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"Happy" Anniversary, Iceland

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 11.28.2009 | World

Read More: IMF Funding, International Monetary Fund, Economic Crisis, Iceland Economic Crisis, Norway, Alcoa, Iceland Global Economic Crisis, Iceland Economy Collapse, Iceland, Denmark, Iceland Bankrupt, Iceland Banks, Iceland Economy, Lehman Brothers, Iceland National Bankruptcy, IMF Bailout, Financial Crisis, Western Europe, Imf, Iceland Financial Crisis, Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy, World War II, Iceland Bank Crisis, Monty Python, World News
Iris Erlingsdottir

This has been a very rough year for Iceland, and it's not likely to get better anytime soon. The public's anger continues to grow, and it would not be surprising if this winter sees a repeat of last winter's uprising.

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Banking on Failure: FDIC Shutting Down Insolvent Banks at a Record Pace

Sheldon Filger | Posted 09.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Banking Crisis, Colonial-Bank, Timothy Geithner, Colonial Bank Failure, Fdic, Bank Failures, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Eurozone, Stress Tests, Former-Soviet-Bloc, Geithner Banks, Obama Bank Stress Tests, FDIC Banks, Banks, Western Europe, Eastern Europe Economy, Bank Bailout, Geithner Bank Bailout, Business News
Sheldon Filger

It is preposterous to conclude that the U.S. banking sector is well capitalized and strong enough to endure a severe economic recession.

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Free Trade

Randy Charles Epping | Posted 05.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Europe, Eastern Europe, World Trade Organization, Western Europe, Economy, Free Trade, Summit of the Americas, g20, Brazil, Business News
Randy Charles Epping

By getting our leaders to open the world's borders to trade, we not only help ourselves: we help developing countries of the world and become true partners in a renewed 21st century economy.

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