Chinese Central Bank to Test Program to Settle Trade in Yuan Rather Than Dollars

While it would be easy to dismiss this move by the People's Bank of China to inch away from dollar based invoicing, ... be fading. A UBS Investment Research report says that while it would be wrong to write off the U.S. dollar ... - is likely to cause the dollar to lose reserve currency status entirely.” The UBS report maintains [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 07:03:40

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Posts about Obama Health Care Failure as of September 25, 2009

Obama’s Competing Waterloos - brownpelicanla.com 09/25/2009 David Limbaugh, TownHall.com, Friday, September 25, 2009 Sen. Jim DeMint predicted that Obamacare would be President Barack Obama’s Waterloo. While that’s certainly a strong possibility, Obama has other Waterloos in the wings competing for the prize, such as his monstrous deficits and his disastrous foreign policy. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 13:01:42

Voting Rights Watch: Media exposure, voter education reduce 'lost' presidential votes in tight NC race

what it meant for the state to not only go Democratic, but elect the first African-American president, here ... declared with typical swagger in The New York Times that "Obama can write off Georgia and North Carolina ... Obama turn North Carolina blue? A number of factors gave him this victory: * Obama mobilized [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 17:17:11

“In capitalism of the 21st century, there is room for the state.”

http://news.yahoo.com/… The head of Europe’s biggest economy said Thursday that world leaders should be looking at the massive U.S ... be making an error if we were content to look solely at financial markets,” she said. She deplored huge ... report estimates that the U.S. federal budget deficit will hit an unparalleled $1.2 trillion [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 17:45:24

DrumBeat: November 30, 2008

Oil majors eye $5-billion ships to cut costs London — Oil and gas companies are racing to develop a new type of vessel they hope will revolutionize offshore gas production but even if the untested technology works, its deployment could be blocked by resource holders who fear it will undermine development goals [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 14:33:22

Sales Funnel System To Start 2009 Well

The best way to start 2009 well is to implement a sales funnel system, also called a marketing funnel system about which I’ve written before. But lots of people missed that one, so… You can download a free copy down below or, even better ... to report! A beautiful landscape and people had lots and lots of fun skating or ice sailing. white [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 01:04:10

Information Is Power 1_ EU Funding Orwellian Technology…

Information is Power 1 – EU funding Orwellian technology by IanPJ on Sun 20 Sep 2009 12:00 BST This morning the Telegraph tells us that the EU is funding an ‘Orwellian’ artificial intelligence plan to monitor public for “abnormal behaviour” The European Union is spending millions of pounds developing “Orwellian” technologies designed to scour the internet and CCTV images for “abnormal behaviour”. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 09:44:36

Post-Holidays Ideal Time to Check for ID Theft

We know, we know: that stack of bills on your kitchen table can’t possibly have a bright side. Right? ... . Request a Credit Report Unless you’re planning on requiring one for another purpose (such as a loan) within the next 12 months, now is also a good time to order a credit report. (You may obtain [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 00:30:01

Scroll For Updates: United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger: Screw You If You Think Our Members Are Giving More Concessions…Umm “for approximately a lousy $7 billion”, We Could Buy All Three Companies

That’s pretty much the message this is sending: COLUMBUS, Ohio – Even as Detroit’s Big Three teeter on collapse, United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger said Saturday that workers will not make any more concessions and that getting the automakers back on their feet means figuring out a way to turn around the slumping economy [more...]

Date: 2008-11-16 22:50:05

Plagiarism in the Midst of Chaos

The tale of U.S. Airways flight 1549 gripped the world yesterday. A plane, crippled in mid-air, made a safe landing in the middle of the Hudson River. A potential catastrophe ended with no deaths and no serious injuries. Like most breaking news stories coverage of it was widespread and constant [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 18:27:36

I Hate Equifax

I wish I could turn my pure emotion into words on the screen to fully express my hatred for Equifax. It is pure. It is flowing. I. Hate. Equifax. Why I Hate Equifax I’ve recently reminded you to check your annual credit report ... running there has been an issue that results in us not getting her annual credit report. This doesn’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 13:00:13

Guatemalan Immigrants’ Movement (MIGUA) demands US Government discontinue ICE roundups, use of E-Verify Social Security Verification by employers and any identity theft charges against all illegal aliens

