Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. —Ronald Reagan, 1981

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December 30
Oil Rises on Mideast Fighting
December 23
States Set to Impose Bevy of New Taxes - Likely to Prolong Recession
Amid Gloom, Signs of Hope for Economy in 2009
December 7
OPEC Head Says Markets Should Brace for 'Surprise' Announcement
Chinese Property Hunters to Raid US
December 2
America's Top Chicken Producer Seeks Bankruptcy on High Grain Costs
December 1
US Carmakers Rush to Plan Recovery Plans Before Crucial Bail-Out Talks
Financial Disaster Will Lead to Civil Disorder in 2009 or 2010, Says Secret Citibank Memo
Depression 2009: What Would It Look Like?
November 28
Think High Oil Prices Won't Return? Think Again.
November 25
Greed Knows No Bound; SAG Threatens Strike
November 19
Obama Inaugural Could Bankrupt DC
Oil Groups Expect $40 Barrel
October Housing Starts Fall by 4.5% to Lowest Since 1959
November 18
30 Reasons for Great Depression 2 by 2011
Automakers to Plead for Bailout
Detroit Bailout: 7 Key Questions
November 16
Denver Mint Knows About the Amero
Chrysler Announces Huge Bonuses for 40 Top Executives
November 14
Hyperinflation?
November 13
Vegas Murder/Suicide a Result of Economic Stress
Fox Business: Gerald Celente Predicts Revolution 11/10/08 - video
November 7
U.S. Unemployment Hits 14-Year High
Dems Target Private Retirement Accounts
November 6
U.S. Treasury Teaches 'Islamic Finance 101'
November 5
Is Today's Economic Crisis Another Great Depression?
Economy: Depressing But Not a Great Depression
November 1
Murdoch Says Obama Win Could Worsen Financial Crisis: Report
October 28
Majority of Economists in USA Today Survey Back 2nd Stimulus
Unexpected Rise in New Home Sales; Low Prices Foster Flurry of Activity
Sell-off to Capitalism or Sell-Out to Islam?
October 27
Free Fall at the Pump Eases Worries on Living Costs
Manic Monday: World Markets Slide, Japan Hits 26-Year Low
Scope of Foreclosure Crisis Daunts Government
October 26
'Enough is Enough': Thousands of People Protest Natural Gas Rate Hikes
Why Markets Crash in October
Asia, Europe Reach Financial Crisis Consensus
October 24
OPEC Announces Output Cut; Oil Falls Below $65
Interest Rate Cuts? Not on Credit Cards
Boston Tea Party II
FBI: Threatening Letters Say 'It's Payback Time'
Obama Does Not Regret 'Spread the Wealth' Comment - video
October 22
Report: Ike Caused $8.5B Damage in Houston Alone
OPEC Faces Tough Test as Oil Price Tumbles
White House to Announce World Finance Summit to Be Held Nov. 15
Bipartisan Consensus? Taxpayers Beware
October 20
Average Gas Price Drops Below $3 a Gallon
Falling Oil Prices Dent Hugo Chávez's Clout
Bush Will Host World Leaders at Economic Summit
U.S. Willing to Discuss Financial Governance: EU
A Financial New World Order?
What the McCain and Obama Tax Plans Would Mean
October 17
OPEC Calls Emergency Meeting As Oil Prices Plummet
Signs Grow That Stock Market May Have Hit Bottom
October 13
Wall St. Stocks Surge 11%; Dow Gains 936
U.S. Gasoline Price Marks Biggest Drop Ever: Survey
Euro Nations to Guarantee Bank Refinancing
World Markets Soar After Last Week's Plunge
October 11
China Stiffing America for $100 Billion in Debt
GM and Chrysler Discuss Merger
Oil Price Drops Below $78 a Barrel
Iran Calls for Halting Oil Price Slide
U.S. Will Buy Stock in Banks, Paulson Says
October 9
Gas Drops 4 Cents a Gallon
OPEC Seeks Emergency Meeting
AIG Could Get Up to $37.8 Billion More From Fed
