Gas Hike? Prices Could Reach 50 Cents/Gal

Experts predict national average pump prices will jump to $3.50 a gallon.

GATA to Federal Reserve... "Where's the Gold in Ft. Knox?"

"The gold reserves of the United States have not been independently audited for half a century," GATA charges in a new advertisement set to appear in the Wall Street Journal.

Bush Issues Signing Statements -Permanent Bases-no oversight

1 provision sets up a commission to probe contracting fraud 2 protections for whistleblowers 3 requires that U.S. intelligence agencies promptly respond to congressional requests for documents. 4 bars funding for permanent bases in Iraq

State of the Union by the Numbers

A look at what President Bush said in his final State of the Union Address delivered Monday night. Each word is scaled in proportion to the number of times it was used. Roll over a word for its frequency.

Go to any Best Buy tomorrow and just TRY to buy these DVDS!

Silly Jason. He thought a Best Buy sign reading "2 for $25" meant he could buy two DVDs for $25. He obviously didn't read the part of the sign that requires customers to buy Saw IV.Oh, that's not part of the sign? Then why did the manager of the Best Buy in Beaumont, TX refuse to honor the in-store advertisement? Read Jason's story.

Chavez Urges Withdrawals From U.S. Banks

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged his Latin American allies on Saturday to begin withdrawing billions of dollars in international reserves from U.S. banks, warning of a looming U.S. economic crisis.

Anonymous Releases New Press Release!

A call to action.

Debt Consolidation and You...

Being in debt is one of the most terrible feelings you can experience. It takes away your pride, and any hopes of feeling free. Debt has consumed our nation like none other, and shows no signs of stopping. The greedy are getting their money at a record pace, and it doesnt seem like they care to do much more about it then collect money at any cost. Most of the blame can be carried over to the government, which is coaxed into doing the financial institutions bidding, and being wined and dined by lobbyists alike.


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Planning for Your Company's Future

Ensure that your company is headed in the right direction with these few steps.

The Super Bowl Economy : Big Bucks For All Involved

The race for Super Bowl profits is on. While the New England Patriots attempt to become the first team in the National Football League to reach a perfect 19-0 record, businesses across the country are banking on this game to be a bigger economic driver than any single sporting event in history.

$3 ATM Fees? Banks Hike Price

Struggling financial instutions looking for more ways to raise profits.

Posing as girl, retired cop nabs online predators

"...69-year-old retired police chief of this small Missouri town cuts a credible figure as a 13-year-old girl surfing the Web, looking for friends."

NBC Finds Picture of Hillary Clinton And "Slum Lord" Renzo

I guess Obama was right, she will say anything to get herself elected President...of course I already knew that. Did you?

Protecting investments from steep stock slides

There are ways to minimize losses in a stock market downturn, and you can even profit from one. But each technique, from stop-loss orders to short sales to “put” options, has drawbacks.

Market Ends Down After Early Gains

Investors play it safe after 2-day rally; Microsoft results help tech stocks.

Which businesses hold up well in a recession?

A reader wonders which businesses do well when the economy heads south.? The Answer Desk, by msnbc.com’s John W. Schoen.

Steamy Airline Drama Grips Thailand

Thai Airways objects to steamy Thai soap opera about flight attendants.

Inflation Monster Gobbling Consumer Pocketbooks Worldwide!

The CFR admits there is a problem now! "Worldwide, central banks face tightened credit and tumbling markets, but many remain just as concerned about sudden jumps in consumer prices. Australia announced January 23 that inflation has reached levels not seen in sixteen years (FT). The Aussies are hardly alone. Even ignoring statistical outliers --"

Where tax savings are: Detailing deductions

With the start of the new tax year, the hunt for tax-lowering deductions and credits is officially on. But new opportunities are scarcer this year.

Guess Who is Facing 21 Years in Prison?

The drunk , rich, white one, or the sober, poor, black one?

VP Cheney makes strong pitch for telecom immunity

Yesterday, Cheney endorsed proposals to expand the scope of warrantless electronic surveillance, called for such programs to be made permanent, and advocated granting retroactive legal immunity to telecommunications service providers that were complicit in potentially illegal government wiretapping activities.

