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Whose finger on Pakistan’s nuclear trigger?

November 16, 2011

Nov 17, 2011 Whose finger on Pakistan's nuclear trigger? By Amir Mir ISLAMABAD - While the United States has officially refuted recent international media reports questioning Pakistan's nuclear safety mechanisms, saying that its security measures ...
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Euro Crisis? What Crisis?

By Bears Chat at The Wall Street Examiner

November 15, 2011

I don't know a hell of a lot about John Corzine. And what really is or was 'MF Global?' But what I do know is that it is difficult for me to see anything like a 'crisis' in any of the current metrics surrounding the US Dollar, the euro, and the intere...
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Keynote Speech At Sydney Gold Symposium 14-15 November 2011 By Alf Field

By Bears Chat at The Wall Street Examiner

November 15, 2011

Alf Field incidentally tells his life history. Keynote Speech At Sydney Gold Symposium 14-15 November 2011 By Alf Field The distortions that have grown out of the 40 year period since 1971 have reached proportions that demand change. The problem is t...
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France draws fire after "alarm bells" warning

By Bears Chat at The Wall Street Examiner

November 15, 2011

France draws fire after "alarm bells" warning Reuters – 41 minutes ago.. . By Daniel Flynn and James Mackenzie PARIS/ROME (Reuters) - France came under heavy fire on global markets on Tuesday reflecting fears that the euro zone's second biggest eco...
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Wall Street Still Thinks Germany Is Bluffing

By Bears Chat at The Wall Street Examiner

November 15, 2011

Tech|11/15/2011 @ 8:00AM Wall Street Still Thinks Germany Is Bluffing The current bond market havoc in Mediterranean countries is only compatible with S&P at 1,250 if you believe that the European debt market is simply wrong about Italy and Spain. Ei...
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Italy and Spain’s bonds both 6%+ again

By Bears Chat at The Wall Street Examiner

November 14, 2011

The market’s skepticism was reflected in the outcome of the Italian bond auction. The Italian Treasury on Monday sold 3 billion euros, or $4.1 billion, of five-year bonds priced to yield 6.3 percent — up nearly a full percentage point from the yiel...
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Warren Buffett on CNBC: ‘Not Clear’ Europe Has Will or Ability to Resolve Crisis

By Bears Chat at The Wall Street Examiner

November 14, 2011

Warren Buffett on CNBC: 'Not Clear' Europe Has Will or Ability to Resolve Crisis Published: Monday, 14 Nov 2011 | 6:18 AM ET Warren Buffett says it's not clear Europe has the will or ability to do "whatever it takes" to resolve its debt crisis. He ...
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Europe shows how a fat public sector consumes an economy

By Bears Chat at The Wall Street Examiner

November 13, 2011

Europe shows how a fat public sector consumes an economy November 14, 2011 Opinion At the weekend I went to a talk by one of the most impressive public intellectuals in Australia, Pierre Ryckmans. After the session, I asked him about the deteriorati...
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