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9/14/2011 2:38:48 PM (614 days ago) Bogdan Fiedur: Moody's cuts French banks, eurobond talk lifts markets By Lionel Laurent and Luke Baker PARIS/BRUSSELS | Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:11am EDT PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Moody's cut the credit ratin...

8/6/2011 2:56:20 AM (653 days ago) Bogdan Fiedur: FTSE 100 drops more than 3.4% amid financial turmoilTurmoil in the global financial markets continued on Friday when the FTSE 100 dropped more than 3.4% at the open as nervous investors dumped stocks amid fears about the strength of the US ec...

7/15/2011 6:02:50 AM (675 days ago) Bogdan Fiedur: Latest deficit talks end with a tense exchangeBy Alan Silverleib and Tom Cohen, CNN, July 13, 2011Obama walks out of debt ceiling talks STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: Obama vows to veto any short-term extension, even at risk to his presidency, sources ...

7/6/2011 10:11:06 PM (683 days ago) Bogdan Fiedur: Portugal debt downgraded to junk statusMoody’s credit agency warns Portugal may need a second round of rescue funds as it slashes credit rating by four levels.Tens of thousands of people have taken to Portugal’s streets to protest against aust...

7/4/2011 1:08:40 PM (686 days ago) Bogdan Fiedur: Greek rescue package will mean a default, warns S&P• French-devised €110bn plan under threat• S&P says investors will receive less than promised• Greece will be declared to have defaulted if plan proceeds Efforts to resolve the Greek debt cr...

6/30/2011 4:19:54 PM (690 days ago) Bogdan Fiedur: Court Rules US Taxpayer Not BP Or Transocean Liable For Gulf Oil Spill Clean Up CostsA US District court has dismissed over 100,000 lawsuits brought against BP And Transocean to pay for oil spill clean up costs and environmental damages ...

6/28/2011 9:13:21 PM (691 days ago) Bogdan Fiedur: French Banks Scramble to Prevent Another Global Collapse By Kerri Shannon, Associate Editor, Money Morning The threat of a Greek default has become so real that French banks, which constitute some of the top Greek debt hol...

6/28/2011 8:59:23 PM (691 days ago) Bogdan Fiedur: Nuclear flood threat: 1100 troops, 25,000 homes flooded, NRC chief onsite (vid) Deborah Dupre Human Rights ExaminerEmergency Update: At approximately 1:00am Sunday, June 26, the aqua-berm quickly constructed around Fort Calho...

6/28/2011 8:56:51 PM (691 days ago) Bogdan Fiedur: Protesters demand French nuclear plant closureFESSENHEIM, France (Reuters) - Thousands of demonstrators formed a human chain outside France's oldest nuclear power plant on Sunday to demand the site be closed as the government mulls whether t...

6/10/2011 9:05:19 PM (709 days ago) Bogdan Fiedur: Australia’s UFO files mysteriously disappear In what sounds like a plot from a science fiction film, it seems that the bulk of the Australian government’s X-Files have mysteriously disappeared. By Bonnie Malkin, Telegraph, June 7, 2011 ...

5/31/2011 10:20:04 PM (719 days ago) Bogdan Fiedur: Queen Worried About Empire’s MeltdownThe Queen has expressed concern that she might be the last monarch of the UK and has asked Downing Street to keep her informed. The Queen has signalled in a private meeting with David Cameron her concer...

5/18/2011 9:23:29 PM (732 days ago) Bogdan Fiedur: Atmosphere Above Japan Heated Rapidly Before M9 EarthquakeInfrared emissions above the epicenter increased dramatically in the days before the devastating earthquake in Japan, say scientists. kfc 05/18/2011 Geologists...

4/7/2011 3:23:56 AM (774 days ago) Bogdan Fiedur: Ron Paul: ‘New World Order’ Using Financial Crisis, Wars To Enhance Globalism Congressman adamant “on...

4/6/2011 4:00:31 PM (775 days ago) Bogdan Fiedur: Looming U.S. Government Shutdown Sign of Future Financial Crisis By Kerri Shannon, Associate Editor, Money Morning /post-meta Washington for months has been tangled in a messy polit...

4/6/2011 3:44:35 PM (775 days ago) Bogdan Fiedur: US to reach debt limit by May 16: Treasury (AFP) – 20 hours ago WASHINGTON — The United States is likely to hit its $14.29 trillion debt limit sooner than thought, the Treasury Department said Monday, pressuring lawmakers to raise the cei...

3/16/2011 8:27:27 PM (795 days ago) Bogdan Fiedur: UK Surpasses Zimbabwe In Annual InflationNo, this is not a joke. From Bloomberg:ZIMBABWE ANNUAL INFLATION SLOWS TO ANNUAL 3% IN FEBUARYAnd this is without hedonics and seasonal adjustments. As a reminder the most recent UK inflation print wa...

3/16/2011 8:25:28 PM (795 days ago) Bogdan Fiedur: Portugal Warns of Political Crisis and Need for BailoutWith all eyes focused on Japan, it's easy to miss significant events elsewhere.For example, the sovereign debt crisis is still unfolding in Europe, and the "agreement" in Brussels last w...

2/12/2011 3:07:31 AM (828 days ago) Bogdan Fiedur: Algeria prepares for day of protestsPro-democracy alliance expected to defy ban on demonstrations as euphoria from Egypt and Tunisia spills over to Algeria Riot police use their shields during a demonstratio...

2/8/2011 11:17:17 PM (831 days ago) Bogdan Fiedur: Americans waking up. TONIGHT: Walking Away — Underwater Homeowners Meeting Across CountryOn Tuesday evening in Boynton Beach, Fla., underwater homeowners are gathering for happy hour at Ralph and Rosie's Restaurant, an independently owned ba...

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