Friday, January 29, 2016

Headlines in the News January 29, 2016

Amazon Shares Skid After It Reports Weaker Than Expected Q4 Earnings
48.9% of Union Members Worked for Government in 2015
Caterpillar sheds 5,000 workers in three months
A Bold Warning: Financial Meltdown Eminent
Do Americans Believe Hard Work Still Matters?
Cracks in America's economy are growing
Cities Where the Middle Class Can’t Afford Rent Anymore
Oil extends rise on hopes of supply cuts to tackle glut
Two Americas? Half In US Better Off Financially Than They Were 8 Years Ago, Gallup Poll Finds
Federal Reserve releases scenarios for 2016 bank stress tests
Rickards on the case for gold as the Fed ‘tightens into recession’
Fed Chair Janet Yellen to Receive Radcliffe Medal
Six Years and $17 Billion Wasted in Afghanistan
Are the best days of the U.S. economy over?
Sweden to deport up to 80,000 asylum-seekers
‘Glimmer of Hope’ That Homeownership Rate Is on the Upswing
A “Death Spiral” for the Chinese Yuan?
Gold vs. Oil, Equities…& Lumber? - Pension Partners
Survey: More Americans worried about data privacy than income
Why Cheap Gas Might Not Be Good For The U.S. Economy
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Now Among Largest Firearms Investors, Soros in Gun Control Scheme to Dump Stocks: “I’m Very Much Against Guns”
The Web Sites They Don’t Want You To Read: “A Few of These Sites May Be Run By Truly Insane People”
Report: Store Inventory Levels Reduced Nationwide: “Stock Up Now While You Can!”
FBI Video Shows Deadly Confrontation Between Finicum and Feds *Graphic Video Content*

Energy Stories in the News Jan 29

Russia 'interested' in discussing oil market situation
Iranian Oil Exports: US-Iran Relations Complicate European Efforts To Ship Crude
Here's How Much Oil Brazil's Petrobras Has In Reserves
Chevron posts first loss since 2002 on crude oil plunge
Saudi Arabia well equipped to sustain oil market share
Asia Spot LNG: March Falls 10 Cents over the week to Close at $4.95/MMBTU
Japan Diverting Excess LNG Signals Structural Changes In LNG Market
Israel, Greece and Cyprus to Explore Building Joint Gas Pipeline to Europe
Coal bankruptcies won't reduce America's supply glut
US Coal Producers Seek Strategies With More Output Flexibility
Indian Power Plant Thermal Coal Stocks Rise Further to Reach New Highs: CEA
S. Korea's nuclear commission approves restart of shutdown reactor
Power generation still driving uranium demand, but environmental, health concerns persist
Nuclear Inventions Are Here, But Not to Stay
Europe's exchanges vie for dominance of wind power futures
France Is Planning To "Pave" 600 Miles Of Roads With Solar Panels
Siemens Receives 172 MW Wind Turbine Order For Ireland
Wind and Solar Could Dominate US Power by 2030
Singapore Gasoline Cash Premium Falls to One-Year Low on Ample Supply

Precious Metals Stories in the News Jan 29

Jan 29 Gold: Saucer Action In Play  Morris Hubbartt 321gold   
Jan 29 Japan adopts negative interest rate in surprise move  BBC   
Jan 29 US Mint Bullion-Coin Sales 4  Adam Hamilton 321gold   
Jan 29 The Last Couple of Times This Happened The Gold Miners Got Crushed  EAG   
Jan 29 Ka-boom Goes the Bottom of the US Bond Market  WolfStreet   
Jan 29 Three Major Reasons for Gold in 2016  VisualCapitalist   
Jan 29 One of World's Biggest Construction Companies to Hit the Wall?  WolfStreet   
Jan 29 The Deep State and Its Memes  TDB   
Jan 29 What Donald Rumsfeld Knew We Didn't Know About Iraq  Politico   
Jan 29 Bronze Age village yields ancestral secrets  CNN   

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Headlines in the News January 27, 2016

