Thursday, April 16, 2015

Headlines in the News April 16, 2015

Guess who holds even more US debt than China or Japan
Ron Paul on CNBC: ‘The whole system is built on fractional reserve banking, accumulation of debt, and malinvestment….Things are very, very fragile.’
Negative Interest is Here
Why Is WalMart Mysteriously Shuttering Stores Nationwide For “Plumbing Issues”?
Greece Running Out of Time as Officials Draw Contingency Plans
Draghi’s Deranged Paranormal: European Banks Paying Borrowers To Buy Homes
Ron Paul Another Showdown? Armed Members of Oath Keepers Group Preparing for Standoff Against BLM
Federal court rejects Third Amendment claim against police officers
Inventor of Antivirus Sofware: “Encryption Doesn’t Matter In a World Where Anyone Can Plant Software On Your Phone and See What You’re Seeing”
Ruskin mailman tries flying to Capitol in gyrocopter to deliver campaign reform message to Congress
What Would Beaver Do? 2
OPEC Going Broke, Dumping Dollars. Is That Good Or Bad?
Deutsche Bank's Ominous Warning: A "Perfect Storm" Is Coming In 2018
Ex-Im Bank Official Hit With Bribery Charge
Pilot explains his mission before Capitol landing
Will J.C. Penney Ever Make Money Again?
How a $30 million fine against a for-profit college could be a win for students
Problems in Europe, yet the ECB is accountable to no one
Martin Armstrong â€" Gold Bullion To “Max Out At $5,000 Per Ounce”
Burger King Founder Says Higher Wages Could Kill Off ‘Dollar Menus’”
Oil layoffs hit 100,000 and counting
Jack Lew: U.S. Economy Is Doing Much Better
California Water Supplier Cuts Delivery To 19 Million People This Summer
What Is The Fed?
Do American Millenials Make Bad Employees?
Bank of America says it’s not worried about losing its customers to robots
Personality Tests Raise Bar for Job Seekers
Fed: U.S. economy still struggling to gain traction
Madoff trustee Picard seeks to pay investors $1.25 billion
Economic Uncertainty Driving Corporate Buybacks?
Protester glitterbombs European Central Bank's president
$1,477,901,000,000+:Tax-Day Tax Record
China Finally Stops Fighting the Stock Market-Peter Schiff
Fed Beige Book offers tepid view of the economy
Survey: McDonald’s franchisee outlook worsens
Witness Describes Capitol Landing
Target announces $19 million data breach settlement with MasterCard
New Lending For A New Economy
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Energy Stories in the News Apr 16

Russia's oil giant Lukoil reopens office in Iran
Increasing oil prices spell trouble for India?
Iraq oil minister says crude exports to hit record in April
No Room For Iranian Oil In Current OPEC Strategy
UK GAS-Prices ease on expectations of higher LNG supply
South Korea's March LNG imports fall 26% on year to 3.05 million mt
Four LNG carriers diverted from Yemen
Indonesia coal royalty hike to cost jobs, increase illegal mining -industry group
India to overtake China as biggest thermal coal importer
Australia, India work on closure of civil nuclear agreement
Nuclear deal to double Iran growth next year
China Approves First Locally Designed Nuclear Reactor to Spur Economy
Ten top trends for U.S. wind energy in 2014
How the US solar giants could take down Australian utilities
India's share of global funding for solar power in January-March just 1 per cent
Strong Dollar Threatens U.S. Ethanol Exporter Gains Over Brazil
U.S. ethanol plants idle earlier for maintenance due to weak margins

Precious Metals Stories in the News Apr 16

Apr 16 China Finally Stops Fighting the Stock Market  Peter Schiff 321gold   
Apr 16 The Rosen Market Timing Letter  Ron Rosen 321gold   
Apr 16 IMF close to giving up on Greece  DailyMail   
Apr 16 The Global Debt Binge Is Worse Than You Imagined  Bonner&Partners   
Apr 16 Almaden [web] Completes Additional Infill & Stepout Drilling Program, Hits 19.50 meters of 1.52 g/t Au, 55.6 g/t Ag at Ixtaca  AMM   
Apr 16 Unraveling at the Seams: EU on Verge of Collapse  sputnik   
Apr 16 The Frankenstein Economy  acting-man   
Apr 16 American Weapons to Ukraine: Beyond the Point of No Return  RI   
Apr 16 Smartphones could be charged in 60 seconds with new battery  Telegraph   