U.S. Weighs Buying Stakes in Banks
Record Numbers Seek Heating Aid
October 8
White House: AIG Execs' Retreat 'Despicable'
Forget the Gas Pump -- Heating Bills May Be the Killer This Winter
Possible "Bank Holiday" in the Wings?
Natural Disasters Drain Red Cross Fund
October 7
Gas Prices Expected to Fall Further
Fed Will Fund Short-Term Business Loans
'Taxachusetts' Voters May Eliminate State Income Tax
October 6
The Fleecing of America
Jim Cramer: Time to Get Out of the Stock Market
Oil Price Dips Below $90 a Barrel
In a Weak Climate, U.S. Dollar Has Surprising Muscle
Al-Qaida: US Economic Crisis Equals Muslim Victory
October 2
Bailout Alternative? Dave Ramsey Offers Options to Rescue Plan - video
September 29
DEFEATED: Final Roll Call Vote on Bail Out
U.S. Lawmakers Brace for Tough Vote on Bailout
Treasury Would Emerge With Vast New Power
'Un-American' Bailout, Paulson Should Have Quit, Newt Gingrich Says
Hopi and Navajo Elders Warned Lehman Bros. – Blowback for Black Mesa
September 26
Bailout Talks Disintegrate Into Verbal Brawl; Fate Uncertain
WaMu Seized, Sold Off in Biggest Bank Failure in U.S. History
Lunatics in Charge of the Asylum: Gold, Greed and Deceit
Wall Street Should Be Looking for Bail, Not a Bailout
Anger Puts Fat Cat CEOs on the Run
US Gives Jordan $479.5 Million in Economic Aid
September 24
FBI Investigating Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers and AIG for Potential Fraud
Student, Car Debt Quietly Added to Bailout Plan
Only 28% Support Federal Bailout Plan
September 22
Fury at $2.5bn Bonus for Lehman's NY Staff
Millions at Risk of Foreclosure Fraud
September 21
Treasury Now Wants to Bail Out Foreign Banks?
Congress Urged to Pass $700-Billion Bailout
Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus: The American Taxpayer
Hoard of Gold Coins Found in Banker's Home Basement
September 18
Hurricane Ike to Cost Insurers $7B to $12B, RMS Says
Jobless Claims Rise Due to Hurricane Gustav
September 17
Federal Bank Insurance Fund Dwindling
September 16
Insurance Giant AIG Faces Cash Crisis, Fights for Survival
September 15
Frantic Day on Wall Street as Banks Teeter
Fed Moves to Deal With Financial Crisis
Lehman Brothers Files for Bankruptcy
Pimco's Gross Sees Tsunami of Risk If Lehman Fails
Early Estimates: Ike's Damages at $18 Billion, 3rd-Costliest Hurricane After Katrina and Andrew
Bank of America Buys Merrill Lynch
Spike in Jobless Rate for Women Is Worst in More Than 33 Years
September 13
Gustav Could Cost Insurers $8B, Says Swiss Re
Insurers Braced for $25B Ike Hit
Taxes & Proposed Changes in Taxes After 2008 General Election
Canada's Harper Promises $220 Million in Tax Cuts
Gas Near $6 a Gal. in Florida
U.S. Gives Banks Urgent Warning to Solve Crisis
30 Airlines 'Will Go Bust This Year'
September 12
Gas Prices Shoot Up Across Canada as US Refineries Affected by Ike
September 8
US Government Takes Over Mortgage Giants
Bailout Risks Trillions - Thrusts Burden Directly onto Taxpayers
Car Makers Have Hand Out, Too
September 6
U.S. Transportation Dept. Coffers Run Dry
September 2
US Dollar at 2-Year High
UK Banks Hoard Their Cash
September 1
Gustav Likely to Cost Insurers $6 - $10 Billion
August 31
Bill Long: State Food Banks Staggering Under Rising Needs, Prices
August 29
Travellers Stranded as Budget Airline Zoom Collapses
August 28
Figures Ease US Recession Fears
Bank of NY Mellon Data Breach Now Affects 12.5 Million
August 22
Is Your Gas Pump Ripping You Off?