Staples Cuts Jobs In Preparation For Life With Or Without Office Depot Merger
How Wall Street is Coping With More Falling Oil Prices - NewsMax 1/25/2016
Americans hate the U.S. government more than ever
DuPont doubles down on cost cuts including a planned 10% reduction in its workforce ahead of Dow Chemical merger
Case-Shiller: Home prices can't offset struggling economy
Fed likely to keep rate-hike options open
How to fix Fed's 'huge' rate error: Ex-Fed advisor
U.S. recession cries get louder
$8,314,529,850,339.07: Debt Up $70,612.91 Per Household in Obama’s First 7 Years
Gold Hits Peter Hug’s Key Point Of $1,122
Apple's iPhone growth hits a wall
Clueless in Davos By Peter Schiff
VMware, cloud and virtualization software and services, to cut 800 jobs
'Devastating' Brexit will consign Europe to a second rate world power, warns Deutsche Bank
Spending cuts at Hess are only the beginning for oil sector
What the New ‘American Dream’ Looks Like
AIG announces job cuts in sweeping overhaul
Deflating oil market
Economic Activity Is Slowing Down Much Faster Than The Experts Anticipated
China's Steel Cuts Could Lead to 400,000 Job Losses
Walmart, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Nestlé Offer 176 Truckloads Of Clean Water To Flint Schoolkids
USDollar/USDX Index
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FBI Kills Rancher As Oregon Standoff Core Arrested: “We Thought It Would End, But Not Like This”
You Will Be Extremely Outraged When You Read This: Danish Teen FINED for Fending Off Would Be Rapist With Pepper Spray!
Watch: Clinton Town Hall Questions Totally Rigged: “I Can See Why they Gave You This Question”
Americans Are Furious With Their Government: “We Are More Divided As a Nation Than Ever”
These People Were Prepared During Snow Storm Jonas, But They Died Because of This Mistake

Energy Stories in the News Jan 27

OPEC-led attempt for oil-cut deal under way, prospects slim
Saudi Arabia plans to diversify from oil. That hasn't gone so well in Brunei
Sudan lifts three oil product subsidies
U.S. shale firms, struggling to profit with $30 oil, slash spending more
Shell shareholders approve $50 billion BG takeover
Iran in talk with Golar to export LNG to EU
BG and Keppel to fuel ships with LNG in Singapore
The U.S. Coal Industry Is In A Hopeless Situation
Vietnam moves towards a coal-free future
Rio Tinto to earn $830 million after latest coal asset sale
Coal Will Struggle To Survive Australian Solar Surge
Iran keen to build nuclear power plants, small reactors
China expands int'l cooperation in nuclear energy: white paper
Can the world's biggest electricity company restart India's nuclear power programme?
Egypt shifts focus to wind energy
Will New Technology Make Solar Power more Affordable?
Wind energy 'could become cheaper than gas'
Gasoline cargoes sail to Iran, crude exports still tough
Strong European Gasoline Cracks Enticing US Condensate, Crude Oil Shipments: Sources

Precious Metals Stories in the News Jan 27

Jan 27 Gold Silver Ratio Update  Silver Analyst 321gold   
Jan 27 Lifting Sanctions on Iran a Mixed Bag  John Browne 321gold   
Jan 27 The Coming Revaluation of Gold  Hugo Salinas Price plata   
Jan 27 Marc Faber: Precise Outcome Unknown, But It Will Be Negative  TDB   
Jan 27 Money Mind Games, Futures, and the Future  BMI   
Jan 27 Former Hasbro CEO Says "Providence Should Consider Bankruptcy"; An Option Chicago Needs  GEA   
Jan 27 Emerging Markets Running Scared with Capital Controls  EM   
Jan 27 West Creates Terrorism to "Look Superior"  GlobalResearch   
Jan 27 The seven biggest threats to humanity revealed  DM   

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Headlines in the News January 26, 2016

Feds foresee $30 trillion debt, blame looming tax hikes and Obamacare
America Will Spend More on Taxes than Food, Clothing, and Housing Combined (Graphic)
The Fed Passes the Buck: Blame Oil and China
Saudis “Will Not Destroy the US Shale Industry”
Failed Talks Raise Specter of Biggest Default in Puerto Rico Crisis
Saudi Aramco Chairman Says IPO Could Be Open to International Markets: Arabiya TV
Saudi Arabia Seeks Foreign Non-Oil Investors as Crude Slumps
Japan: The World’s 3rd Largest Economy is Sliding Norway’s Biggest Bank Calls for Country to Stop Using Cash
16 Things People Do When They Start the Debt Snowball
The Pour Freedom-15 AR-15 100 Percent Lower Receiver Mold Kit
It’s the X-Files misconduct by Connecticut State police
Grand jury indicts pro-life investigator behind baby part videos, clears Planned Parenthood
Is It Safe? We Asked Scientists
Staples Cuts Jobs In Preparation For Life With Or Without Office Depot Merger
How Wall Street is Coping With More Falling Oil Prices - NewsMax 1/25/2016
Americans hate the U.S. government more than ever
DuPont doubles down on cost cuts including a planned 10% reduction in its workforce ahead of Dow Chemical merger
Case-Shiller: Home prices can't offset struggling economy
Fed likely to keep rate-hike options open
How to fix Fed's 'huge' rate error: Ex-Fed advisor
U.S. recession cries get louder
$8,314,529,850,339.07: Debt Up $70,612.91 Per Household in Obama’s First 7 Years
Gold Hits Peter Hug’s Key Point Of $1,122
Apple's iPhone growth hits a wall
Clueless in Davos By Peter Schiff
VMware, cloud and virtualization software and services, to cut 800 jobs
'Devastating' Brexit will consign Europe to a second rate world power, warns Deutsche Bank
Spending cuts at Hess are only the beginning for oil sector
What the New ‘American Dream’ Looks Like
AIG announces job cuts in sweeping overhaul
Deflating oil market
Economic Activity Is Slowing Down Much Faster Than The Experts Anticipated
China's Steel Cuts Could Lead to 400,000 Job Losses
Walmart, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Nestlé Offer 176 Truckloads Of Clean Water To Flint Schoolkids
USDollar/USDX Index
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What’s Coming Is Here: “Every Economic Indicator Says We Are In Economic Free Fall”
“New American Dream”: Activist Plans to Survive In First Ever ‘Zero Waste Sapioponic’ Homestead