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Headlines in the News April 15, 2015

What Happened When Maine Forced Welfare Recipients To Work For Their Benefits?
The Six Too Big To Fail Banks In The U.S. Have 278 TRILLION Dollars Of Exposure To Derivatives
Q1 GDP Expectations Are Crashing
David Morgan James Turk Global Collapse with a Golden Backlash
Fed Official Warns ‘Flash Crash’ Could Be Repeated
Storey’s Basic Country Skills: A Practical Guide to Self-Reliance
Good-Bye April 15Th!
Lone Survivor
Unbroken
Combat Shotgun
TSA Screeners At DIA Manipulated System To Grope Men’s Genitals ISIS Camp a Few Miles from Texas, Mexican Authorities Confirm
Jade Helm 15 exercise, Colorado backs out
Whatcha Gonna Do When They Come for You? (Part One)
Ron Paul: Watch out. Dollar's in a 'huge bubble'
Why one CEO raised the minimum wage at his company to $70,000 a year
U.S. Shale Oil Output Set to Fall
Greece and the Euro Breakup; Why the US Dollar Is Facing an Even Bigger Crisis
Target nears $20 million MasterCard data breach settlement
Ford plans $2.5-billion investment in Mexico, sources say
JPMorgan Loses Bid to Renew Security of $1.5 Billion GM Loan
Hank Paulson: U.S. tax system is a “disgrace”
HUD Awards $36 Million in Housing Counseling Grants to Prevent Foreclosures
Economic Conundrum: Weak Inflation vs. Slow Retail Sales
BlackRock CEO Laurence Fink To Corporate Execs: Stop Dancing To Wall Street's Tune
China’s growth poised to fall below 7%
47% of Americans Can’t Save Any Money
Obama to take Cuba off US terror list
$5.9 billion profit for JPMorgan Chase: Happy now, Jamie Dimon?
Top 1% Pay Half Of The Income Tax
Labor Dept. Pledges $13 Million to Promote Employment for Youth--in El Salvador, Honduras
Americans Are Spending More To Dine Out Than On Groceries For The First Time
The Fed Never Learnsâ€"â€"Another Inventory Dump Is Brewing
It's Tax-plicated: Complexity Rising with Obamacare Burden
America's Poor Rich Middle Class
Which Fortune 500 Companies Pay No Taxes
Greece Out of Funds by Month End â€" Default and Drachma Imminent?
Economists Still Think Economics Is the Best
The Six Too Big To Fail Banks In The U.S. Have 278 Trillion Dollars Of Exposure To Derivatives
'Sharing economy' apps to boom with their lure of cheap and easy
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Energy Stories in the News Apr 15

API: Ensure U.S. oil boom continues
Iran could pump 3.4-3.6 mil b/d of crude oil within months of sanctions lifting: IEA
UPDATE 1-China March oil demand up 7.6 pct y/y, crude runs hit record high
Norway's oil fund backs more focus on climate change at BP, Shell
Oil demand seen rising, but Iran calls for cut
Shell starts supplying natural gas to Ukraine
U.S. Will Become Net Exporter of Natural Gas by 2017
LNG unlikely to replace Russian gas flows to Europe until 2020: experts
Coal ship queue at Australia's Newcastle port below 30 for third week
Energy: US firm completes financing for coal and power project in Niger
Japanese court halts restart of two nuclear reactors due to safety concerns
Protests as Turkey builds first nuclear power plant
Poland's nuclear project pushed back at least another two years: sources
Dubai Will Invest $3 Billion To Boost Solar Power Project Capacity To 3 GW
South Africa Names Bidders for 1,000 MW of Green Power
U.S. gasoline futures rise on API data showing fuel stocks drop

Precious Metals Stories in the News Apr 15

Apr 15 Greece, gold, the death of paper money...  Darryl Robert Schoon 321gold   
Apr 15 Greece prepares for debt default if talks with creditors fail  GC   
Apr 15 Truth - The Cure for Cognitive Dissonance  TBP   
Apr 15 None Dare Call It Fraud—–Its Just A "Savings Glut"  DSCC   
Apr 15 Standard Tolling [web] Engages Brisco Capital  TON   
Apr 15 Bank Treasury holds growing faster than loans for 1st time since 2008 crash  ATimes   
Apr 15 19 Signs That American Families Are Being Economically Destroyed  ETFDN   
Apr 15 The Real Nuclear Threat in the Middle East  SFA   
Apr 15 The blink, lover's gaze and the flirting triangle  DailyMail   

