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RBS issues global stock and credit crash alert - Telegraph

The Royal Bank of Scotland has advised clients to brace for a full-fledged crash in global stock and credit markets over the next three months as inflation paralyses the major central banks.

Which Way Will Oil Prices Go?

Saudi Arabia said on Friday that it would raise its daily output by 300,000 barrels per day … Angola is scheduled to start shipping a new blend of crude oil in July, boosting production by about 90,000 barrels a day… Iraqi oil production rose to more than 2.5 million barrels a day last week, the highest this year…

Can't buy me love?

Money really does buy happiness, according to a new study

Obama sweeps Potomac primaries, deepening Clinton's crisis

The reality is that the senator from Illinois is himself backed not only by substantial sections of the Democratic Party establishment, but also by powerful interests within America s financial elite. This has found clearest expression in the sharp shift of campaign funding towards his campaign, which recently reported collecting approximately $1 million a day twice the amount flowing into Clinton s coffers after setting a record by taking in $32 million in January.

'Buying of the President': Website a 'one-stop source' of eyebrow-raising info for 2008 election

An independent research organization has unveiled a website that examines "how big money and special interests influence the path to the Oval Office."

Lawyers, guns and money

Just three years out of law school and young attorneys are already earning more than $200,000, according to the latest figures.

The Age Blogs: Management Line

A new study shows that being smart can stop you getting rich

US big business funnels hundreds of millions into presidential campaigns

With the 2008 US presidential election still more than 17 months away, and primaries not scheduled until next year, a money primary is well under way to separate the serious candidates those with the most support from corporate America from the rest. Largely concealed from public view, Democratic and Republican candidates have been touring the country at a hectic pace, holding lavish fundraising dinners and meeting with wealthy individuals in state after state. Each candidate

Pelosi, venture capital and Sarbanes-Oxley

Silicon Valley venture capitalists will finally see Sarbanes-Oxley being wound back. They have been pushing politicians and regulators hard to water down the legislation. And the new House majority leader Nancy Pelosi is well-placed because she actually received more campaign money this year from venture capital outfit Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers than she got from the traditional Democrat soul-mates in the US union movement

A Penny for Your Thoughts, and 1.4 Cents for the Penny

What happens if a penny is worth more than 1 cent? That is an issue the United States Mint could soon face if the price of metals keeps rising. Already it costs the mint well more than a cent to make a penny.

Most find tax system unfair

People think the middle class, the self-employed and small businesses pay too much in taxes, the poll found. And they think those with high incomes and big businesses don t pay enough. The survey was conducted in the days before the mid-April deadline for filing income tax returns.

Stop funding your own oppression.

Corporations need one thing to survive: money. That money comes from you and I. If we shut off that flow of money the corporations die.