August 21
Heating-Oil Users Can Brace for Expensive Winter
August 20
After a Long Slide, Dollar on the Rebound
Gas Prices Down Nearly 40 Cents
August 19
US Bank 'to Fail Within Months'
August 17
Minister Wants Supertax on Britain’s Top Earners
August 14
Tips on Saving Money on Your Heating Bills This Winter
Still Cold? Check Out Freezer Wear
Guns, Butter, and Greed
Pelosi, Pickens Plan to Pick Your Pocket
August 12
Most Companies in US Avoid Federal Income Taxes
Walker's World: $200 Oil Is Coming
The Land Down Under Is Going Under
Aussie Bank to Bring America’s Biggest Bankers to Their Knees?
August 10
Urine Bottles on Highway May Be Due to Drivers Too Concerned With Gas Prices to Pull Off
U.S. May Not Be in Recession, But 170 Metro Areas Could Be
U.S. Regional Recession Status
August 6
350,000 Need to Reapply for Hurricane Insurance
August 1
America's $53 Trillion Jumbo Loan
Shareholder Lawsuit Accuses Costco Insiders of Illegally Backdating Stock Options
51,000 Jobs Lost; Some Outsourced Return
Energy Slams Brakes on Growth
July 31
Recession on Hold: GDP Gets Stimulus Checks Boost
July 28
Worried Banks Sharply Reduce Business Loans
Paper Sold to Pools of Liquidity
July 25
Economy Finally Gets News to Smile About
Confidence Bounces Back From 28-Year Low
Still Slumping: New Home Sales Drop Again – Decline Is Better Than Expected
Foreclosure Filings Up 121 Percent From Last Year
FDIC Takes Over Two More Failed Banks
FDIC Failed Bank List
July 24
Existing Home Sales Tumble 2.6 Percent
More Than 40pc of UK House Sales Are Collapsing
Federal Reserve Says All 12 Banks Report 'Price Pressures'
Minimum Wage Hike Kicks In
Facing Foreclosure, Mass. Woman Commits Suicide
U.S. Congressman Warns Major Economic Disaster Imminent
July 21
Is America Too Big to Fail?
Economy Needs Months to Recover: Paulson
Given a Shovel, Americans Dig Deeper Into Debt
Calculating Your Bank's Health
'Turn Up Heat on Congress to Bring Gas Prices Down'
Why the World's Economies Are Sinking
Big Companies Delay Suppliers' Cash
25 Tips to Sell Your Home in a Recession
July 17
State Farm Seeks 47.1 Percent Rate Increase in Florida
Women Turn to Pole Dancing Due to Rising Gas & Food Prices, Other Expenses
Black Monday 2008: Foreclosure Apocalypse
July 16
Biggest Oil Price Drop in 17 Years
US Bank Troubles Continue But Consumers Seem Unfazed
Is Your Bank Safe? Find Out — check your bank
July 14
Venezuela to Cut US Oil Flow If Exxon Hurts PdVSA - Chavez Says Oil Could Reach $300
Many More US Bank Failures – Up to 300 – Likely After Indymac
U.S. Plan to Save Fannie and Freddie
SEC to Probe Manipulation Through False Information, Rumor- mongering
Mortgage Giants Get a Lifeline: Treasury to Provide Bigger Line of Credit
July 11
Cutting Out the Middlemen, Shoppers Buy Slices of Farms
OPEC Warns War With Iran Would Cause 'Unlimited' Oil Price Hike
Oil Prices Jump $5 on Iranian Missile Test Tensions; Stocks Post Gains
Get Ready for $8-a-Litre ($32-a-Gallon) Petrol
Bank of Israel to Buy More US Dollars
Dollar's Decline Could Be Close to End After Europe Raises Rate
Wal-Mart Sales Top Estimates
Entrepreneurs Lug Cheap Mexican Fuel Across Border
Top 10 Ways to Know When the Economy is Really Bad - humor
July 9
From Oil to Armageddon?
Iran's Missile Launch Pushes Crude Oil Higher
Energy Prices: 2006 - 2008
July 8
Gas Stations Offer Discounts for Paying in Cash
The Commodities Bubble
July 7
Oil Price Shock Means China is at Risk of Blowing Up
