Not one penny from the international financial institutions went to Haiti from 2000 until February 29, 2004, the day that the US put Aristide on a plane and banished him to the Central African Republic. It was not the instability of the Aristide government that caused the IFI’s to withhold funds. It was

SuperHeroHype.com reported a duo of new viral marketing pieces (adding to the hundreds of related material already flooding the market) for July 18th’s The Dark Knight. VerizonWireless and Nokia have created a special site for VCAST folks to download trailers, wallpapers, screen savers, ring tones, and a serial digital comic. You can also enter contests to

so i was doing my daily The Dark Knight surfing, and even though i’ve already seen the clip, for some reason, i didn’t get to it via the Gotham City Pizzeria! …how ironic since my parents own a god-forsaken pizza shop in Westminster, MD. unfortunately, it’s “powered by Domino’s Pizza,” which according to my Roman

“Elevated commodity prices, especially of oil and food, pose a serious challenge to stable growth worldwide, have serious implications for the most vulnerable, and may increase global inflationary pressure.” says the G8 central banking community. At the same time, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said the high oil price “brings the risk that the slowdown

The U.S. Treasury Department is scared out of its wits regarding the current plight of investment banking institutions. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson claims that the government must quickly give the Federal Reserve more power to regulate the financial system, saying this year’s financial market turmoil highlighted the need for action. Know this now: we have

Inflation is on the rise around the world, even more so than is being commonly reported by government agencies and central bankers. The finger of blame usually falls on two fronts. “World events cause inflation.” “Politicians cause inflation.” What most world citizens and media pundits alike fail to recognize is that central bankers are a

Wall Street enters the summer season with investors in a sour mood because they don’t want to face reality. For months, every qualified economic expert has pointed to an eventual rise in interest rates by the Federal Reserve. Economic policy makers have been looking at this summer as a prime time for change. Reality was

Three months ago, the FOMC approved the establishment of the Primary Dealer Credit Facility (PDCF). This action was taken pursuant to Section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act, which empowers the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve to authorize a Federal Reserve Bank to lend to a corporation, including a securities firm, in “unusual