Energy Stories in the News Jan 26

Oil Crash: Nigeria, Iran Clash Over OPEC Emergency Meeting
Cheap prices fail to kill U.S. oil boom
Why Iran is a problem for the oil market
Kuwait's acting oil minister says OPEC strategy is working
Opec pleads for Russian alliance to smash oil speculators
China starts gas production with Chevron
Russian economy minister says discussed Yamal LNG financing by French banks
Britain's wholesale gas to remain cheap this year
SENER to design LNG bunkering vessel
Indian steel companies seek coal blocks after cancelled auctions
Global coal demand down 10yr highs — Report
Britain's coal plant closure plan could risk power supplies - report
Pakistan plans its first mega nuclear power plant
Who's who in the nuclear zoo?
Gamesa wins new orders for 130 MW of wind energy in India
Trend of 'one-off winners' in Indian solar auctions
Biggest floating solar power plant in the world being built in Japan
U.S. Crude, Gasoline Supplies Jump
Asia Gasoline-Pakistan to pay more for Feb-Mar cargoes vs Dec-Jan

Precious Metals Stories in the News Jan 26

Jan 26 Gold Stock Champagne  Stewart Thomson 321gold   
Jan 26 How much longer will the gold-mining bear market last?  Steve Saville 321gold   
Jan 26 Davos, Dalio, and a Depression?!  WolfStreet   
Jan 26 China's banking stress looms like Banquo's Ghost in Davos  Telegraph   
Jan 26 Gold miners are 'the best trade in the world': Strategist  CNBC    Thanks James
Jan 26 Saudi Arabia's Secret Holdings of U.S. Debt Are Suddenly a Big Deal  VT   
Jan 26 Chronicle Of A Debt Foretold  DollarCollapse   
Jan 26 Extreme, Extremer, Extremest  Antiwar   
Jan 26 World's First Massacre Scene? Scientists Make Grisly Discovery In Kenya  HuffingtonPost   

Monday, January 25, 2016

Headlines in the News January 25, 2016

Norway’s Biggest Bank Demands Cash Ban
The Markets Are Backing Central Bankers Into a Corner
Waste-O-Meter: GOP Lawmakers Create Meter to Target “Wasteful” Government Spending
Government Spending is Out of Control
Desperate in Davos: Policymakers Struggle for Answers
IMF Say… Brazil Recession Deepening with Three Lost Years
Rising Debt in Emerging Markets Poses Global Threat
Profit Warnings Hit Crisis Highs as Market Turmoil Wracks UK
The Periodic Table of Commodity Returns
Keys to Preventing Tax Identity Theft
Zika virus, a wolf in sheep’s clothing
Native American GPS
Flint Residents Told That Their Children Could Be Taken Away If They Don’t Pay For City’s Poison Water
The NRA seems to be the only organization that has actually tested the Armatix iP1, the Not-So-Smart Gun.
The Sundance Film Festival Trains Its Sights on the Gun Debate
Gold Is Back in Fashion After a $15 Trillion Global Selloff
Bank Mortgage Settlements Total $144 Billionâ€"â€"Where Did It Go?
Buckle up! This economic doomsayer sees plenty more volatility
Brick & Mortar Retail Losing More Than Online Retail Gaining - Peter Schiff
Moody’s Ponders Credit Downgrades for 120 Energy Companies
NFL Subsidies: Taxpayers Left High and Dry After Rams Move to Los Angeles
This Iconic American Image Is Now Owned By China
The Rich Are Feeling A Lot Less Rich
Morgan Stanley plans to save up to $1 billion by outsourcing some of its jobs to low-cost countries in Asia and Eastern Europe.
Devastating Metastasizing Global Depression On its Way
Darling of Davos, Lagarde has second IMF term sewn up
What Does A Jobless World Mean?
Davos 2016 â€" the FT verdict
What It Costs to Go to the Super Bowl This Year
How Immigrants Fit Into America's Economy, Now and 100 Years Ago
U.S. oil and gas industry continues to lose jobs
Is Germany's attitude to migrants changing?
Japan Trade Deficit Falls in 2015 on Lower Oil Import Costs
U.S. Postal Service Looking For More ‘Experimental’ Delivery Ideas, Cost Savings
USDollar/USDX Index
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The Fed’s Own Data Says This Happens Next: “The Market Is About to See Half Its Value Wiped Out”
“Bloody Swan”: Violent Unrest Inevitable As China’s Economy Kills 400,000 Jobs Overnight
Davos Insider Vows Trump Defeat: “It Doesn’t Matter Who the GOP Puts Up, Hillary Will Win”
Digital Grid IS The Beast System: Norway Eyes “Complete and Total Elimination of Cash”

