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Daily Briefing—15th June 2010
Posted: 15 June 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: 1953 Iran coup, Afghan Taliban, Afghanistan, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Amity Shlaes, Andy Worthington, Antoaneta Becker, austerity measures, Bill O'Reilly, Blackstone Group, BP, Canada, China, CIA, Coal India, currency manipulation, Daniel Tencer, death row, deportation, drug war, Dubai assassination, E, Eric Ruder, euro, European Union, extrajudicial assassinations, fiber optics, GCC, general strike, Gitmo, Glenn Greenwald, global debt, Goldman Sachs, Gregory White, Guantanamo Bay, habeas corpus, Haqqani Network, healthcare, Hindustan Copper, Honda, immigration, indefinite detention, India, inflation, Iran, Iraq, ISI, Israel, James Risen, Jan Brewer, Kyrgyzstan, labor unions, Latin America, Maher Arar, Matthew Berger, Maxim Bakiyev, Michael Gould-Wartofsky, mineral deposits, Mossad, Nigeria, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Pentagon, Persian Gulf, private military contractors, Quetta Shura, RCMP, renminbi, renminbi yuan, Robert Gibbs, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, SCOTUS, secret prisons, Singapore, Spain, Taliban, torture, treasury bonds, TTP, UN, UNHRC, USD, Vincent Fernando, War on Terror, yuan
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Daily Briefing—6th May 2010
Posted: 6 May 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: airstrikes, California, CIA, CIA drones, drones, EU, Exxon Valdez, Freedie Mac, GCC, Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, Gulf oil spill, Hezbollah, Hizbollah, IAEA, Iraq election, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, mortgage crisis, Noah Shachtman, NPT, nuclear weapons, oil, Omar Khadr, Pakistan, Philip Giraldi, Saudi Arabia, scud missiles, settlements, Syria, Taliban, torture, UN, unfunded entitlements, West Bank, Yukiya Amano
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China Ready to Abandon U.S. Dollar
Posted: 6 March 2010 by Sayyid in International Affairs, National News, Political ScienceTags: bailout, banking, BRIC, central banking, China, corporatism, debt, economy, fascism, Federal Reserve, fiat money, Garry White, GCC, Gulf Cooperation Council, IMF, India, Japan, Latin America, libertarian, London Telegraph, Middle East, Newspeak, OPEC, PBC, People's Bank of China, Robert Fisk, run on the dollar, Sucre, US, US dollar, USD, Zhou Xiaochuan
via the London Telegraph: “The head of China’s central bank has given the strongest signal yet that the country will move away from pegging its currency to the dollar, but he said any changes would be gradual.”
Gold Hits Another Record-High, Dollar Hits New Low
Posted: 13 October 2009 by Little Alex in International Affairs, National News, Political ScienceTags: Anchalee Worrachate, banking, central banking, China, Christoph Kind, corporatism, dollar hegemony, economics, economy, euros, Federal Reserve, fiat money, foreign exchange, FOREX, GCC, Gerard Lyons, global economic crisis, gold, gold futures, Gulf Cooperation Council, Japan, libertarian, liberty, market-anarchism, Moming Zhou, monetary policy, Newspeak, oil, OPEC, Robert Fisk, US, US dollar, Ye Xie, yen, yuan
This morning, gold hit a new high nearing $1,070/oz. showing the U.S. dollar ‘reaching a breaking point’ as it hits another new 14-month low.
Dollar Hits All-Time Low Facing Rational ‘Demise’
Posted: 6 October 2009 by Editors in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Abu Dhabi, anarchism, anti-Statism, Bahrain, bailout, banking, Brazil, Bretton Woods, BRIC, Camilla Hall, China, corporatism, dollar hegemony, economy, euros, fascism, Federal Reserve, fiat currency, fiat money, France, GCC, Gerald Celente, gold, greenback, Gulf Cooperation Council, India, Iran, Iraq, Iraq War, Japan, Jean-Claude Trichet, Kuwait, libertarian, market-anarchism, Max Keiser, Medvedev, Muhammad al-Jasser, Newspeak, Obama, oil, OPEC, petrodollar warfare, pounds, Qatar, renminbi, Robert Fisk, roubles, Russia, Saddam Hussein, Saudi Arabia, SCO, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, The Independent, US, US dollar, War, yen, yuan
Weeks after Iran officially announced it would replace the U.S. dollar—its value heavily dependent on Middle East oil trading—with euros in its foreign exchange holdings, The Independent Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk’s article, “The Demise of the Dollar,” breaks the story that: “In a graphic illustration of the new world order, Arab states have launched secret moves with China, Russia and France to stop using the U.S. currency for oil trading” by 2018. I wrote of the alliance between Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) here in June.
Russia Today (RT) reports on Mr. Fisk’s exclusive (3:25):