Friday, April 10, 2015

Headlines in the News April 10, 2015

JP Morgan Issues Warning To Shareholders Concerning Next Financial Crisis
Feedlot, packer margins continue climb out of the red
THE COMING GOLD RUSH: There’s A Lot Less Gold In The World
When you think the financial world can’t get any crazier… this happens
Officer Feared for His Life, so He Shot & Killed This Family’s Tiny Miniature Pig
Video: Bill Whittle Doctors Say Tick Borne ‘Powassan Virus’ Is Worse Than Lyme Disease
Obama’s EPA making California drought crisis worse?
Kuwait Reintroduces Compulsory Military Service For Citizens
China Gold Reserves Rise To Threatening Level
One Last Look At The Real Economy Before It Implodes Euro Zone Sets Greece Reform Deadline Ahead of IMF Repayment
Why This Earnings Season Could Be The Worst Since 2009
Minimum Wage: Disadvantaged Youth Are Crucial Issue
Who Will Control The World’s Water: Governments Or Corporations?
The US Gov Can Download the Entire Contents of Your Computer at Border Crossings
Obama gun control push backfires as industry sees unprecedented surge
Police arrest 5 fake Long Island detectives IRS ordered to release list of targeted tea party groups
US Unemployment Aid Applications Rise to 281,000
JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon: “The expensive lessons that I will not forget”
Bank Deposits No Longer Guaranteed By Austrian Government
What Greece Needs, Putin Can't Provide
US holds potential game-changing cards at Americas summit
Federal banking official to meet with Colorado pot industry workers, congressmen
Walgreens shutters 200 U.S. stores
A Bloomberg analyst just traveled across China and came back with a serious warning for the global economy
When you think the financial world can’t get any crazier… this happens
Utility to pay $1.6B after deadly California pipeline rupture
Greece confirms it will meet IMF loan repayment deadline
Gallup: Most Americans Still Unhappy With Obamacare
One Last Look At The Real Economy Before It Implodes -
Elder Care Costs Keep Rising; Nursing Home Bill Now $91,000
Bernanke’s Conga Line Of Liquid Courage: Central Banks Race To The Bottom
Confident Americans Resume Their Shopping Spree
Report: 39,000 immigrant kids coming to U.S.
Q1 Economic Slowdown Does Not Deter Freddie Mac’s Positive Forecast for Housing
Keiser Report: Greek Ugly Scenario
Deutsche Bank Nears Plea Deal Over Libor Manipulation
Americans' View on the Economy Hits 8-Year High
Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai Co to cut about 450 jobs in U.S.
Dunkin’ Donuts debuts mobile payment via Google Wallet
Investigation shows hundreds of security breaches at U.S. airports
Undercover Investigation Finds Serious Problems With Paid Tax Preparers
Nearly 1 of 3 banks don’t require vendors to report data breaches
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Energy Stories in the News Apr 10

Global oil glut hits sentiment
Canada Oil Strongest in a Year as Refiners Boost Operations
Uruguay considering extending length of oil exploration contracts
Ghanaian oil refinery breakdown a symbol of economic woes
Obama's big Caribbean trip is all about Venezuela and oil
Iran's annual gas exports rise 8%: official
Europe's Addiction to Russian Natural Gas to Continue
US carbon pollution set for 2015 drop as coal plants close
China's coal cuts a sign of progress
Delays decrease again for US railroad coal shipments: STB filings
Turkish nuclear plant to be built by Franco-Japanese group
Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Plant Reactor Examined by Snake-Shaped Robot
Obama offers Caribbean US support for wind energy
As Germans Block Danish Wind, a New Feud Tests Crisis-Weary EU
China and Africa harvest the wind for power

