Washington landslide was no fluke [STUDY]
When the Oso, Wash., landslide engulfed a neighbourhood along the North York of the Stillaguamish River last year, its size and ferocity were stunning even…
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Is the F-35 Really an Air Force Disaster? [ANALYSIS]
In response to F’d: How the U.S. and Its Allies Got Stuck with the World’s Worst New Warplane by David Axe I don’t know what…
Bank of England Suddenly Hoarding Large Amount of Gold
What has the Bank of England done with 1,300 tonnes of gold? Quote: While perusing the BofE’s new website application, which allows you to take…
Metals, Grains, Foods – Are Indices Telling The Truth
Economists and the public always want a simple answer in their favour – which normally means ignoring the question and hiding more than is revealed….
The Fallacy Of Monopoly Of Raw Materials
To start somewhere the story of nitrogen fertilizer has several points worth noting. In brief: Before the First World War, Fritz Haber invented the Haber…
Mærsk Joins With CMA, CGM And MSC To Form P3-Network
Mærsk joins up with CMA CGM and MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company. JyllandsPosten has: EPN.DK Mærsk Cooperation To Be Called P3-Network Quote: The cooperation between Danish…
Has China Collapsed? A Look at FX, Copper, Iron, and Steel
Has China collapsed? Well let us look at the evidence: Evidence For China The exchange rates of different currencies give some clues about China. The…
German Sovereign Bonds Lock Stepped
Neue Zürcher Zeitung reports: Deutschland bonds kurz vor emission Quote: The Union and a number of the States will address the capital market together for…
If Financial History is Any Guide the Future of Switzerland Looks Dim
Switzerland…. Neue Zürcher Zeitung has: Quote: Switzerland: History shows that financial institutions can survive a prosecution in the USA – but often not for long. In…
LIBOR Probably Moving out of the UK, But Where to is Missing the Point
LIBOR inspection to move to Paris. The Guardian has: Quote: EU regulators published guidelines on Thursday to stop banks rigging Libor and other market benchmarks…
RMB/USD: A Look at Various Exchange Rate Scenarios
Neue Zürcher Zeitung sums it up quite nicely – Provided – of course – you don’t throw your brain into gear! But then again: Very…
North Korea Nuclear Capability: Plutonium and Uranium [ANALYSIS]
What is going on with North Korea and nuclear weapons? First question is always: Where are the carriers? Well as of May 28th 2013…. There…
Danske Bank Does Attract Attention
Even Google hates them: Danske Bank A/S (OTCMKTS:DNSKY) (CPH:DANSKE) + news and the result is. It certainly is rare that an internationally obscure bank – from…
The Bank Inspection And Danske Bank’s Liquidity Management
Danske Bank A/S (ADR) (OTCMKTS:DNSKY) (CPH:DANSKE)’s liquidity has been of some concern to the public. It has been in the form of repeated “computer failures”…
Tax Evasion In The European Union
It is generally a good idea to listen to what Danish PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt says about the political side in the European Union. Not because…