Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate for President, has filed an anti-trust lawsuit in federal court against the Republican party, Democrat party, and the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), stating that the parties and CPD have violated the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. The suit is aimed at getting Johnson, who is the former governor of New Mexico, [...]
. The city of Houston, Texas has spent $200,000 of a Department of Homeland Security grant on the production of a six minute video that informs individuals of what to do in the event of a workplace shooting. The creepy video emphasizes three main actions: Run, Hide, and Fight. (continued below video) . The video [...]
. Egan-Jones Ratings Co. downgraded its credit rating for the United States today, dropping the rating down a notch to AA-. The agency said that the third round of large-scale asset purchases (QE3) by the Federal Reserve has the possibility of weakening the US Dollar, which would push up inflation. News broke early Friday morning [...]
. Fox Business anchor Stu Varney released a video on Youtube this morning talking about what happens when Ben Bernanke makes the decision to “print up a storm” – as he essentially did in yesterday’s Fed Announcement. Varney lamented that the American middle class can not be happy because the Fed announcement has not only [...]
The Forex Charts Powered by Forexpros – The Leading Financial Portal. After the Fed’s announcement of QE (quantitative easing), and subsequent press conference by Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, the US Dollar has fallen to a 4-month low against the euro and Swiss franc. With speculation that the dollar will fall and the euro will rise [...]
On Thursday evening, The House of Representatives passed a joint resolution that is a 6 month spending bill that will keep federal agencies running through the end of the budget year, and past the elections in November. This bill was passed by a vote of 329-91, with 9 not voting. This short-term budget band-aid allows the avoidance [...]
. On September 13th, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke held a press conference to talk about the FOMC’s decision about what to do to help the economy. . ___
The Fed has released their statement following their meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming today: For immediate release Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in August suggests that economic activity has continued to expand at a moderate pace in recent months. Growth in employment has been slow, and the unemployment rate remains elevated. [...]
As voters begin to choose the next President of the United States, a firm reminder of Obama’s failure to run the world’s most prosperous economy came to light. From 2009 to 2012, the U.S. economy has gone from frist place to seventh – the entire slip occurred under President Obama’s leadership. A report released by [...]
. Christine O’Donnell finally appeared on Bill Maher’s HBO show “Real Time With Bill Maher”. Maher began the conversation with an apology for playing the now infamous ‘witchcraft’ video of O’Donnell during her 2010 campaign for the US Senate in Delaware. O’Donnell and Maher also talked about jobs, the economy, and the RNC and DNC. [...]
. Click Here to read CDN’s Interview with Paul T. Conway – former Chief of Staff of the United States Department of Labor and Generation Opportunity President en Español – Generación Oportunidad Washington, DC – (9/7/12) – Generation Opportunity, the largest non-profit, non-partisan organization in the United States engaging and mobilizing young Americans on the important economic issues facing [...]
. This morning, the August Jobs report was released with some interesting twists to the figures by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Total nonfarm payroll increased by 96,000 workers, The report states, “The number of unemployed persons, at 12.5 million, was little changed in August”, however, the report states that the US unemployment rate [...]
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