Archive for the 'Economy' Category
Supertanker Owners May Start Refusing Cargoes Unless Rates Return to a Profitable Level
September 22nd, 2009Via: Hellenic Shipping News: Supertanker owners may start refusing cargoes within the next three months unless rates return to a profitable level, said Frontline Ltd., the biggest operator of the ships which carry almost half the world’s oil. Ship owners are contributing $942 a day toward fuel costs to ship Middle East crude, according to […]
Cannabis Oil Cures Cancer: “Run From The Cure” The Rick Simpson Story
September 22nd, 2009Change: U.S. Charges Obama Fund-Raiser in $290 Million Fraud
September 22nd, 2009Via: Reuters: Hassan Nemazee, a fund-raiser for Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and other Democrats, has been indicted for defrauding Bank of America, HSBC and Citigroup Inc out of more than $290 million in loan proceeds, U.S. prosecutors said on Monday. The announcement follows last month’s indictment of Nemazee, head of a private equity firm and […]
ADM: The Fix Is In
September 22nd, 2009Via: This American Life: We hear from Kurt Eichenwald, whose book The Informant is about the price fixing conspiracy at the food company ADM, Archer Daniels Midland, and the executive who cooperated with the FBI in recording over 250 hours of secret video and audio tapes, probably the most remarkable videotapes ever made of an […]
VERICHIP UP OVER 200%
September 21st, 2009WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. The press release contained the magic combination of letters and numbers: “H1N1.” The volume today is about 320X the three month average volume. This is the PR piece that hit before the open: VeriChip Corporation Granted Exclusive License for Patents Used […]
Iceland: “This Was No Ordinary Crash”
September 21st, 2009“The smallest central bank in the world is central to a financial scandal that threatens to engulf much of the West. What secrets must the larger banks hold?” — The Daily Bell: Iceland: What Ugly Secrets Are Waiting to Be Exposed in the Meltdown? From August. Via: Telegraph: Almost a year since the collapse of […]
The Dark Years Are Here
September 21st, 2009Good reading from July. Via: Matterhorn Asset Management: In this newsletter we will outline what is likely to be the devastating effect of the credit bubbles, government money printing and of the disastrous actions that governments are taking. Starting in the next 6 months and culminating in 2011-12 the world will experience a series of […]
Top U.S. Commander for Afghan War: More Forces or ‘Mission Failure’
September 21st, 2009Failure? Someone wound up with a whole lot of opium and heroin, and a bunch of corporations made a killing from a gusher of absurd and lucrative contracts. That sounds more like just another day at the office than failure to me—considering the criminal organizations involved and their blood soaked gravy train. Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s […]
American Police Force: Web Sites Offer Hints About Jail Company
September 21st, 2009The Billings Gazette has published new information about American Police Force. The author, Ruffin Prevost, contacted me after seeing my post on the matter. I have to clarify something. It’s not that big of a deal, but I feel as though it’s worth getting right. Here’s the full text of the email that I sent […]
Iraq Emerging as Drug Transshipment Point
September 20th, 2009Via: Al Jazeera:
