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US Military Base Plan Fuels Latin American Tensions (Bill Van Auken)
Bill Van Auken -- World Socialist Web Site Aug. 5, 2009 -- A plan unveiled by the United States and Colombia to open up more Colombian bases for use by the U.S. military has fueled growing tensions ...
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Urban Caveman -- Living Life Out-Of-Balance (Mickey Z.)
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Balance: A harmonious or satisfying arrangement or proportion of parts or elements In early 2000, I was walking through Manhattan with three friends on our way to meet ...
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World Will Warm Faster Than Predicted in Next Five Years, Study Warns (Duncan Clark)
New estimate based on the forthcoming upturn in solar activity and El Niño southern oscillation cycles is expected to silence global warming sceptics July 27, 2009 (Guardian) -- The world faces a ...
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After the fall (The Economist)
The collapse in world trade has stopped, but there is no sign of a recovery July 27, 2009 -- World trade has been one of the worst casualties of the global economic slowdown and the source of some ...
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Scientists Claim New State of Matter Created (LiveScience)
July 29, 2009 (LiveScience) -- Scientists claim to have created a form of aluminum that's nearly transparent to extreme ultraviolet radiation and which is a new state of matter. It's an idea straight ...
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Taking Over Post-Arnold California: Mickey Z. Interviews Richard Oxman
Richard Oxman Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 30, 2009 -- What do you think of Obama's reaction to the Gates incident? Who killed Michael Jackson? Why did Palin resign? Why are 90 percent of the ...
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U.S. Durable Goods Orders Rise Excluding Cars, Planes (Bob Willis)
July 29 (Bloomberg) -- Orders for U.S. durable goods, excluding automobiles and aircraft, unexpectedly rose in June, signaling manufacturing may expand in the second half of the year. Excluding ...
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British economic collapse rivals Great Depression (Edmund Conway)
July 24, 2009 (Telegraph) -- Economic output shrank by 5.6pc in the 12 months to the middle of the year, according to official figures which shattered hopes that the recovery has already begun. The ...
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Confidence Among U.S. Consumers Fell More Than Forecast in July (Shobhana Chandra)
July 28 (Bloomberg) -- Confidence among U.S. consumers fell more than forecast in July, reinforcing concern that mounting joblessness will hurt households. The Conference Board’s confidence index ...
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U.S. Home Prices Rise for First Time in Three Years (Courtney Schlisserman)
July 28 (Bloomberg) -- Home prices posted their first monthly gain in three years in May, a gauge of values in 20 major U.S. cities showed, reinforcing signs of stabilization in a market hammered by ...
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New Info: Goldman Really Was In Trouble (Matt Taibbi)
Joe Hagan’s new piece in New York magazine brings out a lot of excellent new information, but the most interesting from my point of view is his insight about the period after the AIG bailout and ...
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