thestatedtruth.com | January 4, 2010
OUTLOOK FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AROUND THE WORLD Guild Investment In our opinion, stock market appreciation is a function of corporate profit growth. Corporate profit growth depends upon the industry or industries in which the company operates and the growth rate of the countries in which the company operates. A summary of the markets which we […]
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thestatedtruth.com | December 30, 2009
Kazakhstan Claims To Be Worlds Biggest Uranium Miner By Isabel Gorst in Moscow Published: December 30 2009 Kazakhstan said on Wednesday it had overtaken Canada and Australia to become the world’s biggest uranium miner as nations rich in the resource ramp up production to sell into a resurgent nuclear power industry. The announcement came the […]
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thestatedtruth.com | December 30, 2009
U.S. Slaps New Duties On Chinese Steel By Alan Rappeport in Washington Published: December 30 2009 The US will impose tough new duties on Chinese steel piping imports, raising tensions with its biggest trading partner and emerging geopolitical rival. With Chinese piping imports worth $2.8bn in 2008, the case is the biggest against China brought […]
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thestatedtruth.com | December 29, 2009
The European Commission warns that public finances in half of the 16 euro-zone nations are at high risk of becoming unsustainable. Governments will spend the next year and beyond balancing the urgent need to fix public-sector debt and deficits — without imperiling what appears to be a feeble economic recovery. Even the staunchest optimists in […]
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thestatedtruth.com | December 16, 2009
From…..The Daily Reckoning China’s nuclear capacity is now less than 9,000 megawatts, but the country has more than a dozen more plants either under construction or in the planning stages. According to figures from the brokerage CLSA, the capacity could grow fivefold by 2015. The official target is 40,000 megawatts by 2020. Such an ambitious […]
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thestatedtruth.com | December 7, 2009
Japan Releases Stimulus Package as Recovery Weakens By Keiko Ujikane and Toru Fujioka Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) — The Japanese government unveiled a 7.2 trillion yen ($81 billion) economic stimulus package amid signs the recovery and Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama’s popularity are waning. Hatoyama’s first stimulus plan includes 3.5 trillion yen to help regions, 600 billion […]
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thestatedtruth.com | December 3, 2009
 Obama’s Plan and the Key Battleground December 2, 2009 | 1155 GMTBy George Friedman U.S. President Barack Obama announced the broad structure of his Afghanistan strategy in a speech at West Point on Tuesday evening. The strategy had three core elements. First, he intends to maintain pressure on al Qaeda on the Afghan-Pakistani border […]
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thestatedtruth.com | November 22, 2009
H1N1 Deaths Doubling Almost Every Two Weeks in Europe By Jason Gale Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) — Swine flu deaths have doubled almost every two weeks since mid-October in Europe, with 166 occurring in the past week, the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention said. Across the region, 667 people infected with the new H1N1 […]
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thestatedtruth.com | November 14, 2009
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) – The world’s largest cruise ship has arrived in South Florida.The 16-deck Oasis of the Seas docked Friday at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale. It set sail from Finland to Florida in late October. Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or […]
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thestatedtruth.com | November 10, 2009
Gene Inger’s Daily Briefing . . . For Wednesday November 11, 2009: Good evening; Left-field surprises . . . have ways of impacting over-extended markets occasionally we have observed; irrespective of whether the market ‘deserves’ to decline (as surely this one does). As if to remind the world of the power of cyber-terror; guess what […]
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thestatedtruth.com | November 8, 2009
Zuckerman: U.S. On Brink of Deflation Crisis  Friday, November 6, 2009 9:52 AM       By: Gene J. Koprowski   The U.S. is on the precipice of a deflation crisis, one which will devastate consumers and businesses alike, publisher Mort Zuckerman writes.“Inflation typically results from too much money chasing too few goods,†writes Zuckerman in U.S. News […]
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thestatedtruth.com | November 1, 2009
China’s Recovery Strengthens, Adding Room for Stimulus Cuts By Bloomberg News Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) — Chinese manufacturing data for October showed the nation’s economic recovery is strengthening, giving policy makers more room to pare stimulus measures in coming months. The Purchasing Managers’ Index rose to a seasonally adjusted 55.2, the highest level in 18 months, […]
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thestatedtruth.com | October 16, 2009
Minnesota Pigs Tested for H1N1, May Be First in U.S.  By Whitney McFerron Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) — Three pigs from the Minnesota state fair have been “tentatively identified†as having swine flu in what may be the first U.S. cases of the H1N1 virus among domestic livestock. The pigs were tested at the fair […]
