Headlines in the News August 12, 2015

McDonald’s Plans to Shrink by 59 Locations This Year in U.S.
Hackers who breached corporate wires made millions off insider trading
Hard Evidence: “We Are In A Full Blown Global Depression”
This is 'more damaging...than the Great Recession'
Owing More Than Half Of The World's Gold
John Kerry Warns "Dollar Will Cease To Be Reserve Currency Of The World" If Iran Deal Rejected
Devaluation: China’s currency conundrum as slow growth bites
Audit: Healthcare.gov Did Not Verify Social Security Numbers, Citizenship Status
Hackers Cut A Corvette’s Brakes Wirelessly To Prove It Could Happen To Your Car, Too
California motor vehicle employees took bribes to grant licenses: FBI
Armed 'Oath Keepers' arrive in Ferguson
GE to sell healthcare finance business to Capital One for US$9 billion
Gold Holds Its Own Against These Media Darlings
China's woes could complicate Fed rate plans
Gas prices poised for a steep drop
Why Is Puerto Rico In So Much Debt? â€" Explained In Less Than A Minute
IRS Issues Notice in Preparation of ObamaCare "Cadillac" Tax
There's a big problem with the government's offer to 'forgive' your mountain of student-loan debt
The Long-Range Social Security/Medicare Deficit: $72 Trillion And Counting
Why Brent Cook Is More Optimistic About Mining
Race to the Bottom
Wendy’s To Switch To Self Ordering And Automation To Avoid $15/hr Wage hike
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Energy Stories in the News Aug 12

Saudi Arabia's oil production drop provides support to crude
IEA sees oil glut persisting in 2016 despite soaring demand
OPEC oil supply reaches three-year high in July
UPDATE 1-EIA lowers 2015, 2016 U.S. crude oil production forecasts
US natural gas futures at two-week high
Five reasons why India's natural gas push remains hot air
A Russian gas pipeline in Pakistan
UPDATE 1-China's July coal output dips on low prices
India to have excess coal if government hits fuel production target
Exclusive: Coalition modelling shows 2030 target will hit coal sector hardest
Why Japan is restarting nuclear reactors, despite public outcry
South Africa's nuclear build plan at "advanced stage" - Zuma
China needs 200 GW of solar by 2020, say industry groups
Solar power capacity in India to reach 75GW by 2022, report says
Swedish wind overtakes Denmark
Micro Wind Turbines Still In Play As US Wind Energy Vaults To #1 Worldwide
Mideast hackers target U.S. gas pumps
Europe Gasoline/Naphtha: Gasoline slips, but late summer fixtures possible
Electric cars are only as green as their power grid

Precious Metals Stories in the News Aug 12

Aug 12 Are Collectible Coins The Best Way To Own Gold After All?  DC   
Aug 12 What yuan move means for September Federal Reserve rate hike  MW   
Aug 12 Perseid meteor shower expected to be stellar  CNN   
Aug 12 Peak Oil? Peak Stocks?  BIIWII   
Aug 12 Silver & Gold: The Triumph of Experience over Hope  DI   
Aug 12 Pure Gold [web] Reports first quarter financial and operating results  PGM   
Aug 12 Novo [web] Options New Tenements Near Beatons Creek Project  NVO   
Aug 12 Passengers' fury at airport VAT rip-off  DailyMail   
Aug 12 Saudi Arabia may go broke before the US oil industry buckles  Telegraph   
Aug 12 Obama-neocons are useful idiots to al Qaeda, ISIS  WT   
Aug 12 Spanish Armada treasure discovered off the Sligo coast  IC   

Headlines in the News August 11, 2015

Brace For Impact
When Will Oil Prices Turn Around?
Dollar Death Sentence
This Wasn’t Supposed To Happen: Household Spending Expectations Crash
David Stockman CNBC Interview: Tops Inâ€"â€"Next Comes An Epochal Deflation
Deflation Is Winning â€" Beware!
Hackers can virtually kill people, manipulate death records, security expert says
New Video of Ferguson ‘Preppers’ hone skills for coping with disaster and dystopia
FBI Says That Citizens should have no Secrets that the Government can’t Access: The Orwellian Cyber Police State has Arrived
Russian Warships Dock In Iran for War Training
US Postal Service reports $586 million net loss this spring, improvement from last year
Chicago Public Schools Announces More Than 450 Layoffs
Former Fed chief Alan Greenspan warns of bond market bubble
Don’t Expect a Normal Reaction to an Abnormal Situation - Peter Schiff
Fed 'close' to hiking rates, economy near normal: Lockhart
Teenage jobs are about to suffer as Mexico’s looming financial crisis is about to accelerate illegal immigration
Groups Say Proposed Student Loan Plan Doesn’t Provide Enough Assistance
What is the 'gig' economy?
Hackers siphon $47 million out of tech company's accounts
China: What a Typical Bubble Bursting Looks Like
This Wasn't Supposed To Happen: Household Spending Expectations Crash
Can this sickly housing recovery survive without artificially low interest rates?
Google creates new company Alphabet, names new CEO
Ex-political adviser: Trump has big ideas
65 Percent of Americans Would Not Vote for Obama Again
Oath Keepers support Montana mine owner
Intel layoffs by the numbers: How many got the ax, what departments, and what ages
How U.S. Achieves a 5.3% Unemployment Rate: If You Earn No Money, You Can Still Be Counted as Employed
Drones near airports cause security concerns
The Pension Crisis at Public Universities
CFO Compensation Rises 6.7% At Large Firms
Rail Companies Slammed By Oil Downturn
Gerald Celente Is Predicting That A Stock Market Crash Will Happen By The End Of 2015
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Energy Stories in the News Aug 11

