Dubai rose so quickly not on shrew calculations, but on simple dreams to house among the most extravagant projects: man-made islands, tallest building, seven-star...

The last depres­sion the U.S. went through was in 1930’s, and it was part of huge global downturn. From a Mar­ket update newslet­ter from Sprott Asset Management,...

Dozens of impoverished farmers struggling with debt and poor rainfall have killed themselves in southern India in recent weeks, leaving behind families plunged even...

Initially greeted to much acclaim and a rally Wall Street, President Obama’s Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner - former head of the Federal Reserve in New York...

The U.S. government has been plunging deeper and deeper into debt, and the White House expects the budget deficit to get close to $2 trillion by the end of the...

America’s deficit and long-term debt is certainly a problem that needs to be addressed. It is, of course, a matter of great concern for America’s long-term...

America is in a bad recession. Trillions of dollars have already been dedicated to try to pull us out. Whether or not these measures work is really anyone’s...

Yesterday, a friend of mine who is a wonderful but broke-ass college student, showed me a collection letter that she received and even though receiving a collection...

One of the diagnoses of why the Great Depression was so bad is that countries engaged in “competitive devaluation” — weakening their exchange rates to make...

The government of Rafael Correa took over 3 television stations and nearly 200 private companies including TC Television, TC Noticias, as well as insurance,...

General Electric Co. plans to auction off its appliances business, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. GE has hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to run an auction...

It seems Indian farmers are deeply in need of its government’s attention as millions are trying to end their lives due to poverty and inability to pay their loans....

Tampa officials have asked a court to dismiss a lawsuit seeking $22 million in payment of a debt incurred during the Civil War. In legal papers, the city contends Joan...

Indian farmers do not cease to commit suicides, as 13 more walk the line of their fallen and dead brethren. Indian agriculture is a story of bloom and then a sudden...

There has been disquieting gush in farmer’s suicides, over the past three months, in the cotton belt of Vidrabha in northeastern Maharashtra. Increasing...