Precious Metals Stories in the News Apr 10

Apr 10 Gold & Silver: Double Bottoms In Play  Morris Hubbartt 321gold   
Apr 10 Gold-Futures Short Covering  Adam Hamilton 321gold   
Apr 10 Grant Williams talks gold with Bill Kaye  RealVisionTV   
Apr 10 Gold & Silver: Lower Prices Once Again  Przemyslaw Radomski 321gold   
Apr 10 Gold Stocks: This Bear sleeps at least for now  Bob Kirtley 321gold   
Apr 10 How America Became an Oligarchy  TruthDig   
Apr 10 Desert Star [web] & Providence shareholders OK merger  DSR   
Apr 10 Lomiko [web] Arranges $243,050 PP  LMR   
Apr 10 The intriguing market dynamics between EUR:USD, bunds & oil  MA   
Apr 10 10 of the Biggest Drug Myths Busted  AlterNet   
Apr 10 The War Party Is Lying About Iran—-Even "Dubya" Admitted They Don't Have A Nuclear Weapons Program  DSCC   
Apr 10 Eight tricks to make you appear more intelligent  Telegraph   

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Headlines in the News April 09, 2015

Fed minutes reveal divergence on first rate hike
The Disappearing Jobs
Ben Bernanke's new book talks of 'moral courage'
Oil Drops as U.S. Inventories Build Most in 14 Years
Tsarnaev found guilty in Boston Marathon bombing
Pro-Gold Governments and Central Banks
Uber Is Winning Over Americans' Expense Accounts
The Coming $10 Trillion Loss in Paper Wealth
Bank of Japan holds off further easing measures
Shell agrees to BG takeover
9K Off Of Food Stamps After Maine Begins Work Requirements
Dollar Tree, Family Dollar Expected To Close 340 Stores For Merger Approval
How Our High Corporate Tax Rate Hurts Our Economy
Wind costs more than you think due to massive federal subsidies
James Turk-Another 2008 Financial Calamity Is Coming
AT&T will pay $25 million after call-center workers sold customer data
The federal debt is worse than you think
'Stay tuned' for more Swiss bank deals over tax evasion: U.S. official
FDIC Told to Beef Up Protection Against Bank Hackers
Signs That American Families Are Being Economically Destroyed
JP Morgan To Use Algorithms To Predict Which Employees Will Go Rogue
Michael Bloomberg's war on coal
Super Bubble Cycle: The Enduring Legacy of Bernanke
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Energy Stories in the News Apr 09

Brazilian oilfields the big attraction for Shell
Refineries revolution to spur use of oil products supertankers
RPT-Iran seeks to mend fences with Chinese oil firms to get projects going
US remains the largest producer of oil and gas
Russia's huge oil offer to China is truly remarkable
China to build Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline: report
Liquefied natural gas may solve transportation issue
Shell deal includes a prime spot in U.S. LNG market
China's coal cap could save $11.4bn a year – study
India's Adani dismisses banks' Australia coal project snub
Some US coal producers shaved production costs
Iran will only sign nuclear deal if sanctions lifted 'same day': Rouhani
Vietnam, Russia put nuclear power project on fast track
Areva unit linked to nuclear reactor anomalies also supplied China -ASN
OPEC nations turn to sun, as Saudi firm buys Australia big solar projects
Solar panel imports from China not harming Australian industry-regulator
US Retail Gasoline Prices This Summer Seen More Than $1/Gallon Lower Than Last Summer – Analysis
EU Expands Energy Benchmark Probe With Ethanol Raids

Precious Metals Stories in the News Apr 09

Apr 09 The problematic comparison with the 1970s  Steve Saville 321gold   
Apr 09 Guaranteed Financial Security Is a Fantasy  OfTwoMinds   
Apr 09 S&P Cycles Suggest Caution  DI   
Apr 09 Cost of Negative Bank Rates  BATR   
Apr 09 Novo [web] Drills one m of 32.31 gpt Au at Beatons Creek  StockWatch   
Apr 09 'Tokyo, We Have a Problem.' Bitcoin's Fatal Flaw?  TDB   
Apr 09 How bad is the California drought?  Telegraph   
Apr 09 Clueless In The Middle East  DC   
Apr 09 'They've already left the country'...  DailyMail   

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Headlines in the News April 08, 2015