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FORMER BORDER PATROL OFFICERSVisit our website: http://www.nafbpo ... sources on a daily basis. You are free to disseminate this information, but we request that you credit ... of Immigration and Customs (sic) (ICE, in English) and the crime of identity theft.  In a document, a copy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 22:49:19

Julie Amero Case Over; No Justice Done

Overlawyered: A judge had overturned the conviction of the former Norwich, Ct. substitute teacher (Jul. 15, Mar. 14 and Jun. 10, 2007, etc.) over the episode in which her computer (almost certainly infected with unwanted malware) displayed a stream of dirty popup windows while her students were watching [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 19:52:07

Scroll For Updates: United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger: Screw You If You Think Our Memebers Are Giving More Concessions…Umm “for approximately a lousy $7 billion”, We Could Buy All Three Companies

That’s pretty much the message this is sending: COLUMBUS, Ohio – Even as Detroit’s Big Three teeter on collapse, United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger said Saturday that workers will not make any more concessions and that getting the automakers back on their feet means figuring out a way to turn around the slumping economy [more...]

Date: 2008-11-16 22:50:05

Rosa Luxemburg - In her own words

Ninety years ago, on January 15 1919, one of the greatest revolutionaries of the 20th century, Rosa Luxemburg, was killed by the Freikorps - a freelance paramilitary outfit formed by rightwing officers after the defeat of Germany in World War I. They acted with the full encouragement of the coalition government headed by Fredrich Ebert and Gustav [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:35:00

Axing the Amazon

Posted for Anna Barnett They sent in police. They seized illegally grazing cattle. In an environmentally friendly credit crunch, they cut bank loans to farmers who don’t comply ... to this: AP notes that the apparent rise falls within the satellite survey’s margin of error [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 16:36:07

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/13/2008

My favorite story tonight is the one about the Bedouin tribe in north Israel who claim Barack Hussein Obama as a long-lost member.Should be an interesting family reunion…Thanks to Abu Elvis, C. Cantoni, Diana West, Insubria, JD, Kahane loyalist, TB, and all the other tipsters who sent these in. Headlines and articles are below the fold [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 04:59:00

The Importance of Repairing Your Credit Report - Yourself!

It seems to be common knowledge today that we are living in a society overwhelmed with debt ... to receive a free credit report every year. Americans need to become more aware of what is reported ... firms, which will charge you numerous fees to clean your credit report for you. Typical tactics [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:44:04

Jim Welsh on Stocks, Gold, Dollar, Bonds, ETFs

E. James Welsh of Welsh Money Management, is the author of The Financial Commentator, a monthly newsletter ... loans, credit cards and corporate debt, due to weak economic growth. Oh, and commercial real ... , a respected research firm, had estimated that losses from the credit crisis could total $1.6 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 11:29:23

Your problems: Margaret Dibben writes your wrongs

All I wanted was security help. NatWest tried to sell me a loan My house was burgled ... to personal information including bank statements. I called NatWest's fraud team to obtain a new account number and was told to visit a branch. There I was told I would be credit-scored if I chose [more...]

Date: 2008-11-09 00:04:50

Crunks 2008: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections

Editor’s Note: This site doesn’t accept advertising ... about a British family. In the United States, the Bulletin, a weekly in Montgomery County, Texas ... To Plagiarists Sports writer Rick Reilly deserves credit for having produced work of such brilliance that two [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 12:01:30

Obama's Shrewd Strategic Move

Wall Street Journal / WASHINGTON -- Facing growing criticism of his economic recovery plan, ... , concedes that the estimates are "subject to significant margins of error," both because ... the report one day after the unemployment rate jumped to 7.2 percent, the highest in 16 years [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 17:05:00

Gazelle Article 2: Invites, Minor Edits and Small Add-ons

In this second article on how to install Gazelle, we’ll explain how to implement Invite Codes, configure the Donations, and BT client Whitelists. These last few days I’ve done a few minor edits in and around the code and did one small change to the invite system. Also, our twitter feed for the yet-to-be-announced tracker is running at http://twitter.com/SVTracker/. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 15:38:07

Missing Ballots in Minneapolis?

