June 20, 2014
Absurd Statement of the Week "The System Worked"
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Hard hitting global and local news
Hard hitting global and local news
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Read More: Merkel Tosses Cameron Like Hot Potato; Cameron to Go Down in Flames Over Juncker
Eternal Trust Number 37 The Financial Times investigates China’s precarious shadow banking system.
On Monday, a BLS Real Earnings report showed: Real average hourly earnings for all private employees fell 0.2 percent from April to May. This result stems from a 0.2 percent increase in the average hourly earnings being more than offset by a 0.4 percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U). For all private employees, real average hourly earnings fell 0.1 percent, seasonally adjusted, from May 2013 to May 2014
Here are some snips from Teytelman’s post Facebook’s Most Popular University . I found it amusing that a Malaysian university took pride in " beating Cambridge " in terms of the number of "likes" and touted it in press and on social media, with ambitious plans to double their total FB likes
Link: New Rules for Iraqis: Repent or Die, Say 5 Daily Prayers, Women Not Allowed Outside; Grim Massacres
The Financial Times reports Iraq Slides Further Into Turmoil as Kurds Take Oil City Kirkuk . Iraq’s Shia-dominated government launched air strikes on Sunni insurgent positions in and around the city of Mosul on Thursday as Islamist forces hurtled toward the capital and Kurdish troops seized control of the key oil city of Kirkuk
Taken from: Goldman Sachs President Inadvertently Explains Why Cantor Lost; Reflections on the Bush Years
View article: Average Cost of New Home is 6 Times Median Income (Historically 3); Sales of Priciest 1% of Homes…
View article: Steve Keen and Others Chime In On the Alleged Shortage of Skilled Workers; Musical Tribute