The head of the Arab League mission tasked with verifying Syria's compliance with a peace plan has said the situation in Homs is "reassuring".   more »

Today's tip that i received via email also worth noting that the author holds Raven Russia preference shares   more »

Worth a read !   more »

State expenditure needs to be greatly and immediately reduced.
Government and political waste and expenditures should not be financed by the tax payers.
These debts have been created by bad management within European governments
Centralisation and uniformity imposed by Brussels is the root of all evil   more »

The conflict of interest between the North and South is obvious.
The South needs the flexibility to devalue and become more competitive.
This is impossible within the Eurozone.
The Euro has only proven to be good for Germany and Austria.
Unemployment has boomed in the South to the benefit of the North   more »

The primary objective of the European Central Bank is to maintain price stability within the Eurozone, which is the same as keeping inflation low. The Governing Council defined price stability as inflation (Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices) of around 2%. Unlike, for example, the United States Federal Reserve Bank, the ECB has only one primary objective with other objectives subordinate to it.   more »

"La Gauche Caviar" continue à faire fuire les français et françaises riches et intelligents   more »

Like i said earlier 17 countries and who knows how many politicians all around the same table being asked to give up their power.....No way !.....and to one central bank.
This really is too much unified and undivided power to give to one single establishment.
What money spending and time wasting politician in his right mind would vote for this ?   more »

This is a joke. Corzine is an ex-governor and an ex GS boy.
There is no way that he can be this naive...let alone so ignorant and stupid   more »

Who knows?
Who really knows ?
One question to ask is :
"When is the shit going to hit the fan ?"   more »

Both China and India also have domestic demand and growth but will this continue without a local recession first ?   more »

A unique currency such as the Euro must have only ONE master and without such it will be condemned to fail....
Roll on Friday !   more »

Euro Bail-out by IMF is looming and as i have said all along the ONLY solution is for the IMF to issue SDRs and swap these for Euro debt   more »

These doomsday letters are getting more frequent especially with decision time for Greece looming in the background.   more »

Ford Cochran says that the 500 or so tremors in and around the caldera of Katla just in the last month suggest "an eruption may be imminent"   more »