Interesting Headlines in the News Jul 22

Relax: it’s not all under control
The CON Game:  Confidence, Spending, and Inflation Expectations
Euro leaders agree second Greece bailout and overhaul of rescue fund
Debt Worries Drag Down the Stock Market
Fears About Debt Send Gold Price to Record
The Fed Is Now More Leveraged That Lehman Brothers Was
Back-to-school sales expected to be down slightly from last year
California will borrow $5 billion from banks
The Correlations are Failing Karl Denninger
Global Economic Crisis: Finance is the New Mode of Warfare
Debt ceiling: What happens if Congress doesn't raise it?
Crisis in Confidence?
America: Why Aren’t You Protesting?
Iran Opens Oil Bourse -
Yen's Hidden Global QE Signal and Gold Breakout
Living Through a Currency Devaluation
Hong Kong Metals Exchange Opens Silver Contract Friday!
The Fed Is Now More Leveraged That Lehman Brothers Was
CVN 77 G.H.W. Bush Enters Persian Gulf
Retirement Accounts & The Coming Tax Code Revolution
An Intransigent President

Obama Redefining 'Poverty'
U.S. Is Bankrupt and We Don’t Even Know It
Erdogan Boom Under Threat
Consumers in U.S. Relying on Credit as Inflation Erodes Incomes
Democrats Balk at Potential U.S. Debt-Limit Deal
S&P Reiterates Warning of 50% Chance
U.S. Consumer Confidence Stagnates
20 Banks That Are Praying For The European Bailout To Work
Poor Man's Gold is Breaking Out -- Sell Your House and Buy Silver?
Record highs broken in slew of cities
Gold edges up but may fall after Europe talks
Gold to move heavily after Europe talks
Massive short squeezing on the way for Silver
Why physical gold buying tops investments chart
Spheres move over San Jacinto while military jets seem to respond
Here's How to Tell if Housing Has Bottomed
David Morgan on Silver Price Manipulation,
The Debt Crisis and the War Cycle
Has the Gold and Silver Market Topped?
Avoiding the "Mistakes" of the Depression
European crisis summit: 'Marshall plan' emerges for Greek economy
Bailed out â€" again. Eurozone throws Greece €109bn lifeline
Understanding would go a long way towards ending terrorism
Air Conditioning, Cable TV, and an Xbox: What is Poverty in the United States Today?
Why Apple, Soros Fund are Hoarding Almost $100 Billion in Cash
Raising The Debt Ceiling Does Not Fix The Problem
$5 Trillion of Financial Assets Go Up in Smoke
Five buys, Five sells for 10 long years of no growth---Commentary: Recession hits in 2012, and things don’t get better
Laurence Kotlikoff on the US Fiscal Meltdown
You Want to Fix the U.S. Economy? Here's a Start
Corporate Tax Holiday in Debt Ceiling Deal: Where's the Uproar?
Europe steps up to the plate
Federal Reserve making plans for US debt default
Greece to default as EU agrees €159bn bailout
Euro in Crisis: Will the Latest Deal Restore Confidence?
Should the U.S. Support Regime Change in Syria?
Biden's Burden: Last One Standing in Afghanistan Policy Wars
What Does the Country Want?
DARPA project seeks immortality, suspended animation
Could U.S. debt default ding money market funds?
The Gang of Six’s $3 trillion tax hike
The Half-Trillion Plan
Debt-limit talks:
Debt Crisis Being Used as Shock Doctrine
Secret Papers Reveal: There is No Chinese E-Bomb. Yet.
Portugal Joins Spain and Greece in Lying About its "Colossal" Deficit

Interesting Energy Stories in the News Jul 22

Oil Exploration Approval by U.S. 'Dramatically' Slow, IHS Says
India can cope with oil supply halt
Canada to step up oil sands monitoring
Nigerian crude oil exports down in September: trade
RPT-WRAPUP 1-China, Japan LNG imports hit record, may boost spot prices
Natural-Gas Supply Probably Rose 60 Bcf, Bloomberg Users Say
Chinese coal imports to stabilize - Deutsche Bank
Southern African cooperation needed to unlock coal potential
Russia takes Bulgaria to court over delayed nuclear plant
China Connects First Fast Nuclear Reactor to Electricity Grid
Iran cautiously welcomes Russia's nuclear plan
Mainstream signs deal with China's Sinovel to deliver 1,000MW of wind power projects in Ireland by 2016
Gasoline Stockpiles Fall in Northwest Europe Hub, PJK Says

