howestreet.com - 10/31/2009
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Another history worth looking at is that of Italy between 1920 and 1940. Mussolini kept promising better future for everyone, but never could find the money. So he would tax, or nationalize one sector after another. Spread the wealth around and bankrupt another sector of the economy, and prop ...
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There's something I keep looking for in Whisky
but nobody ever seems to write about: with every...
Brad and Brittney who still has a job pumping every quarter they can find into their 401(k)s, why is there any mystery about the stock market ...
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Byron King: Rare Earths and Other Critical Metals
Peak Oil News —
... aerospace, military defense, automotive, clean-tech, renewable energy: none of these would exist without these technology metals
and theres shortage looming just down the road. Thats what some of the key players in government and the metals industry came together about last week in Washington, D.C. There are simply no substitutes for these technology metals. Supply chains are only as strong as their weakest link, and in this case, our weakest link is pretty darned weak. HoweStreet.com
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