Thailand: Who are the Anti-Regime Protesters?
December 3, 2013 0

Thailand: Who are the Anti-Regime Protesters?

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Links Thailand: Who are the Anti-Regime Protesters? December 3, 2013  (Tony Cartalucci) – After clashes with police in Bangkok and the taking of several government buildings, anti-regime protesters prepared for the next phase of their resistance – the protracted encampment of key governmental centers. Thousands of protesters are now permanently entrenched in an area winding for nearly a mile through the capital city.

Lesson for Union Dinosaurs: Detroit Bankruptcy Judge Rules Public Pensions Haircuts OK; Unions Whine City Got "Absolutely Everything"
December 3, 2013 0

Lesson for Union Dinosaurs: Detroit Bankruptcy Judge Rules Public Pensions Haircuts OK; Unions Whine City Got "Absolutely Everything"

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Yahoo!Finance reports Judge says Detroit Eligible for Bankruptcy Detroit is eligible to shed billions in debt in the largest public bankruptcy in U.S. history, a judge said Tuesday in a long-awaited decision that now shifts the case toward how the city will accomplish that task. Judge Steven Rhodes turned down objections from unions, pension funds and retirees, which, like other creditors, could lose under any plan to solve $18 billion in long-term liabilities

Whitehouse Monday – The Deniers Playbook
December 2, 2013 0

Whitehouse Monday – The Deniers Playbook

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Eli Rabett Eli Rabett Eli Rabett is a not quite failed professorial techno-bunny, a chair election from retirement, at a wanna be research university that has a lot to be proud of but has swallowed the Kool-Aid.

"Emerging Market Slowdown to Last for Years"; Comments from Saxo Bank Chief Economist
December 2, 2013 0

"Emerging Market Slowdown to Last for Years"; Comments from Saxo Bank Chief Economist

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Bloomberg reports Emerging Market Slowdown to Last for Years Unilever (UNA) Chief Executive Officer Paul Polman said the economic slowdown in emerging markets is here to stay as many countries need to enact structural reforms to adjust to new conditions after the boom of recent years.“They are still relatively stronger economies, but still fragile,†Polman said. “And you see that growth coming off now a little bit, obviously not being helped either by lower demand coming from Europe and the U.S