Greece Wants 279 Billion Euros From Germany for WWII Reparations
Oil fallout: U.S. companies kill over 51,000 jobs
One economist says the surge in job openings shows an economy at 'full employment'
Coco’s, Carrows closures leave thousands unemployed
Where the Gas Money is Going
1 in 4 poor Americans fear technology will replace their job
Goldman: Fed Should Delay Rate Hikes as Inflation Stays Tame
U.S. job openings reach 14-year high; hiring dips
The Fed Has No Intention To Raise Rates â€" Marc Faber
Americans are way too confident about their finances, study finds
21 Days: Treasury Says Debt Has Been Frozen at $18,112,975,000,000
The Pentagon’s $10 billion bet gone bad
Gas Prices Seen 32% Lower This Summer Than a Year Ago
How the U.S. thinks Russians hacked the White House
Fannie Mae: Slow Wage Growth Stalls Consumer Housing Sentiment
The Great American Skilled Worker Shortage
Dealing With Drought: Quenching California’s Thirst
Russia ready to offer Greeks cash in return for assets
Canadian taxpayers lose $3.5-billion on 2009 bailout of auto firms
Halliburton picks business units to sell as part of Baker Hughes megadeal
US economy is not as strong as some think
Domino's CEO: "We've got to pay more"
Many Obamacare Policyholders Face Tax Surprises This Year
Saddam Hussein's revenge from beyond the grave: How ISIS's land grab across the Middle East is being orchestrated by former Iraqi dictator's generals
The IMF says Larry Summers is rightâ€"and Ben Bernanke is wrongâ€"about economic stagnation
Ownership is Just Another Victim of the Fed
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Energy Stories in the News Apr 08

US oil output is falling! Or maybe not - market's data quandary
Shell seeking to buy BG in first oil super-merger in over a decade
Mexican Official Says U.S. Oil Swap Proposal Progressing
'Norway has 80 years of oil reserves left': Prime Minister Solberg
Can India halve oil import dependence by 2030?
Qatar LNG Exports Shrink From Record as Australia, U.S. Expand
LNG glut could push down European gas prices
US EIA sees gas demand on the rise, led by power generation, industrial use
Annual US coal production set to drop to 18-year low
Lower coking coal contract price shows downward pressure: Russell
Indonesia's Apr HBA thermal coal price falls 5% on month to $64.48/mt
U.S. Poll Shows Bipartisan Support For Solar And Wind Tax Incentives
Solar and wind may now be cheapest sources of new energy supply in UAE
U.S. a Road-Trip Paradise With Lowest Summer Gasoline Since 2009

Precious Metals Stories in the News Apr 08

class="highlight"> Apr 08 A New Paradigm for Owning Gold Shares  Bob Moriarty 321gold   
Apr 08 Gold News Monitor: March U.S. Nonfarm Payroll Disappoints  Arkadiusz Sieron 321gold   
Apr 08 Special rules for gold coin IRA  NumismaticNews   
Apr 08 U.S. Gold Market 2012-2014: Suffers Massive Deficits  SRSReport   
Apr 08 Greece is demanding 279 billion euros in Nazi-era reparations from Germany  BI   
Apr 08 Is The Whole World Slowing Down?  DC   
Apr 08 We are in recession. We've crossed the Blutarsky line  IWB   
Apr 08 Why Iran Distrusts the US in Nuke Talks  Antiwar   
Apr 08 Hundreds of Medieval Skeletons Found Under Cambridge University  NBC   

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Headlines in the News April 07, 2015

America's Poor Spend 60% Of Their Income On Food & Housing Proving CPI Is Meaningless
Oil prices fall as Goldman says prices have to remain low for months
Gold soars in response to poor U.S. jobs report, weaker dollar
The EMP Threat: All It Would Take Is A Couple Of Explosions To Send America Back To The 1800s
What's better for stocks: bad economic data or good?
Kansas wants to ban welfare recipients from seeing movies, going swimming on government’s dime
California's Drought Plan Mostly Lays Off Agriculture, Oil Industries
Viacom announces layoffs and a massive $785 million charge as part of a 'strategic realignment'
Starbucks ups college plan to 4 years
California in Worst Drought in at Least 1,200 Years
Maximum Wage! How much CEOs earn an hour
Bitcoin Foundation is “effectively bankrupt,” board member says
Varoufakis extends Washington DC charm offensive after talks with Lagarde
Destroy Capitalism to... Save Capitalism?!
Time US leadership woke up to new economic era
U.S. increases role in Yemen war, but not evacuating Americans while other countries remove their citizens
62% of Americans want U.S. to deport illegals
Netanyahu: Nuclear Deal Will Fund Iranian Backed Terrorism
Ben Bernanke now a social media sensation
More eBay Merchants Migrating to Amazon in Search of Sales Growth
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Energy Stories in the News Apr 07