Energy Stories in the News Jan 25

Oil falls 3 percent on swelling oversupply
Slow return of Iranian oil to global market seen
Japan Oil Imports Fall to Lowest Since 1988 as Demand Drops
OPEC sec-gen urges non-OPEC to help clear oil stocks overhang
Russia's Arctic LNG Competitive Despite Price Rout, Novatek Says
Leviathan gas deal down to the wire ahead of BG-Shell merger vote
Lithuania in revised Statoil deal for LNG imports
US Gas Exports to Secure Positions in Energy Market for… Russia?
As Japan's oil, gas, power use stalls, coal imports hit new record
U.S. coal industry is obsolete
Coal India's supply to power sector up 7% in April-December
India-France to Construct 6 Nuclear Power Reactors at Jaitapur by 2016 End
Russia Pledges $300,000 to IAEA's Innovative Nuclear Reactors Project
France commits 300 mn euros for solar energy development in sun-kissed India
China is Ranked a Booming Market for Wind Capacity Growth, According to Navigant Research
Japan's Kyocera begins construction on world's largest floating solar PV project
Cost of gasoline drops by one more som
How much do Iowans care about ethanol?

Precious Metals Stories in the News Jan 25

Jan 25 BBSSB This past week in gold  Jack Chan 321gold   
Jan 25 Charting the crash - How far will the bounce get?...  CliveMaund   
Jan 25 The Sleepwalkers Awaken  DSCC   
Jan 25 Gold Crawling Amidst the S&P's Mauling  Demeadville   
Jan 25 Gold Could Lose Safe-Haven Bid as Equities Rebound  TDG   
size=-1 face=verdana> Jan 25 SKI #164 Gold Stock Update: Bullish Very Soon? Jeff Kern 321gold
-----> 321gold SPONSORS LIST in alphabetical order 321gold
Jan 25 Gold Standard Ventures [web] Phase 2 2015 drilling extends multiple oxide gold zones...  GSV   
Jan 25 Wicked Skew: When Extreme Losses are Standard Outcomes  HussmanFunds   
Jan 25 Central Banks Are Out of Tricks  OfTwoMinds   
Jan 25 The world hasn't been this deadly since the end of the Cold War  BI   

Friday, January 22, 2016

Headlines in the News January 22, 2016

Southwestern Energy to Lay Off or Trim Roles of 1,100 Workers
Jobless claims jump to 7-month high
"These Are Extremely Poor Results": Deutsche Bank Reports Titanic $7 Billion Annual Loss
Safe-Haven Demand Is Back for Gold; Silver Could Re-Test $18 -- Capital Economics
Union Pacific CEO says consumers 'just don't seem to be showing up'
World economy teetering on edge of recession: Citi's Buiter
Obama Family’s October Weekend Fundraising Getaway to San Diego Cost Taxpayers $2,001,468.90 in Travel Expenses Alone
Why big banks are cutting jobs in 90 seconds | FT Business
Schlumberger Earnings Bolstered by New $10 Billion Buyback Program
California to test taxing drivers by the mile
Boeing to cut 747-8 production in half as demand slows
Nasdaq's Friedman: Lower gas prices can be very good for consumers
American Express to trim $1 billion in expenses
George Soros Says He Expects Hard Landing for China Economy
The canary in the coal mine | America’s Markets
IMF demands EU debt relief for Greece before new bailout
Americans are applying for student debt forgiveness from the government on the basis of “fraud”
Could Auto Dealers' Anemic Stock Performance Be a Harbinger of U.S. Economic Weakness?
Chinese devaluation
Global Stocks Enter Bear Market: One-Fifth Of All Worldwide Stock Market Wealth Is Already Gone
Four Fed Rate Increases in 2016? Its Peers Say No
Chipotle’s Woes Reportedly Leading To Layoffs At Suppliers
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This Is How Quickly Society Will Break Down: “If You Don’t Have Food Yet I Feel Sorry For You”
Forced Economic Free Fall the Precursor to Collapse: “The World Is About To Enter A Global Depression Unlike Anything Seen Before”

