Home
RSS
The great Austrian economist Ludwig Von Mises, one of my heroes, famously said that government is the only institution that can take two things of value, ink and paper, and turn it into something entirely worthless.
That is what governments from the..
Related Stories
Most Recent
Most Popular
Most Commented
16
Star It 
(8)
Benjamin LeBaron, 31, and Luis Widmar, 29, American Mormons, were laid to rest in a funeral which included both heavy law enforcement and military presence as well as...
made popular 19 hr. ago
The Pope, Benedict XVI, in an audience with the new Mexican ambassador to the Holy See, Federico Ling Altamirano,has affirmed Mexico’s efforts in favor of life...
made popular 21 hr. ago
A massive army surge has failed to calm raging drug gang violence in Ciudad Juarez, a Mexican city on the U.S. border that is at the heart of President Felipe...
made popular Jul 9 2009
Three decapitated bodies and a human head were recently discovered in three different municipalities of the state of Mexico.
The first two cadavers were found...
made popular Jul 8 2009
Mexico’s midterm elections held on Sunday, July 5, had a little something for everybody’s inner cynic. As the leading parties, PRI and PAN threw political...
made popular Jul 8 2009
“The PRI comes back” shouted the front page headline of the daily newspaper El Universal on Monday, the day after the political party known as the PRI swept midterm...
made popular Jul 7 2009
There’s a whole lot of bitchy people wandering Mexico today. Of course not everyone is feeling irritable, but the ones who forgot about the infamous pre-election...
made popular Jul 6 2009
Mexican President Felipe Calderon said yesterday that all nations were equally at risk of a new flu outbreak and he called for a global response to the disease.
...
made popular Jul 6 2009
The candidacy of Mario Anguiano, running for governor in a state election here Sunday, says a lot about Mexican politics amid the rise of the drug cartels.
A brother...
made popular Jul 4 2009
Two of Mexico’s famed midget wrestlers were found dead in a hotel room Wednesday, after apparently being drugged and robbed by prostitutes in the Moderna hotel...
made popular Jul 3 2009
“What is at stake today is not just the result of an election, but rather the future of democracy, of representative institutions,” he said. “For years … crime...
made popular Jun 27 2009
Filed under: News, Weird When Mexican officials discovered almost a ton of cocaine inside a shipment of frozen sharks, it was hard not to feel a tinge of respect for...
made popular Jun 25 2009
If you know what’s good for you, fisherman Teodoro Contreras says, stay away from certain places after sunset on the beaches of Mexico’s southern...
made popular Jun 24 2009
“I like what I do,” he told the police in a videotaped confession. “I don’t deny it.”
Mr. Reta was 13 when he was recruited by the Zetas, the infamous...
made popular Jun 23 2009
Today in Cancún, police were led to an abandoned Jeep with three dead men announcing a new group, the Mata Zetas, or the Killers of Zetas. The Zetas are the armed...
made popular Jun 22 2009
A stray golden retriever mix who had recently wandered into the hearts of a poor family outside Monterrey, Mexico, was deemed a hero today as he saved his four year old...
made popular Jun 22 2009
A group of armed men blew up an ambulance Friday, apparently with a grenade, to kill a rival who was being transferred from one hospital to another.
The attackers,...
made popular Jun 20 2009
I have seen many debates involving criminals, punishments, rehabilitation, and the death penalty. In general, although skeptical and at times cynical, I am a hopeful...
made popular Jun 20 2009
I’m sorry, I just don’t get it. I know I tend to be both skeptical and cynical, but putting a statue of little Edgar Hernandez, Mexico’s first swine...
made popular Jun 20 2009
Many of the firearms fuelling Mexican drug violence originated in the United States, says a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released...
made popular Jun 19 2009
All Stories
Most Recent
Most Popular
Most Commented
It wasn’t that long ago that Tunisia starting printing, so to speak, a new 5 Dinar coin (exchange rate 1.39 Dinar: 1 Dollar). That coin featured the image of the...
made popular Apr 30 2009
AP, Washington
The Obama administration has declined to cite China as a country that is manipulating its currency to gain unfair trade advantages.
made popular Apr 15 2009
AP, Tehran
Iran’s state-run English language network says the Cabinet has approved a Central Bank proposal to feature the logo of the country’s first domestically...
made popular Feb 22 2009
AP, New York
A robust dollar sounds like a good thing. But for U.S. companies that do a lot of business in foreign markets, it can turn seemingly strong overseas sales into much...
made popular Feb 9 2009
Zimbabweans will be allowed to conduct business in other currencies, alongside the Zimbabwe dollar, in an effort to stem the country\’s runaway inflation.
The...
made popular Jan 30 2009
AP, Belgrade
Serbia’s currency dropped to an all-time low against the euro on Monday, despite repeated central bank interventions to support it on foreign exchange markets.
made popular Jan 26 2009
AP, Bucharest
Romania’s national currency dropped to a record low against the euro on Friday, the central bank said.
made popular Jan 9 2009
AP, Chicago
Two men passed themselves off as foreign currency traders to swindle customers out of $15 million, which they used to pay for a lifestyle that included strip clubs,...
made popular Jan 8 2009
AP, Reno
Two Montana men have been indicted on fraud charges for an investment scam that federal prosecutors say bilked more than 700 people with promises of never-lose trading...
made popular Jan 6 2009
AP, Caracas
Venezuela hopes to save some $2.3 billion in foreign currency by reducing the amount of dollars travelers can spend abroad.
made popular Jan 2 2009
AP, Caracas
Venezuela has cut in half the dollar allowance that Venezuelan travelers are permitted to spend abroad on their credit cards, reducing the amount from $5,000 to $2,500...
made popular Dec 31 2008
AP, Beijing
China will launch a pilot project allowing its currency to be used in some international trade transactions, the government announced, a move aimed at shoring up the...
made popular Dec 25 2008
To cut or not to cut this is the questions and in case of giving a unique wrapping paper I’d veto for uncut!
Uncut sheets of fresh crisp new $1.00, $2.00, $5.00,...
made popular Dec 20 2008
AP, Warsaw
Poland’s zloty extended its losses against the euro on Thursday amid growing fears that the country’s hitherto booming economy will not prove immune to the...
made popular Dec 18 2008
AP, Seoul
South Korea gained access to new sources of foreign exchange to help fend off the global credit crunch, with its central bank Friday announcing expanded currency swap...
made popular Dec 12 2008
AP, Seoul
South Korea’s central bank says it has established a new currency swap agreement with the People’s Bank of China.
made popular Dec 12 2008
AP, Seoul
The Bank of Korea will announce expanded currency swap agreements with central banks in Japan and China on Friday, local media reported.
made popular Dec 12 2008
AP, Washington
The Bush administration has declined to cite China for manipulating its currency to gain unfair trade advantages against the United States.
made popular Dec 10 2008
The following events and economic reports may influence trading in Latin American local bonds and currencies today. Bond yields and exchange rates are from the previous...
made popular Dec 10 2008
Related Tags
aS Asia Brazil Business China crisis Devaluation Economic Crisis EU Europe Global Mexico North America peso Pictorial Politics & Society Seoul South Korea U.S. United States
Images
Suining:
A worker prepares banknotes at a bank in Suining in southwest China’s Sichuan province, March 21, 2009. China is calling for a new global currency to replace the dominant dollar, showing a growing assertiveness on revamping the world economy ahead of...