Interesting Headlines in the News Jul 21

The Two Sides of Precious Metals Propaganda
Three questions the Greek debt summit must answer
The impact of U.S. credit rating downgrade
Britain's deleveraging nightmare threatens its triple A rating
Study: China Getting Fatter, But Not Like U.S.
The Ultimate Knock-Off: A Fake Apple Store
Fed hits Wells Fargo with $85 million fine
German-French Harmony on Greece
Layoffs Deepen Gloom
IMF Urges Boosting of Yuan
2012: The End of the World As We Know It
Computers Are Weapons of War

Banks in Arizona need cash
Obama Open to Short-Term Debt Increase
Existing-Home Sales in U.S. Unexpectedly Fall 0.8%
U.S. Moves Toward Home 'Rentership Society,'
Treasuries Fall for Second Day After Merkel,
Gartman reduces gold exposure as too many join the rally
Gold above $1600;
Gold and silver due for a short term pullback
'Gold set to go $2000, silver may breach $50'
Who Would You Stop Paying First If Debt Ceiling Isn't Raised?
Germany and France reach Greek accord
FTC mails $108 million in refund checks to Countrywide borrowers
Debt fight may already be hurting U.S. economy
More Thought Turning to Short-term Solution Until Bigger Debt Plan
Central Falls retirees asked to accept pension cuts
R.I. releases Central Falls pension information
Arizona starts raising funds for Mexico border fence
Police to begin iPhone iris scans amid privacy concerns
Fed planning for potential default
Gold in a Deflationary Period
Franco-German axis loses its wheels
Euro reaches eleventh hour as Angela Merkel
Books, Borders and Beyond: How Digital Tech Is Changing Retail
New Effort to Prevent a Million Foreclosures Takes Shape
So Many Ideas, So Few Jobs:
Teach Job Creation at Our Business Schools
FREE BIRTH CONTROL POSSIBLE WITH HEALTH CARE OVERHAUL
Sorry Elizabeth, Wall Street Said No
Columbus [Georgia] Forms Copper Theft Task Force

Interesting Energy Stories in the News Jul 21

IEA says further oil reserve release unlikely
US panel backs Canadian oil pipeline
Niger says oil reserves may be triple pvs estimate
TABLE-Japan Jan-June crude oil import volume -1.0 pct
Gas Stockpiles Probably Rose 61 Billion Cubic Feet, Analysts Say
Gazprom signs 4th memorandum on LNG supply to India
Study says U.S. shale may weaken Iran, Russia
Qld coal exports fall short of target after floods
Japan progressing toward nuclear plant shutdown
EDF admits French nuclear reactor delayed but says UK projects on target
Phoenix Solar Looks to the U.S. to Offset European Sales Slump
New solar energy partnership in Spain and Italy
Ethanol Production Little Changed, Energy Department Says

Interesting Headlines in the News Jul 20

Central Banks Unanimously Prefer Gold Over Paper
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES:
Dow soars 200 points on 'Gang of Six' debt plan
Minnesota shutdown nearer to an end
IMF: Debt threatens to engulf Europe
Iran Opens Oil Bourse -
Where Will Silver Prices go from Here?
18 Signs That Global Financial Markets Smell Blood In The Water

Gold to Extend Record Rally If U.S. Increases Debt Limit:
Greek Crisis Poses Serious Contagion Risk
Obama Embraces Senators' Deficit-Cutting Plan
Europe Update: Next Key Meeting on Thursday
On Track for Record Low Housing Completions in 2011
Default 'Off the Table,' Debt Deal Will Be Struck: Geithner
If US Loses Triple-A Rating, Almost Anything's Possible
Former Chilean President Allende's death confirmed as suicide
Gold rally to continue after a pause
Israeli navy takes over Gaza-bound French ship
Bonds, Inflation Expectations, and QE3
Obama erred in dropping Elizabeth Warren to head agency
And Then They Came For Your Gold
Mastering the Machine
Billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dalio foresees a U.S. Dollar collapse by 2013
EMPTY WALLETS
Bernanke: Gold Isn't Money
HOW TO RAISE THE DEBT CEILING BY $1.6 TRILLION
The Talmud and Greek Debt
Greece Threatened with Widespread, Long-Term Poverty
Return of the Gold Standard as World Order Unravels
Only Germany can save EMU as contagion turns systemic
Bernanke Warns Congress On Debt Default
S&P Joins Moody's to Warn of US Downgrade if No Debt Deal Reached
Slouching Toward Default, on Both Sides of the Atlantic
Israel's Boycott Bill and the U.S.-Israel Alliance
Elizabeth Warren Makes It Personal
Moody's eyes possible credit downgrade on 5 states
Some federal workers more likely to die than lose jobs
House approves balanced-budget bill
IMF says euro under 'a shadow,'
Obama backs 'Gang of Six' debt plan
Soros Goes To 75% Cash As Fed No Longer Telegraphing Trades
A Trillion of revenue is on the plate

