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Half of Egypt Can't Afford Beans, and the Only Help the US Sends Is 140,000 Tear Gas Canisters?

Posted on: Apr 15, 2013, Source: Asia Times

Egyptians are getting hungry.

America Won't Go Bankrupt, But This Could Be End of the Road for Hedge Funds

Posted on: Aug 9, 2011, Source: Asia Times

The bubble that has now been popped signals a death knell for the overstretched and overpromised hedge fund industry.

Let's Stop the Greatest Theft in the History of Humankind

Posted on: Sep 22, 2008, Source: Asia Times

We can't let them get away with it.

Another One Bites the Dust: What's Behind the Crash of Lehman Bros

Posted on: Sep 15, 2008, Source: Asia Times

The wake of the financial meltdown on Wall Street is going to badly damage confidence about retiring on an investment portfolio.

Step Aside Dollar, Is Rice the New Global Currency?

Posted on: Apr 23, 2008, Source: Asia Times

China is exchanging its depreciating reserves of the greenback for things of value, notably rice, with deadly consequences for U.S. foreign policy.