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Paul Krugman's fear for lost decade
Seeded on Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:17 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
It's not that the risk of the Japan syndrome has receded very much. The risk of a full, all-out Great Depression - utter collapse of everything - has receded a lot in the past few months.
PJC Journal :: Lisbon Treaty allows for Death Penalty across EU
Seeded on Sun Mar 15, 2009 5:44 AM EDT (thejournal.parker-joseph.co.uk)
Professor Schachtschneider pointed out that it [the European Union reform treaty, a.k.a.
Obama's budget is still deceptive, just not in ways we're used to.
Seeded on Sat Feb 28, 2009 4:28 PM EST (Slate)
All presidential budgets are rife with trap doors, gimmicks, and flimflammery. This annual budget exercise is like a grand, national fish story every president gets to tell: Each administration exaggerates differently, but the basic story is the same.
Soros sees no bottom for world financial collapse
Seeded on Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:18 AM EST (Reuters)
Soros said the turbulence is actually more severe than during the Great Depression, comparing the current situation to the demise of the Soviet Union.
Ministers 'using fear of terror'
Seeded on Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:04 AM EST (BBC News)
A former head of MI5 has accused the government of exploiting the fear of terrorism and trying to bring in laws that restrict civil liberties.
Editorial - Continuity of the Wrong Kind
Seeded on Thu Feb 12, 2009 2:43 AM EST (The New York Times)
The Obama administration failed — miserably — the first test of its commitment to ditching the extravagant legal claims used by the Bush administration to try to impose blanket secrecy on anti-terrorism policies and avoid accountability for serial abuses of the law.
Window on Eurasia: Economic Crisis Costing Russia "Tens of Thousands" of Managers and Entrepreneurs
Seeded on Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:38 PM EST (windowoneurasia.blogspot.com)
The number of people involved in this emigration, the paper concludes, "is not that massive in comparison with the fourth wave when after the collapse of the USSR about 1.5 million people left Russia.
American Wind Energy Association (awea) Notes Top Wind Industry Accomplishments Of 2008
Seeded on Mon Feb 9, 2009 3:35 PM EST (awea.org)
Reflecting on the wind industry's third record year in a row, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) today identified the wind industry's top accomplishments of 2008, and highlighted key environmental and economic achievements.
In Foreign Policy Speech, Biden Takes Hard Line on Russia and Iran
Seeded on Sat Feb 7, 2009 10:45 AM EST (The New York Times)
Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. rejected the notion of a Russian sphere of influence, promising that America's new government under President Obama would continue to press NATO to seek "deeper cooperation" with like-minded countries.
Why Obama's Plan to Help Renewable Energy May Backfire and Aid Big Coal
Seeded on Sat Feb 7, 2009 9:00 AM EST (AlterNet.org)
he new mantra in energy circles is "national smart grid."
Is Europe's welfare system a model for the 21st century?
Seeded on Sun Feb 1, 2009 3:43 PM EST (International Herald Tribune)
Along with skiing and partying into the night, Europe-bashing has long been a favorite sport when the world's business and political elite gather here for their once-a-year winter schmoozefest.
Finland to produce service robot for future experimental fusion reactor - Helsingin Sanomat - International Edition
Seeded on Sun Feb 1, 2009 8:24 AM EST (Uutiset - HS.fi)
The world's first functioning, electricity-producing fusion reactor is still decades away, but already one can practice with and test one of the reactor's most critical parts at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland facility in Tampere. The fusion reactor's se …
Millionaires feel some economic pinch in downturn - report - Jan. 6, 2009
Seeded on Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:35 AM EST (CNN)
Why I feel rather good on this? Am I secret envy? Anyway, it is time for them to learn how to live with less...
Gas Issue Points to Ukraine's Failures - washingtonpost.com
Seeded on Mon Jan 19, 2009 3:29 PM EST (The Washington Post)
But now, as Ukraine prepares to sign an accord ending an 18-day Russian gas embargo that disrupted energy supplies in much of Europe, the consensus here is that instead of cleaning up the gas trade, Yushchenko's first gas deal left this former Soviet republic more vulnerable to b …
The System Implodes: The 10 Worst Corporations of 2008
Seeded on Mon Jan 19, 2009 7:28 AM EST (Common Dreams)
In the 20 years that we ve published our annual list, we ve covered corporate villains, scoundrels, criminals and miscreants.
Five Problems Venture Capitalists Should Have Solved But Didn t - Umair Haque - HarvardBusiness.org
Seeded on Sun Jan 18, 2009 5:58 PM EST (discussionleader.hbsp.com)
Not convinced yet that the rot in the venture economy runs as deep as it does on Wall St? Then consider these five economic challenges, listed in order of significance, that venture capitalists have had a decade to resolve - but haven t.
Russia blames US as EU gas supplies halt again
Seeded on Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:34 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
Ukrainian officials said Gazprom had "deliberately" sent the gas by a route that would have meant switching off gas to Ukrainian consumers in the east of the country.
David Cronin: Russia and Ukraine's gas dispute should be a chance to tackle fossil fuel consumption. What happened?
Seeded on Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:28 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
Their common thread is that Europe's energy policies suffer from a potentially fatal myopia. On one level, this has led us to rely too heavily on imports from a supplier that has proven unreliable (about one-quarter of EU gas supplies come from Russia).
Where is Madoff's $50bn loss?
Seeded on Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:24 PM EST (FT.com)
As Bernard Madoff's "Ponzi scheme" unravels, the victim list grows. This interactive graphic visualises the looks at how much of his alleged $50bn loss has so far been accounted for and which investors have been struck with the biggest losses.
The Associated Press: Ukraine welcomes EU call to sue gas companies
Seeded on Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:17 PM EST (Google)
The Ukrainian president on Wednesday welcomed a European Union call for legal action in its bitter gas dispute with Russia, saying it would give Kiev the chance to prove it is not to blame for leaving many Europeans without heat.
WRAPUP 1-Russia-Ukraine deal on gas for Europe hits trouble | Reuters
Seeded on Sun Jan 11, 2009 6:18 PM EST (Reuters)
* Russia objects to Ukrainian additions to gas deal * EU says agrees with Ukraine to address Russian concerns * Putin said to propose sending officials to Brussels
EU monitors arrive to get Russian gas flowing again - washingtonpost.com
Seeded on Sun Jan 11, 2009 12:41 PM EST (The Washington Post)
But it was unlikely the gas would reach Europe earlier than Tuesday, nearly two weeks after a gas price row broke out between Moscow and Kiev, choking supplies and raising new questions about the European Union s reliance on Russian energy.
Russia Gazprom shuts wells, makes losses in gas row
Seeded on Sun Jan 11, 2009 12:26 PM EST (Reuters)
"Over these days of suspended deliveries through Ukraine, Gazprom suffered losses of about $800 million. Gazprom was forced to stop the work of more than 100 wells," Interfax news agency quoted Putin as saying.
6 Reasons Why Nuclear Power Can't Save Us
Seeded on Sat Jan 10, 2009 5:30 PM EST (AlterNet.org)
A new book shows that it is not just the cost of nuke plants and their deadly waste that is the energy source's only problems.
Your Taxes: Liechtenstein opens up
Seeded on Sat Jan 10, 2009 12:08 PM EST (JPost.com)
Before the present financial crisis, we were concerned with a fiscal crisis centered on Liechtenstein. It was reported that the German secret service paid a Liechtenstein bank employee to reveal the identity of the bank s customers.
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