Interesting Headlines in the News Jul 19

Iranian currency revamp
Daily brief: Report - bin Laden wanted 9/11/11 attack
What Happened to the $2.6 Trillion Social Security Trust Fund?
Portugal Loses Patience With Europe
Deflation and the Gold Price Trajectory
As The Dollar And The Euro Continue To Collapse,
Goldman says recession risk rising
Economic Outlook Grim If No Debt Deal Reached
Regulators Shut Two Banks in Georgia, One in Florida
15 Examples That Show Many Americans Have Become So Desperate That They Will Do Almost Anything For Money
The US Tax Burden Falls Disproportionately
GAZA STRIP: Israeli military warns Gazans in leaflet drop
The Critical Flaw in Keynes's System
The problem with 'Cut, Cap and Balance'
Borders Forced to Liquidate, Close All Stores
Debt Worries Roil Markets
What the Debt Limit Battle Is All About
THE QUIET COUP: The implementation of Agenda 21
Don't Fumble the Debt Ceiling
It's About Jobs
Too Big To Fail?:

Doing The Global Currency Shuffle
Moody's Will Cut 7,000 Top-Rated Muni's if U.S. Downgraded, Reviewing More
More Bidders at Foreclosure Auctions
Central Banks' First-Half Gold Buying Surpasses 2010 Total
Comex Gold hits new record high above $1,600;
Dollar landslide imminent; commodities can go up
Gold buying by central banks rise sharply this year
Gold creates another history, breaks $1600 mark
Silver is the new gold
Speculators take big long positions in gold: CFTC
A Critical Difference Between U.S. and Europe
U.S. Approaching Greek Style Debt Trap
Earnings Season Kicks Off, Gold Reaches New All-Time High
US Debt Standoff Threatens to Turn Crisis into Catastrophe
Debt Ceiling Drama
Facebook Foreclosure Notices
Gold's Historic Rally Fuelled
Gold and Silver Ready for Big-Time Run
Four Charts: Shanghai, S&P 500, U.S. Dollar and the Dow
POVERTY, AMERICAN STYLE
15,000 US Troops to Remain In Iraq, Renamed "Diplomats"
Defaulting to Big Government
The Eurozone’s Last Stand
Interest on U.S. Debt â€" Big Problem!
Portugal's Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho
Another Dust Bowl?
The Head Of The World's Biggest Hedge Fund
Steve Wynn Annihilates Barack Obama:

Interesting Energy Stories in the News Jul 19

Report: Iran threatens to cut oil supply to India by August if $5 billion in payments not made
Saudi Arabia ups oil output in May to 8.89m bpd
Nigerian Unions Push Wage Strike Tomorrow That May Curb Oil Exports
IEA not decided on 2nd IEA oil release - Tanaka
Iran's Oil Refining Capacity Rises 18% in 2010, OPEC Says
Barclays: Volatile trend seen in US nat gas
Indonesia allows LNG imports
Ukraine Agreeable to Building LNG Terminal Together With Belarus
Import window opens for S.African coal, China unmoved
Europe's coal consumption rises for first time in 20 years
India may soon join nations exporting nuke reactors: US
Iran installs 'speedier' nuclear centrifuges
U.S. nuclear chief urges rapid overhaul of rules
Japan to build solar energy plant in Egypt
India Denies Loosening Funding Rules for Solar Auction Winners
Gasoline Falls as European Debt Crisis Threatens Fuel Demand
Russian gasoline price rise despite high export duty