Global Recession Fears Return

As the world faces its biggest oil crisis since the 1970s, politicians are blaming every one - President Obama, Iran, QE and Saudi King - for high oil prices. How about putting some blame on Israel for pushing the world into another unwanted war? READ MORE HERE

Recession Fears Return Thanks To High Oil Prices As the world faces its biggest oil crisis since the 1970s, politicians are blaming every one - President Obama, Iran, QE and Saudi King - for high oil prices. How...
Global Recession: What The Analysts Say While the average investor was piling funds into the global markets over the summer, seasoned hands such as George Soros were pulling out and getting into cash as early as...
Morgan Stanley’s Global Recession Warning In its grim prognosis of the global economy, Morgan Stanley completely ignores the Middle East countries. So we don’t know how MS really feels about the outlook of the regional ...
CBS 60 Minutes Video: Egyptians return to Tahrir Square An excellent CBS 60 Minutes report on political life in Egypt eight months after Hosni Mubarak’s departure (Dated Oct 8), especially in light of recent sectarian clashes:...
What’s In Store For The Global Economy In Second Half As investors say goodbye to the first half of the year and brace themselves for a strange and uncertain world in the second half, the worry beads are already out...

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