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thestatedtruth.com | October 14, 2009
“China National Offshore Oil Corp and Exxon Mobil are about to enter a bidding war over oil-rich water near Ghana. At stake is ‘Jubilee,’ a recently discovered offshore site that probably holds a couple billion barrels of oil. This isn’t China’s state-owned offshore oil company’s first foray into the global energy grab, but its one […]
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thestatedtruth.com | October 13, 2009
“What happened to global warming?” asks a headline at the BBC. Folks in the Rockies are shivering. “Western Montana breaks records,” says a report. Missoula reported a low of 8 degrees yesterday…14 degrees lower than the previous record for this early in the season. Nearby Idaho had heavy snow last week too. Same thing in […]
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thestatedtruth.com | October 6, 2009
Exxon Mobil Passes PetroChina as World’s Most Valuable Company By Joe Carroll Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) — Exxon Mobil Corp. overtook PetroChina Co. as the world’s most valuable company, ending a four-month reign by the Beijing-based oil producer after price controls in China failed to keep pace with rising crude costs. State-controlled PetroChina’s Shanghai-traded shares have […]
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thestatedtruth.com | October 1, 2009
 Swiss Health Without Public Option  By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ October 1, 2009 ZURICH — Like every other country in Europe, Switzerland guarantees health care for all its citizens. But the system here does not remotely resemble the model of bureaucratic, socialized medicine often cited by opponents of universal coverage in the United States. Swiss […]
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thestatedtruth.com | September 24, 2009
Volcker Unleashes Volley By Larry Doyle|Sep 24, 2009, 1:00 PM I find it interesting, but not surprising, that former Fed Chair Paul Volcker’s testimony to Congress this morning has received little to no coverage by major media outlets. Why? With few exceptions, the financial media plays along with the financial industry which pays the bills […]
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thestatedtruth.com | September 21, 2009
China, Russia and the rest of the BRICs will bring the Super Sovereign Currency alternative to the G20 discussion. We have seen that developing over the last few weeks. We know that the main thrust of the G20 where the West is concerned is banking regulations and a unified commitment not to withdraw from anti-deflationary, […]
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thestatedtruth.com | September 16, 2009
The Bloomberg Professional Confidence Index Global Economy is comprised of responses about the outlook for the global economy, from users globally. A value above 50 indicates a positive sentiment about the global economy from all Bloomberg respondents
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thestatedtruth.com | August 26, 2009
According to the US Department of Energy, liquid fuel demand in the developed nations peaked in August 2005 at 41.89 million barrels per day. Since then, it has plunged by 3.6 million barrels per day to 38.27 million barrels per day. However, you may want to note that despite these tough economic conditions, consumption has […]
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thestatedtruth.com | July 25, 2009
American Capitalism Gone With A Whimper.   It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American descent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people.   True, the situation has been well prepared on and […]
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thestatedtruth.com | July 25, 2009
Biden Criticizes Russia By ANDREW E. KRAMER Published: July 25, 2009 MOSCOW — Just weeks after a summit meeting intended to show a thawing in relations between the United States and Russia, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. made blistering references to Russia’s failing economy, loss of face and a leadership that is “clinging to […]
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thestatedtruth.com | July 18, 2009
Thoughts from the Frontline Weekly Newsletter Europe on the Brink by John Mauldin July 17, 2009 Â Â In this issue: Europe on the Brink And Then There Was Leverage Too Big To Save Those Wild and Crazy Swiss A Positive Third Quarter? We have avoided Armageddon, at least for now. The cost to the US […]
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thestatedtruth.com | July 11, 2009
Constructed in 1981 by the Danish engineers………. The yacht boasts, among other things, a secret emergency exit, a mobile hospital  and a helicopter landing area. It can accommodate 28 guests and 35 members of the crew. If you guessed  former Iraq leader Saddam Hussein, then you’re right.  It is now up for sale at $34.5 million.
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thestatedtruth.com | June 17, 2009
The Mysterious Case of the Seized Bearer Bonds, Worth $134 Billion The US media has been generally silent about $134 billion in bearer bonds seized by Italian police at the Swiss border. On June 8, AsiaNews reported: Italy’s financial police (Guardia italiana di Finanza) has seized US bonds worth US 134.5 billion from two Japanese […]
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