Interesting Headlines in the News Aug 02

Markets On Edge As Debt Limit Debate Drags On
Moody's Says US Should Retain Top Credit Rating
Recession Risks Up Amid Slow Growth, Debt Standoff
Credit ratings agencies mum so far on debt-ceiling deal
The End of Retirement
Debt ceiling deal won't restart hiring
Coin Seigniorage: One Solution to Debt Ceiling
How the Debt-Ceiling Debacle
When a Cut is Not a Cut
Who Will Uncle Sam Pay If There Is No Debt Deal?
Uneasy House OK's Debt Deal
Liberal Debt Deal Revolt
Economy Losing Its Cushion
What's Wrong With America's Job Engine?
When a Cut is Not a Cut
Koch Brothers' Campaign to Kill Social Security
The Gold Plated Years
Statement on Proposed Debt Ceiling Deal

Bill to examine banking crisis, failures passes House
US in 'denial' over China's Pacific strategy
Deal in hand, Hawker and union prepare for contract vote
Jefferson County in Alabama May Vote
U.S. Debt-Ceiling Agreement
'Embarrassed' Corporate Leaders Quiet on Fight
House Passes $2.1 Trillion U.S. Debt Ceiling Plan
Record municipal bankruptcy on table in Ala.
Budget Deal a 'Joke,' Obama Is 'Incompetent': Trump
$2.4 Trillion Would Be Largest Debt-Limit Increase in U.S. History
'Gold and silver, the only true currencies'
Invest now in silver the 'store of value' metal
HSBC slashing 30K jobs, U.S. branches
Long-Term Elder Care: What It Costs in Your State
Small Rhode Island Town Goes Bankrupt
Who Can Take This Country Seriously?
US debt deal agreed but may not save AAA credit rating
US Democrats face backlash over debt deal
US debt crisis: a bloody battle with no winners, only losers
Super Congress To Target Second Amendment
Of Municipal Bankruptcies, Wall Street Crimes, and Glass-Steagall
Prostitution Scandal Hits Soros-Owned
More home buyers are walking away from signed contracts
Medicare cuts hammer the hospital sector
Soros serves as warning to mutual-fund investors
FDIC Reports Three Bank Failures, Including Integra Bank
Debt Crisis? Bankruptcy Fears? See Jefferson County, Ala.
Europe’s Sovereignty Crisis
Debt and Delusion
Soaring demand spotlights secret NY gold hoard
Another charged in probe into failed Tacoma bank; fraud alleged
Italy in eye of the storm as cash runs low
What the Debt "Trigger" Says About Washington's Crisis Addiction
Why China Is Laughing All the Way to the Bank
Debt ceiling: 10 lessons beyond that crisis