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Debt Deflation in Spain: Record 4.7% Decline in Household Credit, Business Lending Down 10% Posted by Michael Shedlock at 10:01 PM Disclaimer: The content on this site is provided as general information only and should not be taken as investment advice.
The Washington Post reports Puerto Rico confronts a rising economic misery . Boxes and wooden crates filled with household items bound for the U.S.
Please consider Companies Prepare to Pass More Health Costs to Workers . Many employers are betting that the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that all Americans have health insurance starting in 2014 will bring more people into their plans who have previously opted out.
Arnaud Montebourg, Minister of Industrial Renewal of France, has a new target in his sights, the French public procurement group UGAP . Here is some background information about UGAP.
Please consider China Cotton: Bale of a Tale It is never easy to put a positive spin on buying high and then selling low. Then again, the cotton that China plans to start selling from its vast state reserves this week, at a price below what it paid for this year’s harvest, might be rather hard actually to spin, period. Cotton can go brittle if stored for a long time.
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