Paul Stephenson, claims the Heathrow plot ...
Friday, August 18, 2006

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The University of Michigan's preliminary index of sentiment declined to 78.7 from 84.7 in July. The Chinese central bank today raised ...

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A Penny Saved is a Waste of Time JOHN PUGSELY Ha! Those novice debasers were pikers. It took them 300 years to steal 97% of the coin's v...
Thursday, August 17, 2006

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Federal Judge Orders Halt to Warrantless Wiretapping A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government's warrantless surveillance progr...

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Cost of water shortage: civil unrest, mass migration and economic collapse Cholera may return to London, the mass migration of Africans coul...

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The Conference Board Index of Leading Economic Indicators fell 0.1 percent in July. The Labor Department reported that 312,000 workers appli...
Wednesday, August 16, 2006

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Snow White's dwarfs more famous than US judges: poll Three quarters of Americans can correctly identify two of Snow White's seven dw...

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The U.S. Labor Department said that YoY consumer prices were up 4.1% in July. Excluding food and energy, prices were up 2.7% YoY. Chinese f...
Tuesday, August 15, 2006

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Wholesale prices, with food and fuel prices removed, fell 0.3 percent in July, the best showing for core inflation in nine months. Wholesal...

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Could Puno and Guantanamo Be The Next Hong Kongs? The U.S. should remember what a colossal effect West Berlin had on the other side of the ...
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