Fund managers: Keep cool in volatile market

Stock markets are likely to remain volatile for some time dogged by persistent worries about a U.S. recession and the credit crunch, fund managers said on Wednesday, with Fidelity advising investors to keep their cool.

Ford loss narrows; to offer buyouts (Reuters)

Reuters - Ford Motor Co posted a sharply
narrower fourth-quarter loss on Thursday after cutting costs
and boosting margins on vehicles and said it expects a net loss
for the full year 2008.

Action In The North Atlantic (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Foreign Threats: While we fret over our 401(k)s and whose fault it is that we bought houses we couldn't afford, the once-hibernating Russian bear is awake and up to some mischief.

School Inc. front page

Interest rates are down and may go down more. That’s not so hot if you want to buy bonds or put money in the bank. So where’s the best place to put your fixed-income holdings?

Forget Weather, Airlines Cause Own Delays

Pilot shortages, long refuelings and mechanical breakdowns are root of delays.

Israel launches advanced satellite into space This Morning

Israeli space program marks another successful launch, as TECSAR joins other Israeli intelligence, observation and commercial satellites hovering in orbit. The satellite – TECSAR – is a commercial intelligence satellite, designed for collecting intelligence and footage from space. The 772lbs satellite was sent into orbit atop an Indian missile.

Barack OBAMA on Present VOTES

PLease read if you are concerned about Senator Obama's present votes. They served a purpose and were done with intention

Bank of America, Wachovia Profits Plunge

Both banks cite lending crisis in major fourth-quarter earnings drops.

U.S. Recession Fears Sink Global Markets

Asian, stock markets have little faith in Washington's stimulus plan.

Fox gives "fair and balanced" interview with Ron Paul.

Excellent interview with Ron Paul. Jan 18/08. First story about this video has vanished so i figured we should just put it up again.

Your 2008 Plan for Success

It's a new year, and 2008 can be the best year ever for you and your business.

Pull Over: Worst States for Speeding

Even a first offense can bring a four-digit fine in some parts of the country.

Cops Make Fun Of A Dying Man

Police in Bedford, New York allegedly made fun of a dying man that they found on the side of the road. A cop from the neighboring town is accused of dealing the man a deadly blow after he drove him to Bedford and dropped him off on the side of a deserted road.

Texas judge rules in favor of strip-club tax

A judge has denied a request from owners of nude entertainment clubs to temporarily block Texas' upcoming $5-per-person strip club fee from taking effect.

Canada puts U.S., Israel on torture watchlist

Canada's foreign ministry has put the United States and Israel on a watch list of countries where prisoners risk being tortured and also classifies some U.S. interrogation techniques as torture, according to a document obtained by Reuters on Thursday.

Israel destroys Hamas-run Interior Ministry in Gaza

An Israeli missile strike destroyed Hamas's Interior Ministry in Gaza City on Friday, but the building was empty at the time, Hamas security sources and local witnesses said.

Reporter Gets Into Fight With Mitt Romney Over Lobbyist Ties

Romney and an AP reporter had words over the candidate's statement that lobbyists aren't running his campaign at an event in Columbia, S.C. The reporter interupted to point out that Ron Kaufman, a senior advisor, is a lobbyist.

GE profit meets expectations (Reuters)

Reuters - General Electric Co posted a 4
percent rise in net profit on Friday, matching Wall Street
expectations, with strong demand for heavy equipment from
outside the United States offsetting the effects of a slowing
domestic economy.

How Far Would You Go to Avoid ATM Fee?

Chase is the latest bank to announce an ATM surcharge hike for noncustomers.

Dow Plummets Despite Bush, Bernanke Talk

A manufacturing drop and credit fears led to another horrible day for stocks.

Michigan's Ominous Message for Hillary Clinton

Analysis of Hillary's inability to convincingly win a state where she had no opposition.

