GEAB N°79 is available! 2014 – Internationalization of the
Yuan, the opening of Saudi Arabia, the implosion of the EU, and three of the
last pillars of the dollar crumble
The rapid internationalization of the Yuan, causing a decline
in the central role of the dollar; the loss of Saudi support, a key part of the
petrodollar edifice; and the loss of the Americanist bastion of the EU,
replaced by a Euroland relying on the Euro, are all threats to the three
remaining essential pillars of American power, which will disappear in 2014,
precipitating considerable global upheaval...
Ukraine Suspends Preparations For Signing EU Deal
The Ukrainian government announced Thursday it was
suspending its preparations for the signing of a landmark agreement with the
European Union, playing hardball as it maneuvers between Moscow and Brussels
ahead of a crucial summit next week...
Angela Merkel clears way for national minimum wage
The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has signalled the
likely introduction of a national minimum wage in Germany. Mrs Merkel, speaking
at a meeting of business leaders, said that it was clear that the opposition
SPD "would not conclude coalition negotiations without a legal minimum
wage"...
Ukip is planning to run one of the most dangerous campaigns
in British political history
Yesterday Paul Sykes, the multi-millionaire property
developer, announced in the Daily Telegraph that he would be bankrolling Ukip’s
euro election campaign. Asked the reason for this munificence, Sykes began by
trotting out the standard line about the EU...
'Praise and criticism for Dutch plan to cut size of EU
commission'
The Dutch proposal to cut the size of the European
Commission has been both supported and criticised in various EU member states,
the Volkskrant reports on Tuesday.
Foreign minister Frans Timmermans said in an opinion
piece last week there needs to be a ‘smaller, reformed commission’ and the
political balance within the EU needs to be restored. There are currently 28
commissioners.
‘Some people think it a good idea, others do not,’ Timmermans is quoted as
saying by the Volkskrant
after a meeting in Brussels on Monday.
Special Report: The Pentagon's doctored ledgers conceal epic
waste
This is the second installment in a series in which Reuters
delves into the Defense Department's inability to account for itself. The first
article examined how the Pentagon's record-keeping dysfunction results in
widespread pay errors that inflict financial hardship on soldiers and sap
morale...
La fin de l’Internet américain
En réalité, les dégâts vont beaucoup plus loin. C’est
désormais tout le postulat du contrôle américain du Web qui est remis en
question. Cette fabuleuse invention, partie des Etats-Unis, symbolisait
l’innovation perpétuelle, la liberté, le progrès technologique, l’abolition des
frontières...
Cisco Dips On NSA Fallout, How To Play China’s Fear Of
PRISM
Shares in Cisco Systems (CSCO) fell 11% after the U.S.
telecom equipment juggernaut said orders from China in the third quarter fell
18% from a year ago. It further guided a 8-10% decline in revenue in the fourth
quarter...
U.S. to sell rest of GM shares by year-end, may lose $10
billion
The U.S. Treasury Department said it expected to sell its
remaining shares of General Motors Co (GM.N) by the end of the year, a plan
that may leave taxpayers with a shortfall of about $10 billion on the
automaker's 2009 bailout...
Tool or Die: Will Machinists Throw a Wrench in the Auto
Recovery?
Within five years, the North American auto industry will
fall far short of its ability to make the machines that make the parts that
make our cars...
UK - Millions struggle with 'unaffordable' mortgage and
rent
Housing charities warn many families are struggling to buy food
and meet other costs due to rising property prices and rents...
Harvard's deficit skyrockets to $34 million
The number skyrocketed to $34 million in the 2013 fiscal
year, compared to last year's $7.9 million shortfall, according to a report
released by the university Friday night...
Riots in Saudi Arabia: ‘The Kingdom expels the same people
it exploited’
Tensions have been simmering in Saudi Arabia over the past
week. Hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrant workers have risen up
against the ruling authorities, giving rise to scenes of rioting that the
country has rarely seen...
Wal-Mart Asks Workers To Donate Food To Its Needy
Employees
"That Wal-Mart would have the audacity to ask low-wage
workers to donate food to other low-wage workers — to me, it is a moral
outrage," Norma Mills, a customer at the store, told the Plain
Dealer...
Education - Monde arabe : à l'école des cancres
Programmes indigestes, classes surchargées, méthodes
inadaptées... Du primaire à l'université, le système d'enseignement public a
désespérément besoin d'une refonte dans le monde arabe...
British Press Freedom Under Threat
Britain has a long tradition of a free, inquisitive press.
That freedom, so essential to democratic accountability, is being challenged by
the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government of Prime Minister David
Cameron...
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