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We were happy to see that the member-submitted news media site Current.com ran our recent post on TV (See clip below).
We were early to break the story about Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich being taken into federal custody. We noted that the timing of the arrest came only one day after the Illinois Governor announced that [...]

We’re naming names! Below are our picks for the best economic forecasters for 2008.
#1 Nouriel Roubini

Professor of Economics at New York University
Chairman, RGE Moniter
Website: www.rgemonitor.com
In his words: (2007) “With residential investment still in free fall, commercial real estate still doing fine until recently but now showing signs of strain, capex spending by the corporate sectors [...]

As of 01/02/2008 the the year price target on the S&P 500 set by the Chief Investment Strategists at the major investment banks are as follows:
Strategist Year End Price Target
Citigroup                                   1675
HSBC                                          1700
Credit Suisse                              1650
Bank of America                         1625
UBS                                             1700
Morgan Stanley                           1525
Bear Stearns                                1700
Goldman Sachs                           1675
JP Morgan                                    1590
Lehman Brothers                         1630
Wachovia                                     1590
Merrill Lynch                                1525
Average 1632
Average [...]

Russia’s RIA Novost Reports – A leading Russian political analyst has said the economic turmoil in the United States has confirmed his long-held view that the country is heading for collapse, and will divide into separate parts.
Professor Igor Panarin said in an interview with the respected daily Izvestia published on Monday: “The dollar is not [...]