ECONOMY & MARKETS

Gold, Guns and Gas: Three Ways To Keep Your Money Safe

Global soybean supplies are down while U.S. exports rise.
The world's economies have fallen to their weakest level since the recession officially ended in 2009. German and U.S. bonds actually charge buyers interest rather than pay buyers interest. The euro zone's survival appears at genuine risk and China's red-hot economy, the second-biggest in the world, is not so red hot any more.

George Soros Speech 'Most Important' on the Euro Financial Crisis -- Illustrated

Soros Speech Illustrated
After George Soros, the influential hedge fund manager, posted a speech he gave at an economics conference in Italy last week, the financial blogosphere lit up. It got lots of praise as the best analysis yet of the ongoing fiscal debacle in Europe. But at over 4,400 words, it's definitely not for the ADD-challenged. Which is why we've turned it into a handy illustrated video.
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Japan's Nikkei Falls Amid Global Concerns

Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell Friday as lack of indications of more monetary stimulus in the U.S. by the Federal Reserve undermined the interest rate cut by China.
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Facebook Falls Again: 3 Week Loss Is $48 Billion

Shares of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social networking site, fell nearly 2 percent on Thursday, exactly three weeks after the company took in $16 billion in its initial public offering.
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Fitch Cuts Spain's Credit Rating; Euro Falls

Fitch Ratings on Friday downgraded Spain's long-term sovereign credit rating from A to BBB, just one notch from junk grade because of the increasing estimated cost of fixing the country's banking system from 3 percent of GDP to as much as 9 percent, or ?100 billion ($126 billion).
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Italian Banks Primed To Blow Up

Italian banks appear close to joining Spanish banks as the euro zone's latest contribution to the financial world's endangered species list.
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Hong Kong Shares Gain On Easing Hopes, China Down

Hong Kong shares advanced Thursday, following solid gains on Wall Street overnight on hopes that major central banks including the US Federal Reserve might act to tackle deteriorating global economic conditions.
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Asian Markets Rise On US, European Stimulus Hopes

Asian markets rose Thursday amid hopes that the U.S. Fed would announce another round of monetary easing and European policy makers would take concrete measures to tackle the debt crisis looming over the euro zone.
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American Truckers On A Roll As Business Speeds Up

American truckers in the last three months are hauling more freight and spending more time on the road as fuel prices stabilize and more materials are getting transported, industry indexes are showing.
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ECB Leaves Interest Rate Steady

The European Central Bank on Wednesday left its benchmark interest rate steady for the sixth consecutive month, keeping pressure on European politicians to more forcefully address the continent's deteriorating finances.
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Hong Kong Stocks Rise, China Trades Flat

Stock markets in China and Hong Kong advanced Wednesday on speculation that the People's Bank of China will cut interest rates soon to help the economy regain its growth momentum.
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Asian Shares Edge Up; All Eyes On Europe

Asian shares nudged up Wednesday but were capped by concerns that Europe's financial strains could intensify without a global response, as Spain warned that it was being shut out of credit markets.

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