The latest drama in the Minnesota recount is taking place in the 1st Precinct of the 3rd Ward of the city of Minneapolis, ... on Tuesday. Minneapolis elections director Cindy Reichert said she believes the error occurred ... do not match exactly, she is confident that that's what happened and will report those numbers [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 02:15:00

DrumBeat: January 4, 2009

Canadian oil-sand mines stuck as crude price plummets Canada's once booming oil sands industry is cooling fast as the plunging oil price undermines investment. More than US$60 billion (£41 billion) worth of projects to extract oil from the bitumen-rich sands of northern Alberta have been delayed in the past three months, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 13:51:54

College Money Tip #5: Get Your (Free) Credit Score

Last week, I took you through all the ways and reasons to track down your free credit report, ... t tell you how… until now. Remember how credit reports are like annoying report cards that show ... recommending Credit Karma - and some of my friends, too. So I decided to finally sign up and see how good [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:41:32

Interview With Kyle Hightower

"To keep your lone professional franchise in the city happy, Orlando officials had to bite what was an unpopular bullet for a chunk of residents. I just hope that the fan base has the motivation and the disposable cash down the road to support the Magic when it's finished being built [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:00:09

Ted Mininni: What Does Loss of Customer Trust Actually Cost Companies?

We all know that in challenging economic times, consumers are less brand loyal than ever ... . The Deloitte report was conducted by an independent research company online in early September. 1004 adult consumers were polled nationally with a 3.1 margin of error. According to the report: 58 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 13:00:27

Doing a Background Check is Easier Than You Might Expect

by Glen Pearson Do you have question about someone’s past? ... . If an error is revealed, contact information is provided so that the records can be updated ... can be very detailed. It may include credit history, any criminal history, previous addresses [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 22:20:20

at the Apple Macworld keynote… Update: Apple marketing exec Phil Schiller just announced at Macworld that starting immediately, 8 million songs on iTunes will be available without copy-protection, and that “By the end of this quarter, all 10 million songs will be DRM free.” Apple will, as rumored, offer new prices, 69 cents [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 17:02:36

Sarkozy, Merkel, Blair call for new capitalism

Yahoo! News, “Sarkozy, Merkel, Blair call for new capitalism” ... . “We would be making an error if we were content to look solely at financial markets,” she said ... A Congressional Budget Office report estimates that the U.S. federal budget deficit will hit an unparalleled [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 07:07:34

Franken to Coleman: Where's The Beef?

request to prevent certification of the recount until claims regarding alleged double-counted ballots are resolved. Nor will it require any further efforts from the counties in pursuit of such ballots. The Court decided simply that Coleman hadn't presented enough evidence, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 07:19:00

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« PreviousLatest Lie: "Death Panels By Proxy" Next »Odd Economic Indicators Barack Obama, Olympic (Committee) Bound Posted by Michael SchererMonday, September 28, 2009 at 9:52 am 36 Comments • Trackback (1) • Related Topics:barack obama, arne duncan, ray lahood The marketing of Chicago's 2016 Olympic bid has hinged considerably on the international celebrity of Barack Obama and his enthusiasm for the project. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 13:52:38

Keep tabs on your health insurance claims

We’re all aware of the dangers of identity theft these days. Most people keep a close watch on their bank accounts, credit card statements, and credit reports to ensure they’re not being victimized. This week I had a scare that made me realize my credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:00:26

2008 Victoria University Post Election Conference

I’m attending the traditional post-election conference organised by Victoria University today ... call to approach PM to suggest debates should be head to head. Amused that media report it was PM’ ... in response to the credit crisis Last few days very focused on the reasons for change Key moments [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 20:45:09

What’s the Deal with a Fraud Alert?

What’s the Deal with a Fraud Alert? Prior victims of identity theft may be familiar with the term “fraud alert” but for those who have yet to have ... on your credit report for a year. There is also an extended credit alert that can be used and will remain on your credit report for 7 years. Many people have made the error of believing that a fraud [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 00:44:57

Origin of Rhodes Scholarship, Defending Marconi, Rich Inventors (Apr, 1902)

THE AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIPS AT OXFORD. Probably no will made public in years has attracted so much attention as that of the late Cecil Rhodes. It is characteristic of the man that its provisions should be on such a vast scale as to affect the interests of three continents [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 18:23:00

DrumBeat: December 1, 2008

A Shore Thing? Why Offshore Wind Power Will Likely Struggle Offshore wind power is the Holy Grail of renewable energy: It’s clean, abundant, and out of sight. Now that energy security is meshing with environmental concerns inside the White House, is offshore wind power ready to come of age? [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 13:48:47

How to Remove a Tax Lien From Your Credit

by Matt Douglas If you have a tax lien on your credit report, you should take immediate action to remove it. This is a very bad mark and will lower your score considerably. The first step ... it is not out of the ordinary for incorrect information to be reported on your credit. It is estimated [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 08:40:48

New Kefi Shut Down By Department of Health (With Updates!)