Iran oil officials in Beijing to discuss oil supplies, projects
US safety board: Oil train tank cars need urgent upgrades
Gazprom Neft and Petovietnam ink upstream and downstream collaboration agreement
Libya's biggest crude oil export terminal could reopen in two weeks
Russia Ready to Talk Gas Price Discount, New Loans with Greece - Kommersant
New gas futures contracts launched in New Zealand, Australia
5 Companies Fail to Meet Natural Gas Capture Rules
Glencore, Tohoku set annual coal price down 17 pct -sources
Japan's Tohoku, Rio Tinto settle 2015-16 coal contract at $67.80/mt FOB
Sri Lanka's energy minister says no new coal power plants in the future
France endorses Modi's stand on nuclear energy
Nuclear damage treaty to cost nuclear industry over ¥100 million a year
Skeptical of Iran Nuclear Deal, Israel Calls for Changes
Oman's 200MW solar energy project, PV and Concentrated Solar Power, set for launch
Once again … Siemens
Risen Raises $400 Million for Solar in Mexico, Mongolia, China

Precious Metals Stories in the News Apr 07

class="highlight"> Apr 07 Gold Production in Colombia  Bob Moriarty 321gold   
Apr 07 Rates Hikes: Bullish For Gold Stocks  Stewart Thomson 321gold   
Apr 07 Time US leadership woke up to new economic era  LS   
Apr 07 Mining top executives the gloomiest of all  Mining   
Apr 07 3 Sigma Extremes In the Bond Market  DI   
Apr 07 Standard Tolling [web] Announces Ore Purchase Contracts  TON   
Apr 07 Arianne [web] Reports Financial Results for Q4 & YE 2014  DAN   
Apr 07 Ximen [web] Provides Summary Compilation...  XIM   
Apr 07 Government Corruption Has Become Rampant  Washingtonsblog   
Apr 07 New Trade Agreement Being Negotiated  EiC   
Apr 07 U.S. Nerve Gas Hit Our Own Troops in Iraq  Newsweek   
Apr 07 Lamb with face like an 'angry old man' avoids the chop...  Telegraph   

Friday, April 3, 2015

Headlines in the News April 03, 2015

Chaos In Yemen: Chinese Troops Arrive As US-Armed Rebels Set Sights On Central Bank
Why your water bill is about to go up
IBM uncovers new, sophisticated bank transfer cyber scam
McDonald’s Raises to Cost Nearly $200 Million
Gerald Celente On: markets, McDonald's, Central Bank protests, Putin & an under-covered story!
Here’s the good news: banks will be obsolete in 10 years
Larry Summers and Ben Bernanke are having the most important blog fight ever
Applications for U.S. unemployment aid plunge
One-on-One with Warren Buffett
Fed Chair Wants to Know: 'How Do Some Places Advance Economically?'
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s Future Profitability Remains Uncertain
Pay Raises Are Coming Soon
Will the Eurozone Survive?
Emerging markets challenge US might
Greece Entertains the Idea of Adopting Bitcoin as their National Currency â€" Nathan McDonald â€" Sprott Money News
These States Will Take Your License for Not Paying Student Loans
Obama on Nuclear Deal With Iran | The New York Times
Atlanta Fed cuts U.S. economic growth forecast to zero
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Energy Stories in the News Apr 03

Saudi intervention in Yemen sends oil higher on fear for vital tanker route
Venezuela Looks to Hugo Chavez Oil Belt to Fix Sick Economy
OPEC Revenues Suffer In Oil Price War Of Attrition
TransCanada delays Energy East, won't build Quebec oil terminal
Israel approves gas export deal with Jordan
Egypt to Begin LNG Imports, Terminal Arrives
Natural Gas Price Jumps on Demand Hike
Apr-Feb thermal coal imports into 12 major Indian ports jump 19%: IPA
Global expansion planned, coal giant eyes three nations
Iran and world powers agree nuclear framework
Japan's ruling party wants 20 percent nuclear power in energy mix: media
Saudi Arabia Keeps Hinting It Would Go Nuclear if Iran Does
Texas company eyes 3 Indiana counties for wind farms
Canadian Solar Energizes Four Solar PV Plants in the United Kingdom
Finland's largest solar power unit to be built in Oulu

