Argentinians are saying no more to immigrants fleeing the United States.
Lawmakers in the lower House have passed a bill that would limit the amount of Argentine land foreigners could buy. But don’t worry, it means you rich immigrants fleeing the U.S. will have to settle for only 2,500 acres. Yes, under the bill you […] Continue Reading…
“I never understand when market participants say authorities haven’t put enough money up…I don’t share the view that only the European Central Bank can solve the crisis.”-Klaus Regling, European Financial Stability Facility
The boss of the EFSF, Klaus Regling, said when you combine what has been spent, what is currently being spent, and what is about […] Continue Reading…
“100%. They are 100% responsible for what they did to my husband. They killed my husband.”-Rondha Gibson, blaming the Veterans Administration for her husband’s death because they took him off his PTSD meds and cancelled his benefits
On December 12 Las Vegas police shot and killed a 1991 Persian Gulf War veteran. They shot him […] Continue Reading…
“Russia is the world’s 12th largest trading nation and until we have this important country among our members, we cannot truly be the World Trade Organization.”-Pascal Lamy, World Trade Organization
After 18 years of trying to join the WTO, Russia was finally allowed in on December 16. Just the day before Russia surprised many people […] Continue Reading…
“It’s not a crisis that will be resolved by one group of countries taking action. It’s going to be hopefully resolved by all countries, all regions, all categories of countries actually taking action.”-Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing Director
The director of the International Monetary Fund made that comment in a U.S. State Department conference on December […] Continue Reading…
“41% of foreign exchange reserves in Russia are euro-denominated, so EU member states and Russia all are interested in the security of it.”-Dmitry Medvedev, President of Russia
Turns out that Russia has a big stake in European countries getting back on the economic track.
On December 15, Russia’s current President said his country will work to […] Continue Reading…
“Consumers are going to pay more because we’re going to have less beef. Fewer cows, calves, less beef production and increasing [demand for] exports.”-David Anderson, Texas AgriLife Extension Service
Texas is officially suffering its worst drought ever! The decline in cows just more proof.
Texas is now seeing the biggest drop in cattle since the U.S. […] Continue Reading…
“We’ve issued a closure order so the entire mine is shut down. We will conduct a thorough investigation and we will not allow it to reopen until we are sure it is safe.”-Amy Louviere, U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration
On December 14, another rock burst struck the unlucky Lucky Friday silver mine in northern […] Continue Reading…
“Hopefully, we can work with the Russians who, for the first time, at least are recognizing that this is a matter that needs to go to the Security Council. It is just that we have differences in how they are approaching it, but we hope to be able to work with them.”-Hillary Clinton, U.S. […] Continue Reading…
According to corporate research firm Global Market Insight (GMI), Corporate America’s CEOs got big raises in 2010, even though many companies did not perform well!
The CEOs of the top 500 companies got as much as a 36.5% increase in pay. The next 3,000 U.S. corporations gave their CEOs a pay raise averaging 27%! Researchers […] Continue Reading…