China strengthens hold over oil market as price maker
OPEC signals oil supply from rivals proving resilient to low prices
Iran says no US firm signaled interest in its oil projects yet
Shell ready to begin drilling for oil in the Arctic
Alaskan gov. eyes natural gas as climate solution
LNG exports underway from Gladstone
Bank of Israel Chief Calls for Changes to Natural Gas Framework
Canada-U.S. natural gas pipeline still shut
Two more Nigeria LNG cargoes bound for Spain
Carmichael mine's new hurdle: analysts predict India's coal imports zero by 2021
Just as global banks desert coal, can India ramp up the sector without foreign investment?
No breaks for coal miners from China, India imports: Russell
Nuclear power comes to a town in Hungary
China's Bid to Rescue Europe's Nuclear Industry
China is building the world's largest solar plant in the Gobi desert
Study finds price of wind energy in US at an all-time low, averaging under 2.5 cent/kWh
Solar energy giant headed by Co Antrim man set to invest millions in Ireland
Government to make 10% ethanol blending mandatory from next year
Crude oil rebounds along with U.S. gasoline, weaker dollar helps

Precious Metals Stories in the News Aug 11

Aug 11 Gold: Chinese Transparency Is Here  Stewart Thomson 321gold   
Aug 11 L@@K What is Signature Gold?  RoyalMintBullion   
Aug 11 What Kind of "Improvement" Does the Fed Want?  Peter Schiff 321gold   
Aug 11 Gold Holds Its Own Against These Media Darlings  USfunds   
Aug 11 People's Bank of China Freaks Out  WolfStreet   
Aug 11 California Gold [web] Announces completion of first tranche of PP...  CGM   
Aug 11 Economists Say Trump is Wrong  AE   
Aug 11 'Production Versus Plunder' Part 19: Life in the New Empire  TDB   
Aug 11 Behind Israel's Hysterical Opposition to the Iran Nuclear Deal  CounterPunch   
Aug 11 10 Glittering Facts About the Faberge Eggs  Listverse   

Headlines in the News August 10, 2015

Gerald Celente: A Stock Market Crash Will Happen By The End Of 2015
“Bear Markets Are Driven By Fear, And Fear Has Taken Over Many European Markets. Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late To Get Out.”
The Price Of ‘C’ In China
Don’t Put All Your (Nest) Eggs in One Basket
Municipal Office Set on Fire, Trucks Looted in Western Venezuela
Do You Have Change for a Bowie? The Advent of Artisanal Cash
How Facebook Tracks Messages and Photos For Crime, Reports to Police
The danger of over-gadgeting your rifle
America Divided The Resurrection of America's Slums
Is Obamacare Costing America Jobs?
China’s Hard Landing Suddenly Gets a Lot Rougher
Bill Holter-World is Defenseless in Next Financial Crash
St. Louis may build new football stadium with taxpayer dollars without taxpayer approval
Are airlines swindling travelers? Senate committee thinks so
“Smart Money” Ready To Bet On Gold?
Greece hopes to conclude bailout talks by Tuesday
Radical change for UK pensions
Seven countries near bankruptcy
United States Slips To 16th Best Country In The World To Live In
ISIS seen building capacity for mass casualty attacks
The World Economy Is Heading Into Epochal Deflation - David Stockman 08-07-15
Disclosing CEO-worker pay gaps makes no sense for Wall Street banks
Investors are running away from U.S. stocks
Stealth Privatization
Americans’ Outlook on the Home Selling Market Cools Slightly
China approves usage of ruble instead of US dollar for border city
'Taxi Hotel' A Hit In New York
AAA: Gas prices continue summer slide
‘My Bailout Is Bigger Than Yours’ â€" China Is Buying More Time To Buy More Gold Before Joining The SDR-basket
Germany’s bizarre version of capitalismâ€"where bosses and workers actually cooperateâ€"is winning
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