Energy Stories in the News Jan 22

Oil crash: idled rigs stack up as crisis grips North Sea
Oil prices rip above $30 after ECB stimulus promise echoes
No sign Saudi Arabia will ride to oil market rescue
The World Is Not Running Out Of Storage Space For Oil
Iran to negotiate using Oman's LNG vacant capacity
Egypt Skips Gas Bill, Loses LNG Shipment
Ukraine imports natural gas from Europe at $237.4 in Nov
Coal demand from China's power sector may improve on expected cold wave
China shutting another 4,300 coal mines
Colombia Steps Up Coal Expansion Push as Global Glut Sinks Price
IAEA Urges Japan to Improve Equipment, Staff Training to Restart NPPs
Chinese firms attend UK Civil Nuclear Showcase
Energy Department Funds Two Advanced Nuclear Programs
Go Nuclear! This Uranium Stock Is Poised to Double in 2016
Vestas to acquire service provider Availon
US Energy Department Funds Solar Energy Storage Projects

Precious Metals Stories in the News Jan 22

Jan 22 Key Gold Stocks Rally & Russell Index Woes  Morris Hubbartt 321gold   
Jan 22 Absurd Gold-Stock Levels  Adam Hamilton 321gold   
Jan 22 When Did The Present Recession Start?  Bob Hoye 321gold   
Jan 22 Gold Maintains Value Despite Oil and Stock Market Crash  Jeb Handwerger 321gold   
Jan 22 The Rosen Market Timing Letter  Ron Rosen 321gold   
Jan 22 Avrupa [web] To exhibit at VRIC & Mineral Exploration Roundup, Vancouver  AVU   
Jan 22 Wal-Mart Makes Rare Retreat on Home Turf  WSJ   
Jan 22 Consumer Drowning Sorrows at the Bar  TBP   
Jan 22 Saudi Arabia and Israel: An Axis of Convenience  Antiwar   
Jan 22 The world's most valuable substances by weight  ResourceClips   

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Headlines in the News January 21, 2016

Wal-Mart to Hike Pay for 1.2 Million Workers in 2016
U.S. pipeline giant Kinder Morgan swings to loss , cuts spending plans
John Williams-Dollar Takes Significant Hit
Will a Blizzard Freeze U.S. Economic Growth for a Third Straight Year?
China Is Getting Less and Less Bang for Its Credit Buck
Barclays to Cut Investment Bank Jobs in New York, London
Compensation At Goldman Sachs Rises 5% Even As Profits Tumble 71%
Deutsche Bank just announced preliminary earnings â€" and they're terrible
First ‘Liquid American Freedom’ Tanker Of Crude Arrives In Europe
Why are jobs surging amid such weak GDP growth?
Is $2.2 Trillion in Losses in U.S. Stocks in 2016 the End?
What Chaos in China's Markets Means for the World... and You
U.S. Steel may cut nearly 700 Texas jobs
Why the Federal Reserve Will Not Raise Interest Rates
"If Assets Remain Correlated, They'll Be A Depression": Ray Dalio Says QE4 Just Around The Corner
Europe on the verge of collapse: Soros
Congressional Budget Office Update Shows Growing Debt Burden Will Face Next President
Is America Ready for Socialism?
IMF Predicts 'Reasonable Growth' for World Economy
Are We in a Bubble?
Shell shares touch six-year low as profits slide
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Hawking Warns Humanity Could Self-Destruct: “Spread Out Into Space To Avoid Earth Disaster”
62 Richest Rule Age of Inequality: “Today’s Elites Are Gods. This Should Make Us Angry.”
The Powers That Be Have Lost Control: “Everything Is Falling Apart Everywhere”
Americans Fail to See Risk in the System, As Markets Implode: “Like Sheep to Slaughter”

Energy Stories in the News Jan 21

Iraq oil sales at record, unaffected by Iran's return to market
Total to sell stake in Russian oil project
As Oil Markets Go Mad, Saudis Protect Oil Market Share By Spending Petrodollars In China
Oil price: fall to $10 a barrel 'not impossible', admits BP boss
Global Shale Gas Market Set for Explosive Growth, To Reach Around USD 105.0 Billion by 2020, Growing at 9% CAGR – Market Research Store
China's Dec LNG imports up 4.6 pct on year - customs
World's Biggest LNG Project Is Starting in the Worst Market in Years
Iran rejects selling LNG shares to foreign companies
China to allocate $4.6 bln to shut 4,300 coal mines -Xinhua
German hard coal imports fell 4 percent yr-yr in 2015 -importers
"Coal to remain key fuel for India's power sector"
China Nuclear to bring nuclear power to Saudi Arabia
Russia, Finland break ground on nuclear power plant
China and Russia plan to cover the oceans with floating nuclear power plants
US Nuclear Power Reactors Operated at Rrecord 91.9% Capacity in 2015: NEI
Chinese solar capacity outshone Germany's in 2015
GE Announces 1.4 Gigawatts of December Wind Orders
Australia's largest solar plants are open for business
Should the ethanol industry promote E30 fuel blend?
Refineries Overwhelmed By Flood Of Ethanol

