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ECB must cut rates or risk crisis again - Roubini The European Central Bank will eventually be forced to cut interest rates or risk an even deeper recession that could test the eurozone again by inflaming political and social tensions, American economist Nouriel Roubini has warned. http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~3/uvBWALQldFg/index.html How Obama plans to save Medicare The White House often says President Obama has a plan for reforming entitlements, particularly Medicare....

Why this Historic Bull Market Has Precious Little Street Cred The four-year stock rally is the eighth-longest in history, but is still held suspect by many investors http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-03-11/why-this-historic-bull-market-has-precious-little-street-cred#r=rss Stocks slip early Monday after record week NEW YORK (AP) — Coming off a record week, the stock market is drifting lower in light trading Monday....

Stocks back off record highs Investors are hitting the pause button after last week's record-breaking rally. http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~3/zRq-b_ftuns/index.html Italy's credit rating downgraded Fitch downgraded Italy's credit rating Friday, saying the lack of a stable government in Rome puts the nation's already fragile economy at risk. http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~3/M0R__pvDl7o/index.html Ex-Barclays CEO Diamond gets $3 million payday Bob Diamond stands to collect...

GE Nominates Mary Schapiro to Its Board General Electric Co nominated Mary Schapiro, former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, to its board. Schapiro will stand for election at the company's annual meeting of shareholders ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/SIG=14kl1iole/*http%3A//us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/topfinstories/SIG=12hsrd0l3/*http%3A//finance.yahoo.com/news/ge-nominates-mary-schapiro-board-133808194.html?l=1 US stocks fall in early trading NEW...

Stocks back off record highs Investors are hitting the pause button after last week's record-breaking rally. http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~3/zRq-b_ftuns/index.html Futures edge lower on China data, Italy downgrade By Angela Moon NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures edged lower on Monday following last week's strong rally as Italy's credit downgrade and mixed data from China curbed investors' appetite for risky assets. * On Friday the S&P 500 climbed for a sixth straight day,...

US stocks fall in early trading NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are opening lower after turning in a record week. http://news.yahoo.com/us-stocks-fall-early-trading-135002962--finance.html Stocks back off record highs Investors are hitting the pause button after last week's record-breaking rally. http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~3/zRq-b_ftuns/index.html Anatomy of a Bull Market This weekend marked the four year anniversary of the 2009 market lows, and it comes just days after the Dow...

Jeffrey Snider, baritone Stephen Carey, piano Verdi - Il Trovatore "Il balen del suo sorriso" The Italian Club of Dallas, February 15, 2013

Like the sun coming up in the morning, Central State planning and expansion predictably leads to state spending exceeding the rate of the real growth of the state's economy. The US Central State has been no exception and has been relentlessly expanding faster than GDP since the 1950s with only two notable exceptions. The dot.com bubble in the late 90's and the housing bubble in the early to mid 2000s. These artifical bubbles were created by Monetary Malpractice aimed at creating desperately...

GO OVER 'CLIFF' TO SOLVE FISCAL WOES - CHANDLER ANCHOR QUESTION OFF-CAMERA (ENGLISH) SAYING: What's your general take on this whole fiscal cliff matter? MARC CHANDLER, GLOBAL HEAD OF CURRENCY STRATEGY, BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN (ENGLISH) SAYING: I think two important points. One is that it's not being imposed on the United States from the outside like it was for Greece or Spain or Portugal or Ireland. This is really, even though we think of it as a fiscal problem, it's really a political...