Global food crisis forecast as prices reach record highs
Cost of meat, sugar, rice, wheat and maize soars as World Bank predicts five years of price volatility John Vidal Guardian Rising food prices and…
Finance
FDIC Head Sounds the Alarm on Foreclosure Litigation
Reuters Litigation arising from foreclosure paperwork problems could be “very damaging” to the housing market, a top U.S. banking regulator said Monday. Federal Deposit Insurance…
5 Best Countries to Escape America’s Decline
Activist Post Okay, you’re upset with the direction America is headed and you’ve been thinking of moving to another country. Perhaps you feel exhaustively cynical…
Oil climbs as dollar sags
Associated Press NEW YORK — Oil prices climbed on Monday as the dollar fell against the euro and other currencies. Benchmark crude rose 91 cents…
70% of All Stock Market Trades Are Held for an Average of 11 SECONDS
Washington’s Blog The Fourteenth Banker writes today: In the stock market, program trading dominates volume. I heard recently that 70% of trade positions are held…
Oil could hit $100 a barrel soon, JP Morgan predicts
China’s economy was quick to recover from the global downturn and has been growing at a spectactular pace, resulting in rampant demand for oil Julia…
Fed Report: Banks Overlooking Small Businesses that Want Credit
Nathaniel Cahners Hindman Huffington Post Banks that lend to small businesses may have overlooked thousands of qualified loan applicants, according to a report released Monday…
Getting Real About Real Estate
An interview with real estate professional Andy Miller, Miller Frishman Group David Galland Casey Research In 1990, following the real estate debacle of the 1980s,…
Oil, gold, corn…oh my! Commodity prices on a tear
Blake Ellis CNN NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Commodity prices are surging across the board as the U.S. dollar remains under pressure from building speculation that…
Cotton Climbs to 140-Year High
Adam Cancryn and Carolyn Cui Wall Street Journal Cotton prices touched their highest level since Reconstruction on Friday, as a string of bad harvests and…
Casey Gold Summit Offers Investment Nuggets
Diane Fraser Gold Report Carlsbad is several hundred miles south of Sutter’s Mill, but the experts and investors who gathered for Casey Research’s recent Gold…
Debt market strips U.S. of triple-A rating
Colin Barr Fortune The United States has lost its gold-plated triple-A rating — in the eyes of credit traders, at least. U.S. sovereign debt was…
China stakes claim to S. Texas oil, gas
Monica Hatcher Houston Chronicle State-owned Chinese energy giant CNOOC is buying a multibillion-dollar stake in 600,000 acres of South Texas oil and gas fields, potentially…
Libyan oil chief: no need to change OPEC quotas
AFP Image Associated Press LONDON — Libya’s de facto oil minister says there’s no need to change oil quotas at this week’s meeting of the…