Precious Metals Stories in the News Jan 21

Jan 21 World faces wave of epic debt defaults, fears CB veteran  Telegraph    Must Read
Jan 21 A Foothold for Gold  MA   
Jan 21 The Deflation Monster Has Arrived  PP   
Jan 21 IMF slashes global growth forecast... Jan 21 Mexico CB Warns of "Potentially Severe Shock" ...  GEA   
Jan 21 Novo [web] Samples up to 143.8 g/t Au at Blue Spec  NVO   
Jan 21 Gold Standard Ventures [web] Intersects 97.0 m of 1.61 g Au/t & 15.4 m of 1.85 g Au/t  GSV   
Jan 21 Fed Starts To Walk Back Its Rate Hike. Next Step: More QE, Bigger Experiments  DollarCollapse   
Jan 21 What is a middle class income in America?  MB360   
Jan 21 The Warmongers' Brawl - How The GOP Is Deserting Free Markets, Sound Money...  DSCC   
Jan 21 10 People Who Survived Being Buried Alive  Listverse   

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Headlines in the News January 20, 2016

IMF cuts global growth forecast as China slows
Johnson & Johnson to cut 3,000 jobs
Macy's just announced the end of department stores as we know them
China's Slowdown Not Helping Gold's Struggle; Silver Faring Well
The Coming Era of Financial Triage
41% of workers took no vacation last year
Morgan Stanley CEO Outlines Cost Cuts, Growth Plans
When Free Trade Fails, War Follows - Ron Paul
Cashin: US could slip into a recession
And You Thought QE Was Over: The Fed Will Monetize Half Of This Year's U.S. Treasury Issuance
Nearly 500K immigrants overstayed visas in 2015
Don't Be Duped; The IRS Isn't Calling You
Dry Bulk: Worst Crisis in Living Memory Continues as Baltic Dry Index Falls Further
Layoffs Won't Fix Walmart's Real Problem
Will 2016 Be the Year the Fed Fails?
Hong Kong's dollar peg under pressure
UnitedHealth expects to lose nearly $1 billion on Obamacare
Homebuilder confidence remains at 6-month low
Chipotle To Give Employees Paid Sick Leave So They Don’t Make Customers Ill
Pathogenic Finance
Tiffany Tumbles on Weak Holiday Sales
The Last 16 Times This Happened There Was A Recession…
USDollar/USDX Index
DJIA
“Policing For Profit”: Cops Claimed Couple Had Drugs, But They Were Really Looking for Cash
Meltdown Is Upon Us: “The Wealth Destruction Has Been Ongoing, But Is Only Now Truly Visible”
The Perception Of Patriotism: Sears Censors “The Right Of the People To Bear Arms” On Zippo Lighters

Energy Stories in the News Jan 20

Oil sinks again on glut as U.S. crude hits new lows
Oil Swap Deal: Nigeria loses Over 1 Billion - FIRS
Shell Expects Profit to Plunge, as Oil Sell-Off Continues
Saudi Arabia-Iran Tussle Fanning Oil Oversupply Weighting Further
US to Become Relatively 'Big' LNG Exporter by 2019 - EIA Administrator
BP remains ambitious on gas in Egypt, despite weak oil prices
Chile's LNG Imports Total 170,300 MT in November, Up 10% Year on Year
Royal Dutch Shell exits key natural gas project in Abu Dhabi
China 2015 coal output drops 3.5 pct on soft demand, pollution curbs
Mining giant BHP pessimistic on iron ore, coal prices in next few years
Pakistan signs coal mining deals with China
Strong India, Africa Demand Lifts South Africa 2015 Coal Exports
Saudi Arabia, China sign MoU to build nuclear reactor
UK and Germany at loggerheads over China solar import deal
Vestas gets 56-MW wind turbine order in Poland
Australia's AGL cuts ribbon on 155-MW of solar plants
Iran's Wind Potential Assessed by German Turbine Maker Nordex

