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Former Federal Reserve Board chief Paul Volcker appeared on “Charlie Rose” last night, a show that airs over more than 200 PBS stations, to reassure viewers that the country is not headed for a repeat of the Great Depression, which he described as years of unemployment of 20 percent of more.

More on oil See also Wednesday-Night.com Alberta and Oil Notes Tar sands pollution to spread east, says report Oil production in the Albertan tar sands could have an adverse effect on the Great Lakes Basin region, 1,700 miles to the east, according to a report from the University of Toronto.

Allen Schick and Paulo Mauro Discuss Budgeting for Fiscal Risks On September 17, at a well-attended FAD seminar, Professor Allen Schick and FAD Division Chief Paulo Mauro presented their views on "Budgeting for Fiscal Risks".

Another day in Gordon Browns “world class” Britain. and another public sector fiasco. We now find that that council have hundreds of millions of our money swilling around in Icelandic banks. Why, why why? The public sector numpties in councils are supposed to be providing local services not playing the international money markets.

So I was surfing around the internet and found this wonderful article on how this whole economic crisis stems from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac which basically pulled the same bullshit that Enron pulled on it’s employees and investors.  Here is an excerpt from the article: The Rudman Report on Fannie Mae recites facts eerily similar to what we now know about Enron.

Videos: Brit’s On The Subprime Market Crisis And What Caused Our Crisis? johnsblogs42closeAuthor: johnsblogs42 Name: John G Email: johnsblogs42@yahoo.com Site: http://hoopyfrooddude.blogspot.com About: A hoopy frood who really knows where his towel is!

During the debate McCain said something about spending 300 Billion dollars to bail out failing mortgages. It was only lightly touched upon and many people (myself included) were confused when confused pundits started saying that he was suggesting a new package (read 300 Billion MORE/ON TOP OF the

Wal-Mart has spent millions for PR—much of it at Edelman—during the past several years, countering an array of labor activists, environmentalists and local communities opposed to the Big Box retailer. That fight is now over.

Deadline for stimulus checks approaching; over 5,300 Burlington County residents haven’t applied Posted in News on October 8th, 2008 at 2:50 pm by BCT staff writer David Levinsky | Less than a week remains before the filing deadline for economic stimulus checks and just over 5,300 Burlington County residents still haven’t applied, according to the New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate.

Jump to Comments Last night, when I prepared (braced myself) for the Second Obama- McCain debate, I didn’t think I’d find it highly educational, but it was. A good 30 minutes before the debate took place, American networks were going wild on the things that would be key to Obama and McCain’s arguments to gain points with the voters.