Precious Metals Stories in the News Apr 03

Apr 03 Precious Metals: Slow Stokes Calls A Turn  Morris Hubbartt 321gold   
Apr 03 Sliver Fortunes  Scott Wright 321gold   
Apr 03 If We're Going To Borrow Against The Future, Let's Borrow To Invest  PP   
Apr 03 Greece draws up drachma plans, prepares to miss IMF payment  Telegraph   
Apr 03 Extremes: Expect Consequences-Part 1  DI   
Apr 03 When the Dollar Dies, The World Will Go Down With It? ... NOPE  Prophezine   
Apr 03 Mathematical certainty: Global monetary system is going to reset  IWB   
Apr 03 In Yemen, It's The Bad Guys vs The Bad Guys  TEC   
Apr 03 RIP Progeria campaigner Hayley Okines dies aged 17  BBC   
Apr 03 Massive Underground City Found in Cappadocia Region of Turkey  NationalGeographic   

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Headlines in the News April 02, 2015

Visa demand for high-skilled foreigners is likely to prompt lottery
Private sector created only 189,000 jobs in March: ADP
California Imposes First-Ever Water Restrictions to Deal With Drought
US truck driver shortage getting worse, turnover figures show
Seattle's Minimum Wage Hike Pits Business vs. Business
McDonald's Is Raising Wages For Some Workers
Guess Which Fortune 500 Company Might Get $259 Million Loan From Energy Department
Australia wants to tax bank deposits. Does anyone think the US won’t?
Central Banking Debunked in One Blog
Brazil's Dilma Rousseff: There Will Be No Economic Intervention Policy
US Mint Bullion Sales Quicken in March
Citizens Against Government WasteReport: Cut Waste in Gov’t, Save Taxpayers $639,000,000,000
Federal regulators say Kraft Foods fixed wheat prices
Gas prices could stay low for summer driving season
Trader Does Not See Crude Higher Until at Least 2016
Report: 36,000 Americans Use Special Obamacare Signup Period
Morgan Stanley boosts CEO pay to $16 million in 2014: filing
IRS Ignores More Than 60% of Calls During Tax Season
If Anyone Doubts That We Are In A Stock Market Bubble, Show Them This Article
99% Of People Don't Know When They're In A Bull Market
Administration Awards $31.5 Million To Encourage Food Stamp Recipients To Eat More Fruits, Veggies
$400K helmet helps F-35 Lightning II pilot 'see through the plane'
Cheap gas is saving Americans $750. So far, they aren't spending it
“The Mother of All Bubbles” in Stocks and Bonds: Bank CEO
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Energy Stories in the News Apr 02

Chinese oil demand to peak around 2017
Oil's rebound may support Gulf - Dubai faces resistance
Iraq Crude Exports Rise 15% in March to Highest in 35 Years
More than 40 International Oil Companies interested in Mexican Energy Market
U.S. Oil Imports From OPEC Have Plunged to a 28-Year Low
Average East Asian LNG prices collapse in Feb
Russia extends natural gas deal-update
Qatar groups to invest $5 billion in Chinese LNG
British coal imports to jump ahead of April 1 carbon tax hike
Russia rides devalued rouble into Australian coal export markets
Coal India reports 57.27 million tonnes of production in March 2015
Three aging nuclear reactors begin getting lifespan extension reviews
Israel's last ditch efforts to stop a nuclear agreement
US prepared to 'walk away' from Iran nuclear talks
India Seeks $3 Billion From Development Banks For Solar Power Projects
"Wind rush" underway across much of America as new wind turbines access higher wind speeds
Leading UK solar developers adjust to new market conditions
China sells Australia-spec gasoline cargo, eyes growing market
Indonesia's Pertamina plans to import 11 mil barrels gasoline for Apr

Precious Metals Stories in the News Apr 02

Apr 02 color=red>FYI Canadian/US Easter Holiday Market Schedule  321gold   
Apr 02 China to Take the Reins in Funding Regional Infrastructure Projects  USfunds   
Apr 02 Bernanke Double Tap  Brady Willett FallStreet   
Apr 02 The fall of tyranny, the rise of liberty  BarbarousRelic   
Apr 02 Australia wants to tax bank deposits. Does anyone think the US won't?  SovereignMan   
Apr 02 Repeal, Don't Reform the IMF  RPI   
Apr 02 Novo [web] Completes acquisition of Beatons Creek leases  StockWatch   
Apr 02 Red Eagle [web] Financing Completed  RD   
Apr 02 Freeze Outs, Glitches and Holds Increasingly Locking Customers Out of Funds  SHTFplan   
Apr 02 TPP Investor Language Will Leave Taxpayers on the Hook  HuffingtonPost   
Apr 02 US vs Russia: Even Stephen Cohen Is Starting to Speak the Truth  IWB   
Apr 02 Europe's first non-beating heart transplant  BBC   