Precious Metals Stories in the News Jan 20

Jan 20 Final Run To Lower Lows Setting Up  Avi Gilburt 321gold   
Jan 20 The Coming Era of Financial Triage Jan 20 Scrap Bank of England's powers after century of boom & bust, says ASI  Telegraph   
Jan 20 Global Asset Allocation Update  AP   
Jan 20 Gold import bill up 12%, reaches $35 bn in 2015  BusinessStandard   
Jan 20 Oil price crash means petrol could become cheaper than bottled water  Telegraph   
Jan 20 Real Time Currency Collapse In Canada – This Is What It's Going To Look Like In the USA  SHTFplan   
Jan 20 The Assassination Complex  Intercept   
Jan 20 New form of carbon said to be strongest material ever found  TheVerge   

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Headlines in the News January 19, 2016

IMF cuts global growth forecast as China slows
Johnson & Johnson to cut 3,000 jobs
Macy's just announced the end of department stores as we know them
China's Slowdown Not Helping Gold's Struggle; Silver Faring Well
The Coming Era of Financial Triage
41% of workers took no vacation last year
Morgan Stanley CEO Outlines Cost Cuts, Growth Plans
When Free Trade Fails, War Follows - Ron Paul
Cashin: US could slip into a recession
And You Thought QE Was Over: The Fed Will Monetize Half Of This Year's U.S. Treasury Issuance
Nearly 500K immigrants overstayed visas in 2015
Don't Be Duped; The IRS Isn't Calling You
Dry Bulk: Worst Crisis in Living Memory Continues as Baltic Dry Index Falls Further
Layoffs Won't Fix Walmart's Real Problem
Will 2016 Be the Year the Fed Fails?
Hong Kong's dollar peg under pressure
UnitedHealth expects to lose nearly $1 billion on Obamacare
Homebuilder confidence remains at 6-month low
Chipotle To Give Employees Paid Sick Leave So They Don’t Make Customers Ill
Pathogenic Finance
Tiffany Tumbles on Weak Holiday Sales
The Last 16 Times This Happened There Was A Recession…
USDollar/USDX Index
DJIA
7 Jobs That Are Going to Survive the Next Economic Crash
Goldman Pays Fine For Causing 2008 Crisis As “The Rest of the World Faced Financial Armageddon”

Energy Stories in the News Jan 19

What will add to global glut of crude? Iran wants its oil industry to increase production
Saudi Arabia oil production falls slightly in December
Suncor deal for Canadian Oil Sands a sign of shakeups to come
Kazakhstan cuts oil production
IMF: China and oil will drag down global growth
Pakistan,Russia to discuss $2 b LNG project
Shell pulls out of Abu Dhabi natural gas development project
Bahrain Interested in Russian LNG Deliveries – Energy Minister
Chevron Signs Second China LNG Deal as Gorgon Output Nears
China 2015 coal output drops 3.5% on soft demand, pollution curbs
RWE rejects fresh calls for end to coal generation
South Africa's Richards Bay Coal Exports Rise to Record in 2015
Iran, China eye constructing nuclear power plants
IAEA Chief to Stand for 3rd Term as Nuclear Watchdog's Director General
Hitachi creates new company for Wylfa nuclear job
Department of Energy: US to invest in advanced nuclear power reactors
Nigeria needs investment to increase its renewable energy output
Vestas opens 400-MW nacelle factory in Brazil's Ceara
UAE's Masdar to invest $300 mln in Jordan solar project
China now the largest installer of clean energy, report says
Kuwait may announce cuts to gasoline subsidy by March

Precious Metals Stories in the News Jan 19

class="highlight"> Jan 19 Novo Scores Financing Coup  Bob Moriarty 321gold   
Jan 19 Gold: Main Street Leads Wall Street  Stewart Thomson 321gold   
Jan 19 Gold has passed the lows  Sam Kirtley 321gold   
Jan 19 Time to Get "Radical" for Emerging Market Central Banks  WolfStreet   
Jan 19 Could China's Housing Bubble Bring Down the Global Economy?  OfTwoMinds   
Jan 19 Bitcoin: The Other Crash?  TDB   
Jan 19 Maybe Valuations do Matter  TBP   
Jan 19 Ready for World War III with China?  BATR   
Jan 19 Intermittent Fasting Can Sharpen Your Brain and Help You Live Longer  AlterNet   

