Is the China bubble about to burst? – upiasia.com

Posted by Matt in January 29th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Economy, Banks, Bubble, China, Economists, Financial Health, Foreign Direct Investment, Lent, Long Time, River Of Money, S Real Estate, Stimulus Package, Stock Market Crash, Stock Markets, Tons Of Money, Trillion

Why are so many economists and brokers forecasting China’s internal implosion? Simply because they are reading about China’s US$580 billion stimulus package, the US$1.4 trillion lent by banks to the rich and powerful in China and the US$80 billion in foreign direct investment received in 2009. These are huge amounts of money that cannot be [...]

Don’t Hold Your Breath for a Modern Russia | The Moscow Times

Posted by Matt in December 8th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, democracy, Innovations, Intention, kremlin, Long Time, Moscow Times, Political Modernization, Power Structure, Russia Moscow, Russian People, Russians, Time Don

In the end, Putin confirmed that everything in Russia will remain the same for a very long time. “Don’t hold your breath” should be the catchall answer to Russians expecting any kind of economic and political modernization or reform under Putin’s rule. Putin will return to the Kremlin in 2012 with the clear intention of [...]

Is the recession just about over?

Posted by Matt in May 9th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, 1 Million, 12 Months, Balance Sheets, Bls Gov, Bureau Of Labor, Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Consumers, Dandelion, Employment Numbers, Employment Situation, Financial Crises, Greece, Household Survey, Long Time, Perfect Storm, Recession, Recessions, Retirement Funds, Weeds, Workforce, Www Bls Gov

“A perfect storm? Recessions that are associated with both financial crises and global downturns have been unusually severe and long lasting. Since 1960, there have been only six recessions out of the 122 in the sample that fit this description: Finland (1990), France (1992), Germany (1980), Greece (1992), Italy (1992), and Sweden (1990). On average, [...]

The End of the Financial World as We Know It

Posted by Matt in January 4th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Financial, U.S., Collapse, College Graduates, Confidence, Financial Crisis, Full Extent, Global Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Good God, Investment Bankers, Job, Long Time, Lunatics, Madness, Mistrust, Money, New Year, S College, Suspicion, Wall Street

AMERICANS enter the New Year in a strange new role: financial lunatics. We’ve been viewed by the wider world with mistrust and suspicion on other matters, but on the subject of money even our harshest critics have been inclined to believe that we knew what we were doing. They watched our investment bankers and emulated [...]

The Real Estate Crunch Comes to Russia

Posted by Matt in December 13th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Russia, Chief Export, Crunch, Defying Gravity, Financial Crisis, Full Force, Global Economic Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Government Bonds, Long Time, LOST, moscow, Price Of Oil, Ruble, Russia Real Estate, Russian Companies, Russian Real Estate, Shares, Six Months, Three Quarters

The global economic crisis has hit Russia with full force, and property prices, especially in Moscow, are tumbling
Shares of Russian companies have lost nearly three-quarters of their value in six months. The price of government bonds is down by almost a quarter. The ruble is sliding, losing 20% of its value against the U.S. [...]

Russia Tightens Europe’s Energy Noose

Posted by Matt in November 30th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Energy, Europe, Russia, Catalan, Cni, Construction Company, Energy Companies, Energy Supplies, Independent Oil Company, Intelligence, La Caixa, Long Time, Lukoil, moscow, Noose, Percent Stake, Repsol Ypf, Russia, Russian Energy, Sacyr Vallehermoso, Southern Europe, Spain, Spy Agency

A leaked intelligence document issued by Spain’s CNI spy agency in October warns that Russia is aggressively pursuing a plan to “monopolize access to energy supplies to Europe.” The report validates what many analysts have been saying for a long time, namely that Moscow is using Russian energy companies to gain geo-strategic control over northern, [...]

China, Taiwan agree to exchanges during historic talks

Posted by Matt in June 12th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Trade, China And Taiwan, China Taiwan, Decade, Dialogue, Long Time, Rapprochement, Time Rivals, Trade Ties

China and Taiwan agreed on Thursday to set up their first ever offices in each others’ territories, as they began historic talks aimed at consolidating a dramatic rapprochement and building trade ties.
Both sides said the restart of the dialogue, which China suspended a decade ago as relations between the long-time rivals plummeted, would be able [...]

Review: Costco’s Emergency Food Storage

Posted by Matt in July 11th, 2007 | no comment

Published in general, 15 Minutes, 55 Gallon Drums, Ala King, Costco, costco emergency food, costco food emergency, costco food storage, Drinking Water, Emergencies, Emergency, emergency food bucket, emergency food review, Emergency Food Storage, emergency food supply bucket, food_storage, Fresh Water, general, Long Time, Lot Of Water, Mres, Mylar, Oxygen Absorber, Plastic Storage, Powdered Milk, Rice And Beans, Term Emergency, thrive food storage, Water Storage, White Wheat, Yellow Corn

Costco sells a 23lb bucket of food for emergencies that’s called Emergency Food Storage. You can find information about this item at NutriStorage.Com. I bought one for about $100 from Costco the other day, and I wanted to review what I found.
Opening the bucket is very easy by clipping the strip that goes around [...]