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Weekly News Wrap-Up 10/21/11

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com It only cost one or two billion bucks to get rid of Libya’s leader, Muammar Gaddafi.  Was it worth it?  He pled for his life, but was killed anyway.  Did NATO want him dead?  Would a war crime trial embarrass the

The Age of Bank Failures

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  The U.S. stock market surged yesterday on news the European Union (EU) would deploy a two trillion euro rescue fund to help get its sovereign debt crisis under control.  This news was so good even battered Bank

Should There be a Public Option for Banking?

Things are not looking good for European banks or, for that matter, U.S. banks.  Bankers are cutting expenses and laying off workers in droves as their profits go up in smoke.  The bankers got what they wanted years ago—almost all regulations

Everyone Now Identifies With Protesters

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  What started out as a little insignificant protest that the mainstream media tried to ignore (or at least downplay) has turned into a global phenomenon in a little less than a month.  One of the many headlines

Weekly News Wrap-Up 10.14.11

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  The alleged Iranian plot to kill the Saudi Ambassador in Washington D.C. has put everyone on edge even though it was foiled.  Secretary of State Hilary Clinton says it is a “dangerous escalation.”  The U.S. government considers

Republican Debate Focused on Economy and Cain

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  I don’t know who won the October 11, 2011 Republican debate last night, but Herman Cain sure got a lot of attention for his 9-9-9 tax plan.  That’s short for 9% tax on business, 9% tax on

Where is Occupy Wall Street Going?

I have to applaud the “Occupy Wall Street” movement even if their message is a little disjointed.  I think the message will sharpen in time.  I hope the main focus continues to be the ongoing market manipulation and crime that has gone

When?

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  When?  That’s the question that is on the minds of people following the economy.  When will the “you know what” hit the fan and we start another global meltdown.  I am not going to string you along. 

Weekly News Wrap-Up 10.7.11

Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com The big financial story this week comes from Europe.  To print or not to print, that is the question.  The answer is the EU will print money to bail out their banks.  Now Chancellor Merkel and Germany are

What was Steve Jobs Secret to Life?

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com The passing of Steve Jobs is like losing the Alexander Graham Bell or Thomas Edison of our day.  He was truly brilliant.  His thoughts and inventions changed the way we live.  What was his secret?  Is it something we all could

There is No Plan to Fix the Economy!

Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  I, and many others, have said when it comes to the economy, nothing has been fixed.  I thought Federal Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke underscored that fact when he spoke yesterday in Washington D.C. for the Joint Economic Committee. 

Watch out for the Short Sellers!

With the nearly 260 point drubbing the Dow took yesterday I thought it would be a good time to roll out a post on short selling.  Sure, some of this is generated by folks simply sell because of sovereign debt fears

Four Biggest Banks in America have Huge Leverage

By Greg hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  I keep hammering away at the fact the Fed doled out $16 trillion in the wake of the credit crisis of 2008.  This is an enormous sum that is greater than the all goods and services produced

Weekly News Wrap-Up 9.30.11

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  Germany brings Europe and the world back from the edge of a financial abyss.  It voted to expand the EU bailout fund.  This is not over by a long shot.  Things are much worse that in 2008. 

Peaceful Wall Street Protesters Pepper Sprayed?

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  You got to wonder what kind of country we are living in when people protesting Wall Street greed and corruption are pepper sprayed.  Meanwhile, the crooks that caused a global meltdown sit and look out their plush