Friday, January 15, 2016

Headlines in the News January 15, 2016

Walmart to shutter 269 stores
Fed to hike rates three times in 2016, economic outlook subdued: poll
Jamie Dimon: 'It is as good as it's ever been'
'Post-Traumatic Debt Disorder'
December Job Numbers Just Don't Add Up
Is it time to bail out the U.S. oil industry?
Why U.S. retail sales will be weak again in December
Nearly Half of Millennials Say the American Dream Is Dead. Here’s Why.
Goldman Sachs to pay $5 billion to settle toxic mortgage bond claims
13 retailers got less of your money
Feds Want to Spend $4B to Advance Self-Driving Car Tech
U.S Economic Collapse: This Is a Dire Warning for Americans Everywhere
Forget $20 - Oil Prices At $8 Per Barrel In Canada
Economy Stalled, Going DOWN - David Morgan
U.S. government pushes for self-driving cars
Could China's Housing Bubble Bring Down the Global Economy?
Baltic Dry Index hits all-time low; can bulk shipping survive?
Americans Outsmart Uncle Sam, Doom ObamaCare
An About-Face for the Fed & Gold
Gordon Long: If You Think QE Was an Experiment, You Haven't Seen Anything Yet!
GE Brings Things (Tax breaks) To Life In Boston; Lights Out In Connecticut
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Stocking Up For Troubled Times, Americans Return to Tradition of “Prepping for the Unforeseen”
Prepare For Total Economic Disaster: “We Are Going Down And Going Down Hard”

Energy Stories in the News Jan 15

Russia says coordinated oil output cuts with OPEC unlikely
India's 2015 imports of African oil highest in at least 5 yrs - trade data
Venezuela's oil-based economy is about to flatline. Then what?
OPEC's oil basket price drops to $25 a barrel
Crude dive deepens as market braces for more Iranian oil
Exclusive: Russia likely to scale down China gas supply plans - sources
Mexico and Cuba considering joint natural gas project -minister
Shell to lose $1billion contract as Qatar offers Pakistan lower price
Changes afoot for U.S. coal industry
Switch from coal to gas a distant prospect for Germany
Vietnam's VINACOMIN Targets to Produce 39.87 Mil mt Coal in 2016, Up 7% on Year
Russia in Talks With India to Continue Nuclear Fuel Deliveries
SA's future? Belgium's (30yr old) nuclear plants raise safety concerns
This technology may be the future of solar energy
Wind energy in Denmark breaking world records
SunEdison To Cover 25 California School Parking Lots With Solar
UNICA: Ethanol production up nearly 5% through December
Qatar to hike gasoline prices by 30 percent at midnight

Precious Metals Stories in the News Jan 15

Jan 15 Gold Market Tactics: Profit Taking Is Key  Morris Hubbartt 321gold   
Jan 15 Major Stock Bear Awakening  Adam Hamilton 321gold   
Jan 15 In short what is going on  Groenewegen 321gold   
Jan 15 This Unique Gold Buying Strategy Is Lifting Selected Producers  Dave Forest 321gold   
Jan 15 Deflationary Forces Gather Strength – Where Do Investors Seek Refuge?  EAG   
Jan 15 Almaden: Succeeding in a Tough Resource Market with World-Class Management and Gold-Silver Discovery  AUreport   
Jan 15 The rise of the part-time and disposable employment army  MB360   
Jan 15 Sen. Rand Paul: The Fed Is Crippling America  Time   
Jan 15 War Is Realizing the Israelizing of the World  Antiwar   
Jan 15 Diamond found at Arkansas Park expected to fetch $1 million  Mining   

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Headlines in the News January 13, 2016

$1 trillion erased from stocks so far in 2016
Six Years Later, 93% of U.S. Counties Haven’t Recovered From Recession, Study Finds
Fed's Lacker: China not affecting fundamentals of U.S. economy
Jim Rogers discusses the real danger facing out economy
Illegal immigration by families surges 38 percent
Chicago Issues Debt to Cover Pension Shortfall
Oil could crash to $10 a barrel, warn investment bank bears
The temptations of housing finance bubbles
Global bank warns investors to ‘sell everything’ amid ‘cataclysmic year’
Gold Sinks on Bearish Outside Markets After Hitting Two-Month High
Official: Puerto Rico Power Company Lacks $1B Due Creditors
China’s $7.7 Trillion Neutron Bombâ€"-A Giant Banking System Stuffed With Bad Loans
Keiser Report: Bonfire of Misallocated Capital
Chinese RMB Will Continue To Depreciate: Morgan Stanley
What Have Seven Years of ‘Hope and Change’ Actually Done for Americans?
Odds are $1.5 billion Powerball winner will end up bankrupt
Auto Show: Some See Sales Slowdown; Fuel Economy Quandry
BAE Systems announces Jacksonville shipyard layoffs
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Stalling Economy Threatens Food Supply: “This Perfect Storm Could Cause You to Starve to Death”
Most Powerball Lotto Players Desperate to “Escape From the Feeling of Poverty”
Victim’s Father Demands Obama Use Martial Law Powers: “Declare State of Emergency for Gun Epidemic”
“Sell Everything!” Royal Bank of Scotland Tells Investors to Fear 2016 Financial Cataclysm