So I Quit My Day Job - Holy Cow! I Took the Plunge

I thought you might be interested in hearing about my path to make this dream become realized. It won’t necessarily work for any other human being on this planet. Here are some of the stepping stones along my path to liberation

Shareholders sue to stop Commerce Bancorp deal (Reuters)

Reuters - Two Commerce Bancorp
shareholders go to court on Thursday to try to block a
shareholder litigation settlement that is key to the bank's
$8.5 billion merger with Toronto-Dominion Bank .

Michigan voters aren't allowed to vote for Obama or Edwards

Michigan's primary is a joke because 2 of the main democratic candidates aren't even on the ballot, and the state party members seem OK with throwing away those votes. Makes me want to live somewhere where I can have a say... Here's a good breakdown of how it happened.

90% of World Bank Aid Money Consumed By Corruption

Corruption is an endemic problem in bank projects, swallowing unknown but significant chunks from its $30 billion-plus annual portfolio. No less a problem has been the bank staff's ferocious resistance to anything that might stand in the way of its lending ever more money to projects run by the same governments that tolerate this malfeasance.

The Dirty Secrets of Joining a Gym

Don't get bamboozled while trying to fulfill a New Year's resolution.

Ex-Military Dictator Suharto in very critical condition

General Suharto, the 86-year old former military dictator who ruled Indonesia for more than 3 decades, is lying somewhere deep inside this unattractive concrete structure, dying or more precisely in a "very critical condition" after almost all organ functions failed, as his doctor told a news conference on Sunday January 13.

Futures down as Citi shares fall (Reuters)

Reuters - Stock index futures fell on Tuesday
after Citigroup Inc posted a wider-than-expected loss and
before key inflation data that may shape expectations for the
Federal Reserve's next policy move.

New Challenge For Republicans: Voters Focus On Weak Economy (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - First, Hillary Clinton unveiled a $70 billion plan to stimulate the economy. Barack Obama followed with a $75 billion proposal. Neither can match the $100 billion in emergency government aid that John Edwards wants to dispense.

Romney: It's not torture unless you admit it

Geneva Convention be damned! GOP hopeful and former Massachusetts governor reserves his right to leave all options on the table when it comes to what US agents are allowed to do to detainees behind closed doors.

Answer Desk: Questions we didn’t get to in 2007

We get all kinds of business and financial questions at the Answer Desk. Here are some we didn’t get to in 2007. The Answer Desk, by msnbc.com’s John W. Schoen.

Audit: 308,000 barrels missing from Petroleum Reserve

How do you not notice when 308,000 barrels of oil go missing? That's the question government auditors were asking after they looked into the Department of Energy's management of oil received for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

Snow Falls in Baghdad For First Time in 100 Years

After weathering nearly five years of war, Baghdad residents thought they'd pretty much seen it all. But Friday morning, as muezzins were calling the faithful to prayer, the people here awoke to something certifiably new. For the first time in memory, snow fell across Baghdad.

Whistleblower effectively gagged by FBI

Originally cleared to give speech about discrimination, retaliation within the agency, highest-ranking Arab American agent slapped with new restrictions, stern warning.

It's a Felony to Possess More Than 5 Dildos in Texas

If you have 6 or more dildos, Texas declares that you have 'intent to distribute' and therefore you are a felon. If you have less than 6 then you are merely a hobbyist, and therefore things are okay.

Town may pay seniors to work off taxes

A New York town is pushing a program that would let seniors work part-time, for $7 an hour, to help pay off some of their property taxes.

Inside Russian nuclear sub

You normally have to be an enlisted seaman with unquestionable loyalty to see what this video shows. Take a look at the interior of a real-deal Russian nuclear submarine one of those that had to start havoc in the U.S. in case of a war against the Soviet Union.

Your money is no good at the Taj Mahal

In yet another troubling sign for the greenback, at least one of the seven wonders of the world is now off limits if you have only U.S. currency in your pocket.

Israeli PM Olmert tells Bush: "No Peace Without Gaza"

In the run up to the talks Israeli academics campaigned for it, Palestinians campaigned to, so did humanitraian groups and international bodies; steadfastly those that planned the peace talks in Annapolis refused to invite Gaza's democratically elected party to the process. Now Olmert admits it - "there are not 2 parties that need to agree but 3"

Hillary Attacks Obama from Every Angle

The attacks are as varied as they are contemptible. Let's take a look at the dirty laundry list. Put on your galoshes, the mud is mighty thick.

Tony Blair to join JPMorgan: source (Reuters)

Reuters - Former British prime minister Tony
Blair is expected on Thursday to join U.S. bank JPMorgan Chase
& Co Inc as a senior adviser, according to a person
familiar with the situation.

Ron Paul on Jay Leno

Dov Charney is an ass: a civil trial begins in Los Angeles tomorrow between former employee Mary Nelson, an American Apparel sales manager, and the clothing company founder. The specific claim? Charney had a meeting with her wearing only a sock over his crotch, and fired her when she said she would be talking to a lawyer.

Crush Time in the City ... Grapes, That Is

Forget the vineyard vistas -- this new wine country is right down the street.

Nearly 90,000 Mortgage Jobs Eliminated in 2007

More than 86,000 mortgage jobs were cut in 2007 because of the weakening real estate market, according to a new report released Monday. Countrywide shed the most jobs in the mortgage disaster; California was hit the hardest; more cuts expected.

US intelligence suggests coverup in Bhutto assassination

The assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on Dec. 27, 2007 has created concerns for US intelligence officials, who see US policy toward Pakistan as being held hostage by President Pervez Musharraf and factions of the ISI. “We are being held hostage to Musharraf's whim,” said one former intelligence official.

Musharraf: Bhutto bears responsibility for death

"For standing up outside the car, I think it was she to blame alone. Nobody else. Responsibility is hers," Musharraf said in the interview taped on Saturday morning.

Kucinich Files Complaint on ABC Debate

Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich filed a complaint with the FCC on Friday after ABC News excluded him, fellow Democrat Mike Gravel and Republican Duncan Hunter from its prime-time debates on Saturday.

Why 80 Women Threw Themselves in Front of a Train in 2006

There's a stretch of track near Southall where express trains roar past at 100 miles an hour. It is where a third of all suicides-by-train occur in Britain, and many of those who kill themselves here are Indian women who feel it's the only way out. In 2006, eighty Southall women threw themselves in front of trains.

Your gun, Mr. Bond? Careful! Remove It Sloooowly, Mr. Bond.

Who makes the guns used by real-world 007-ish agencies, villians and criminals, military forces, etc., etc., etc.?

Tax Tactics front page

Although Uncle Sam might not usually be included in your holiday plans, wrapping up a few simple financial tasks before the end of the year can help carry the joy of the season all the way through April 15. ?Financial Editor Jean Chatzky shares practical advice on how to prepare your accounts for the new year.

Toking Up in the Office

Drugs and the workplace: how to handle difficult situations.

Taxpayers getting more privacy with new rule

The final rules issued by the IRS on Thursday require tax preparers to get informed consent before disclosing tax information to third parties or using it for non-return purposes.

Booking Online: Who Writes the Reviews?

Some hotel owners post their own reviews or offer customers discounts to do so.

White House "More Aid Needed for Housing Market"

More steps by Congress and the Bush administration are likely needed to stabilize the imploding U.S. housing market, a senior White House official said on Tuesday, as more signs of distress appear.

Take that New Year’s resolution to the bank

Want to save money or boost your earnings in the coming year? TODAY Financial editor Jean Chatzky shares tips on how to get your finances into shape for 2008.

9/11 commission slams the CIA over destroyed tapes

The 9/11 commission says the CIA has interfered with their investigation of US interrogation methods of detainees.

BUSTED - Mitt Romney Profits From Offshore Tax Havens!

While in private business, Mitt Romney utilized shell companies in two offshore tax havens to help eligible investors avoid paying U.S. taxes, federal and state records show. His campaign cites his record while governor of Massachusetts of closing state tax loopholes; his involvement with foreign tax havens had not previously come to light.

10 Tips: Happy returns after the holidays

Want to return an unwanted gift? If you attempt to return stuff this year, these tips can help you play the returns game successfully or decide in advance to avoid the game altogether.

Santa's Got Nothing on These Guys

Memphis is the new North Pole: inside FedEx's record-breaking night.