July 6
Report: Emirates Calls on GCC Countries to Depeg Currencies From US Dollar
July 2
High Gas Prices Threaten to Shut Down Rural Towns
Judge: Feds Can Access Americans' Swiss Accounts
Businessman Creates Hope for Struggling U.S. Farmers
July 1
Weather Could Put Even More Wind in Sails of Oil Prices
Insurance Industry's Feeling the U.S. Economy's Pinch
June 30
Australia Banks Hoard Cash, Set Up Swapping Program
Hard Economic Times in U.S. Spell Trouble for Pets
Barclays Warns of a Financial Storm as Federal Reserve's Credibility Crumbles
Fortis Expects No More Capital Raising - Newspaper
Fortis Bank Predicts US Financial Market Meltdown Within Weeks
June 27
Oil Shoots Above $142 a Barrel
OPEC's Oil Warning: President of Cartel Says Oil May Hit $170 This Summer
World Economy Would Collapse If Oil Hit $200, Deutsche Says
For Smaller U.S. Banks, Risk Management Might Become Easier
June 23
Fears of Oil Price Rises After Attacks
Diesel Set to Hit $12 A GALLON (£6) As Fuel Prices Continue to Soar
Cost of Gas Up 10 Cents a Gallon in Two Weeks; Average Cost is $4.10/Gal.
Floods Create Economic Catastrophe in US Midwest: Damages Could Exceed the $21B of 1993
Negative Outlook for China's Economy, Chinese Government Bonds
June 20
Economy Has Some States Tangled in 'Dire' Financial Snares
June 19
RBS Issues Global Stock and Credit Crash Alert
Are Markets Set for a Crash?
Credit Card Fees: Some Gas Stations Say 'No More'
Hundreds Swept Up in Mortgage Fraud Arrests
Many Flood Victims Find They're Uninsured
June 17
Feeling the Pinch of Rising Food Prices? SHARE the Bill
June 16
High Food Prices `Are Here to Stay,' Nestle Forecasts
Corn Prices Jump to Near $8 a Bushel on Fears of Reduced Crop
Price Jolt: Electricity Bills Going Up, Up, Up
Bank Robberies Up Around USA
Brussels Urged to Take on US Over Biodiesel
Britain: EU Agrees to Freeze Iran Bank's Assets
June 13
Foreclosures Jump Nearly 50 Percent in One Year
June 12
Gazprom Predicts Oil Will Reach $250
Gas Could Peak at $4.15 and Ease Only in the Long Run
Retail Sales Jump By Largest Amount in 6 Months
June 11
28 Million People to be Receving Food Stamps Within the Next Few Months
Energy Dept. Says Gas Expected to Stay Around $4/Gallon Through Next Year
Price of Petrol 'to Double' As Fuel Protests Spark Brown Fears of Panic Buying
Fuel Protest: Shortages, Death and Arrests Hit Spain
Fuel Price Protests Spread Around the World
In Photos: 'Spain - Truckers Fuel Price Protest Continues'
June 9
Fuel Prices Halt 3 French Naval Missions
Average Cost of Gas Hits $4
G8 Energy Ministers Look Inward on Oil, Spare OPEC
June 6
Jobless Rate Jumps to Biggest Rise Since '86
Equity in 8 Million Homes Drops to Historic Low
Japanese Sub-Prime Losses Up 41%
How About Oil at $75 a Barrel?
June 4
Storm Warning Ahead: How the Insurance Industry Is Adapting to the Risk of Weather Incidents
May 29
The Oil Problem
Oil Falls on Signs of Weakening Demand
First-Quarter GDP Better Than First Thought
Inflation Concerns Rise as Dow Chemical Signals 20% Boost
May 27
Record Gas Prices 20 Straight Days: Gas Tops $4/Gallon in 11 States and D.C.
Fuel Prices' Toll on U.S. Economy
Truckers Hold London Protest Over Rising Gas Prices
May 23
An Ill Wind for Gas Prices
Bush Veto Threat Ignored, Senate Pledges Billions for Vets
May 19
Average Gasoline Prices Seen Nearing $4 Soon
Bill for Taxpayers Swells By Trillions
Problem Debt Hitting Britain's Affluent
Canada's Housing Boom 'Has Come Off the Boil'

