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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Oct 3, 2010
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The overwhelming vote on Wednesday in the US House of Representatives for a bill opening the door for punitive tariffs against China over its currency marks a dangerous step toward trade war. The legislation, directed against any country whose currency is assessed as “fundamentally...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Sep 28, 2010
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The fear of social and political upheaval haunting ruling circles around the world was graphically expressed at a recent joint conference of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) that reviewed the worsening global levels of unemployment and poverty....... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Sep 13, 2010
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By Patrick Martin:
Census figures for 2009, to be released Thursday, are expected to show that the poverty rate soared last year to nearly 15 percent. One out of every seven Americans is now living below the official poverty level, the highest proportion since the 1960s. One in five...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Jul 1, 2010
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● NGOs believe that capital issues like the environment or combating poverty are receiving scant attention
By Elsa Claro:
ON April 2, 2009, the U.S. president acknowledged his country’s responsibility for the origin of the global crisis to representatives of the G-20, a forum...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: May 5, 2010
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by Dave Clark:
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Historians and anti-racism campaigners are to urge the countries that oversaw and profited from the Atlantic slave trade to recognise it as a crime against humanity, opening the way for reparations.
Next week, activists are to send a letter to the...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Nov 21, 2009
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By NEIL HARTNELL:
Tribune Business Editor -
THE Bahamas would have ranked 11 out of 12 major international financial centres had it been included in a survey designed to measure the attractiveness of these nations to 'mobile' high net worth individuals.
Stephen Wall, director of the...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Apr 20, 2009
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Reflections of Fidel
(Taken from CubaDebate)
WHILE neither represented at nor excommunicated from the Port of Spain Summit we were able to find out what has been discussed there up until today. We were led to fully expect that the meeting would not be private, but the stage...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Feb 22, 2009
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By Diane Smith:
Google denied the rumor that it discovered Atlantis was discovered on Google Earth.
For those of you ho do not know, Atlantis is the legendary island first mentioned by Greek philosopher Plato that supposedly sunk into the ocean in a single day and night around 9000 BC.,...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Oct 24, 2008
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By BÜLENT KENEŞ:
Every day hundreds of analysts comment on the global economic storm triggered by the subprime mortgage crisis, which is gradually crippling all world economies. I will not delve into a technical commentary, as I am no expert on the issue.
However, I am well...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Jul 4, 2008
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A different kind of American Gothic:
By JAMMAL SMITH, Guardian Business Desk -
Nassau, Bahamas:
New reports suggest an increasing number of American baby boomers are watching their life savings evaporate as the stock market and indeed the economy tank. It's a phenomenon that threatens to...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Jun 28, 2008
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Reflections of Fidel:
We know that people living in industrialized and wealthy countries spend, on average, 25% of their income on food. Those who live in nations which were condemned to economic underdevelopment by the former devote up to 80% of their income to this end. Many go...... [view]
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