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Headlines in the News April 01, 2015

5 Charts Which Show That the Next Economic Crash Is Dead Ahead
CIA Insider Breaks Silence on Global Currency Wars
The End of American Domination
$100 Trillion Global Bond Bubble Poses “Systemic Risk” To Financial System
Citizens’ Growing Protests against Border Patrol Checkpoints Inside the U.S.
NYPD investigating disturbing video of Uber traffic stop
New study shows mutated ‘Polio-like’ virus may be responsible for paralyzing more than 100 children in the past year
Pastor Cruz: ‘We Are on The Brink of The Destruction of This Country’
Chicago Robbers Appear to Copy Mexican Cartel Roadblock Tactics
The Axe Is Back! Keep It Sharp
Is Greece's Debt Odious?
JPMorgan’s Dimon to Sen. Warren: Hit me with a fine. We can afford it
Score one for China! U.S. loses Asia bank tussle
Banks Prepare for Higher Rates
US Steel - 680 layoffs expected
What The Charter, Bright House Deal Means For Cable
The “New Era” in Healthcare: Buyouts, Financial Engineering Instead of Innovation
What If America's Unemployment Rate Is Really Wrong?
$100 Trillion Global Bond Bubble Poses “Systemic Risk” To Financial System
Gold prices to bottom out in 2015 after two-year slide - report
Want inflation? Check the Bacon Cheeseburger Index
Martin Wolf on Greece leaving the euro
Buffett says he'll buy more auto dealerships
Gas prices falling back to earth
Charter Communications to Buy Bright House Networks in $10 Billion Deal
Morningstar: U.S. Economic Growth Is Likely to Remain Lower Than Many Believe
Millions of Americans have little to no money saved
Anticipation High ahead of Critical US Jobs Report
U.S. Consumer Confidence Index Unexpectedly Jumps To 101.3 In March
The Hidden Effects of Cheap Oil
Keiser Report: Occupy Rupert Murdoch
Obama commutes sentences of 22 people in federal prison
The Stock Market In 2015 Is Starting To Look Remarkably Similar To The Stock Market In 2008
Generous welfare benefits make people more likely to want to work, not less
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Energy Stories in the News Apr 01

US re-approves oil exploration in Arctic as Shell prepares to resume drilling
The Saudis Are Losing Their Lock on Asian Oil Sales
Storage Sells for 10 Cents a Month at U.S. Oil Import Hub
More Iran oil post-sanctions, aimed at Asia, may hurt Iraq
Flood of global oil hints at more weakness in energy markets
Latin America divided between oil and green energy
US natural gas futures flat despite warmer forecasts
Greece adds natural gas to efforts to cosy up to Russia
US Lower 48 gas production falls 1.4% month on month in January: EIA
Australian exports of iron and coal plunge 45pct due to less China imports
India's private companies secure 16 captive coal blocks auction
India, Canada likely to sign commercial nuclear pact during PM Narendra Modi's upcoming visit to Ottawa
Will Mideast power equation prompt Arab states to go nuclear?
UAE chalks out nuclear emergency response plan
New interactive map shows big potential for America's wind energy future
China's Offshore Wind Growth Surges 487.9%
Gasoline prices stay steady throughout the U.S.
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Precious Metals Stories in the News Apr 01

Apr 01 3.99 Degrees Plans to turn Leaning Tower of Pisa into luxury hotel  Telegraph   
Apr 01 Buy Gold On Strong Dollar or Buy On Weak Dollar?  AT   
Apr 01 Signs that America Will Hit the Wall and Go Splat  GoldStockBull   
Apr 01 Ben Bernanke's Apologia for the Fed  acting-man   
Apr 01 The Fed Has Failed the Nation, in One Chart  OfTwoMinds   
Apr 01 Beware the Money Illusion Coming to Destroy Your Wealth  DR   
Apr 01 Avanti [web] Amends and Finances CMI Acquisition  AVN   
Apr 01 3 Very Real Reasons Why Lower Oil Prices Could Be The Catalyst For World War III  MDN   
Apr 01 Greek crisis nears a turning point  MW   
Apr 01 NATO Is Marching Towards Russia, and They Have No Idea What Awaits Them  RI   
Apr 01 CERN researchers confirm existence of the Force  CERN