Upper West Side—Donatella Arpaia and Michael Psilakis' month-old relocation of Kefi on the UWS, ... be closed tonight, and a follow-up inspection hasn't been scheduled at this time. To their credit ... and all who are interested with a statement very shortly. UPDATE: The official report from the DOH: "The Health [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 21:19:48

Formula One teams Singapore Grand Prix free practice report (+results)

Singapore  Grand Prix Formula One free practice report Today’s report from Formula One teams & drivers in Singapore.   1 Vettel Red Bull 1:48.650 104.324 mph 2 Alonso Renault 1:48.924 0.274 3 Kovalainen McLaren 1:48.952 0.302 4 Heidfeld BMW 1:49.098 0.448 5 Button Brawn 1:49.311 0.661 6 [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 16:26:06

A gentle introduction to Unqualified Reservations (part 2)

We have swallowed the red pill, which now makes its way to the stomach. The coating dissolves. The rotor spins up and the device begins to operate. Inside, the sodium-metal core remains intact.And we begin the treatment. Again, our goal is to detach you - by "you," of course, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 11:44:00

On Mayor Willie Herenton (The $91,000 Question)

UPDATE (1/16): Earlier this week, when the CA wrote about Herenton's alleged $91,000 gain, should it have also explored indepth the past of Tre Hargett, who was also mentioned in an separate article that shared the front page and has some baggage of his own, including being mentioned in the Tennessee Waltz investigation? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 13:47:00

Credit Repair! You May Have A Bad Credit Rating And Not Even Know It

When we talk about credit repair, most of us believe that repairing our credit rating is directly related to our mismanagement of our finances, ... s website. They request that you enter your personal data to update your credit accounts, and when you try ... every year find out they have bad credit due to credit fraud, and if you’re not 100% sure on how [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 08:37:18

Jobs Contract 11th Straight Month; Unemployment Rate Hits 6.7%

Before taking a look at the monthly jobs data, let's take a look at Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims from The US Department of Labor ... , the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the November Employment Report. Jobs were negative ... payroll employment fell sharply (-533,000) in November, and the unemployment rate rose from 6.5 to 6.7 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 15:50:00

In the story, "Sarkozy, Merkel, Blair Call for New Capitalism," what group did Germany's chancellor cite as a failure?

#fullpost{display:inline;}Street SignsQuestion: In the story, "Sarkozy, Merkel, Blair Call for New Capitalism," ... be making an error if we were content to look solely at financial markets," she said. She deplored huge ... report estimates that the U.S. federal budget deficit will hit an unparalleled $1.2 trillion [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 18:56:00

And Chimpy Wonders Why

And Chimpy Wonders Why January 14th, 2009 According to the moronic monkey, ... as being hostile to minorities. The word “Klanservative,” which I claim credit for coining ... by demonizing a whole class of American citizens based on who they love. The Reign or Error, as a matter [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:08:44

Credit Reports - How to Understand Them

If you are looking for a wise decision concerning your credit, then you may want to take a look at your credit report ... your credit report annually.  You can get a free copy each year and each of these agencies is easily ... .  Once you have obtained a copy of your credit report it is just as important to know how to read [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:21:52

Obama Advisers Say Plan Would Create 3.5m New Jobs

Facing growing criticism of his economic recovery plan, ... , concedes that the estimates are "subject to significant margins of error," both because ... , who previously has provided few details of the massive spending and tax cut plan, released the report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 16:39:57

Remove Tax Lien

Remove Tax Lien by Matt Douglas If you have a tax lien on your credit report, you should take immediate action to remove it ... . Unfortunately mistakes do happen on your report; there are estimates that 1 in 4 people have an error ... on your credit for 7 years once it is paid. If it goes unpaid you could have a lien on your report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 08:39:14

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