May 14
Fla. Households Using Food Stamps About Three Times the National Average
May 10
After 40 Years, National Flood Insurance Set to Expire
May 9
Records Smashed: $126 Barrel
Gas Prices Rattle Americans
May 8
Charge it! Borrowing Surges
Houston New Home Sales Outpacing Construction
What Recession? Texas Looking at $10.7 Billion Surplus
Aussie Petrol Company Warned About Overcharging Customers
Fearful Canucks 'Hoard Cash'
May 5
Asian Governments Plan to Discard IMF By Creating a $80 Billion Pool in Case of Emergency
May 3
Futures Traders Bet on Dollar Gain for First Time Since 2005
May 2
Iran Abandons the Dollar
The Gas Crisis May Be About to Get a Whole Lot Worse
May 1
Iran Ends Oil Transactions in U.S. Dollars
AAA Fuel Cost Calculator
April 30
Treasury Eyes Stronger Powers for Fed

April 29
Gasoline Price at Record $3.60 As Truckers Stage Protest
Gas May Soon Cost a Sawbuck
$14B in 3 Months; Record Profits for Oil Companies
OPEC Says Oil Could Hit $200; Cartel's President Blames Weak Dollar
Economists: USA in Recession
April 25
Clothing Stores Feel Sharp Economic Pinch
Oil Tops $119 After Report of Iranian Boat Firing
Oil Prices to Double by 2012: Canadian Study
India's Kinder, Gentler Debt Collectors Remind Americans to Pay Their Bills
April 23
California Meltdown: Foreclosures Up 327% From '07 Levels
Today's Housing Crisis: Worse Than the Depression?
Oil Nears $120
April 21
Amid Strong Farm Economy, Some Dire Signs

April 20
Oil at Fresh High, and Still Rising
Ahmadinejad Says Oil Prices Too Low

April 16
Diesel Cost Has Drivers Fuming
Retailing Chains Caught in a Wave of Bankruptcies

Oil Hits New Record As Investors Flee Falling Dollar
April 13
IMF Warns of 'Terrible' Impact From Inflation, Food Prices
G7 Currency Shift Signals Growth Fears
Banks Called to Crisis Summit
UK Economy Faces Tough Times As Credit Crunch Hits Big City Spenders
April 10
U.S. Owes Hundreds of Millions in Dues
GAO: Feds Live Lavishly on Credit Cards

Credit Crisis Fallout Continues
April 6
Foreclosure Crisis Reaches into Rural Communities, Too
Will Work for Summer Jobs

April 1
USA 2008: The Great Depression
Thousands of Truckers to Strike Over Diesel Prices
Big Rigs Will Gather in Atlanta to Protest High Gas Prices
Iceland Truckers Block Roads Again in Protest of Gas Prices
As Jobs Vanish, Food Stamp Use is at Record Pace
March 31
Mortgage Mess: Who Gets Help and Who Pays?
Food Prices Are More Important Than Energy Prices
Are We Heading Into a Depression?
Truckers to Protest Fuel Costs
Gas Prices Strike All-Time High
March 28
Jump in Rice Price Fuels Fears of Unrest
Gasoline Sticker Shock Shocks Tourists Along Highway One, $5.40 a Gallon
March 27
Truck Drivers’ Strike Picks Up Speed
Whispers Grow of Nationwide Truckers Strike
An Informal Trucker Strike in the US Could Also Hit Canada
The Most Expensive Gas in America?
Glenn Beck: The $53 Trillion Asteroid

More Government Bailouts Possible
March 25
High-Priced Fuel Scares Airlines

March 24
Truckers ‘Going Broke’ and Threatening to Strike
US Truck Drivers Squeezed by Soaring Diesel Prices; Strike Pending
Gas Prices Hit Record $3.26, Diesel at $4.06
The Rising Price of Coal

What Economic Slowdown? Some Spots Still Boom
March 22
What's America's Real Inflation Rate?

