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5 Things To Ponder: Independence Day Reading
Submitted by Lance Roberts via STA Wealth Management,This weekend's reading list is a smattering of articles to enjoy between your favorite beverage, grilled meat and really fattening desert. Just...
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Are You Investing Like the Terminator? You Should Be!
By Chris at www.CapitalistExploits.atWhen robots eventually take over this planet, killing us all (save a small group singled out to be used as slaves, and thrown into a big brother style environment...
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Greece licks wounds after bailout vote, ECB move expected (Reuters)Lose-Lose: Pushing Greece Out of Euro Is Costlier Than Write-Off (BBG)EMU brutality in Greece has destroyed the trust of Europe's Left...
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Gold Plunges to Lowest Since 2010 (BBG)In Greek crisis, one big unhappy EU family (Reuters)Greek Banks Reopen Their Doors (WSJ)Greek reshuffle hints at autumn election (FT)Angela Merkel signals...
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Why America's First National Supermarket Chain Just Filed For Bankruptcy, Again
Back in December 2010, we were "stunned" when we learned that in a what was a clear case of a supermarket chain unable to pass through costs to consumers, the Great Atlantic & Pacific Company...
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$900 Million Payday Is Billionaires' Reward For Crushing Twinkie-Maker's...
Two days ago we reported that according to the new Chief Restructuring Officer of America's "first national supermarket chain", Great Atlantic & Pacific, also known as A&P, Superfresh and...
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The Company At The Center Of The Criminal Fed Leak Probe Was Just Sold
By now, it is common knowledge that the Fed's leak of material, market moving data to Medley Global's Regina Schleiger has become the reason for not only a Congressional subpoena which Janet Yellen has...
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Bubble, Bubble, Toil, & Trouble: When Authorities Buy Assets To Prop Up Markets
Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog,The Central Planners who thought that buying shares to prop up the stock bubble was an excellent fix are about to find out the true meaning of toil...
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Chinese shares tumble 8.5 percent in biggest one-day drop since 2007 (Reuters)Japan’s Economy Shrank Last Quarter, Top Forecaster Says (BBG)Creditor teams in Athens to work on third bailout...
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US Middle Class Stays Dead: Homeownership Drops To 48 Year Low; Median Asking...
Three months ago, just as the last Census Homeownership and residential vacancy report hit, Gallup released its latest survey which confirmed just how dead the American Dream has become for tens if not...
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Fed expected to push ahead with rate hike plan (Reuters)Upbeat earnings lift European stocks ahead of Fed (Reuters)Chevron to Cut 1,500 Jobs (Rigzone)Can Windows 10 Revive PC Sales? (WSJ)U.S. Junk-Bond...
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U.S. stock futures slip amid lukewarm earnings, fall in commodities (Reuters)Stressful times for low-polling Republicans who may miss debate stage (Reuters)Trump shows staying power with surge ahead of...
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Is This The Top? Private Equity "Exits" Surge To Record Highs
After a slow first quarter of 2015, the private equity industry experienced a revitalization in Q2-2015. Investment dipped by less than 1 percent to $112 billion, holding strong at the second highest...
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"This Is The Largest Financial Departure From Reality In Human History"
Submitted by Nicole Foss via The Automatic Earth blog,Our consistent theme here at the Automatic Earth since its inception has been that we are facing a very powerful deflationary depression, following...
View ArticleAmerican Oligarchy: 400 Families Represent 50% Of Money Raised by 2016...
Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,Ever since I started this website in 2012, one of my primary objectives was to convince readers that the American system of government is nothing...
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Turkey says coalition to launch 'comprehensive battle' against Islamic State (Reuters)Buffett’s Celebration Tempered by 50th Anniversary Stock Slump (BBG)SEC Set to Approve CEO Pay-Gap Disclosure Rule...
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July job gains may favor September interest rate rise (Reuters)It's all about Trump at raucous Republican debate (Reuters)The 5 Most Important Takeaways From the First Debate of 2016 (BBG)Republican...
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Grim China data keeps stimulus hopes alive (Reuters)Berkshire Hathaway to Buy Precision Castparts for About $37 Billion (BBG)Greece, lenders in final push to seal new bailout (Reuters)Greece nears...
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China central bank under pressure to weaken yuan further (Reuters)Currency Rout Goes Global as Jen Sees Risk of 50% Loss on China (BBG)Europe Stocks Fall Most in Two Weeks as China Sparks Growth Fear...
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Asset-Price Inflation Enters Its Dangerous Late Phase
Submitted by Brendan Brown via The Mises Institute,Asset price inflation, a disease whose source always lies in monetary disorder, is not a new affliction. It was virtually inevitable that the present...
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