March 20
Making a Recession Great
Canadian Dollar in a Tailspin
March 18
West, Midwest Evading Worst of Recession
Economic Quicksand
Reports Suggest Inflation Spreading, Housing a Bit Better
March 17
A 1% Fed Rate Cut Now Seems Certain

Bank Agony, Money Squeeze Batter Stocks, Dollar
Banks Face "New World Order," Consolidation: Report
March 15
Fed Bails Out Bear Stearns

March 14
Food Banks Struggle With Costs

March 13
Oil Price Jumps to New High Above $110
New, Colorful $5 Bill to Debut This Week

What Is Really the State of the Union Today?
March 11
26 Percent of Employers Hiring in Next 3 Months: Survey Comes After Report That 63,000 Jobs Were Lost in February

Economic Stimulus Payments Update
401(k)s Tapped to Save Homes
Oil Sets Record High for Fifth Day
March 8
Crude May Rise to $120 in Six Months, Taqa CEO Says

March 5
Banks' Losses Could Put $900 Billion Squeeze on Consumers

Diesel Shatters All-Time Record; Experts Predict $4 Mark
Truck Stop: National Diesel Averages
$5.39 a Gallon Gas Spotted in CA
March 4
Florida Homes Just Too Risky: Insurance Companies Continue to Drop Homeowners

February 27
A Slowdown in US Economy, Yes, But a Mild One

February 25
Hurricane Risk Fallout: State Farm to Stop Writing New Homeowners Policies
The Proposed Iranian Oil Bourse

February 20
America's Economy Risks the Mother of All Meltdowns

February 17
Best US Factory Jobs in Rising Jeopardy

February 13
Surprise Gain in Retail Sales Drives Stocks Higher
U.S. Economy: January Retail Sales Unexpectedly Rise
Treasury Seeks to Stem Second Wave of Foreclosures

February 11
Merck to Pay $671 Million in Drug Pricing Probe

February 6
USA Sees Russia, China, OPEC Financial Threat

February 4
Who's Your Mortgage Broker Working For?
Support the Abolition of the Federal Reserve System!
February 1
Exxon Mobil Posts Record Profit
Bush: 'Serious signs' Economy is Weakening

January 30
EU Plans to See Our Economy Blown Away
Awash in Debt, US Flood Insurance Under Scrutiny

January 29
Half of Gold in Central Banks Gone?

Economists Rate Chance of Recession as a 'Coin Flip'
January 24
House, White House Reach Deal 'In Principle' on Economic Stimulus
French Bank Blames Rogue Trader for $7 Billion Fraud

January 23
Bush Says Deal Can Be Done for Stimulus Plan
What the Fed's Big Rate Cut Means to You
Oil Sinks to 6-Week Low on U.S. Recession Fears
January 21
China Announces Controls on Food Prices to Battle Inflation
January 18
Thousands of Investors Barred From Accessing Cash FOR A YEAR as £2Billion Scottish Equitable Property Fund Hit By Global Credit Crunch
Selling America for Designer Boots, Top Hats and Thimbles
U.S. Banks Sell Independence
China Became World's Top Gold Producer in 2007
Bush Lays Out Plan to Put $$ in Your Wallet

Data Lost on 650,000 Credit Card Holders
January 17
The Inflation Squeeze Tightens
January 15
The Home That Bartering Built
January 14
Gold Surges Above $900 to Historic High
January 12
Saudis, Chinese Invest in Citibank
Real Budget Deficit: $4 Trillion
“Promises May Have to Be Broken” Greenspan Says
January 4
Earthquake Coverage Getting Costlier -- or Cut
January 2
Broke Britain: Millions Face Financial Crisis
Biggest Drop for British Sterling Since '92
Prepare for a Global Economic Downturn But Not a Disaster
3-2-1 … Recession?
Existing Home Sales Inch Up in November