Pray for the people in Bangladesh ! Daughter Finds Out Mother Is Among The Dead In Primark Factory Disaster According to Mail Online Bangladeshi rescue workers are continuing their increasingly desperate search for survivors in a collapsed...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans think jarring economic problems will erupt if lawmakers fail to increase the government’s borrowing limit. Yet they’re torn over how or even whether to raise it, leaning toward Republican demands that any...

Everyone talking about the debt ceiling and the idea that the Treasury could engage in “prioritization” (honoring some obligations, while not honoring others, so as to maintain a balanced budget and not breach the debt ceiling), needs...

Of all the charts we’ve seen surrounding the so-called Fiscal Cliff, this might be the scariest one we’ve seen. It’s from a Citi survey of clients taken a couple weeks ago. It’s not even close. The belief...

Ramanan rounded up some pretty incredible Nicholas Kaldor quotes on Europe from the early 70′s.   It’s really remarkable commentary given the time it was written.   Given its pre-Euro timeframe, one could even argue that this...

DailyPaul ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nearly 220 counties in a dozen drought-stricken states were added Wednesday to the U.S. government’s list of natural disaster areas as the nation’s agriculture chief unveiled new help for frustrated, cash-strapped farmers...

The largest natural disaster in American history just went from bad to worse. Sweltering heat and persistent drought across the country has ravaged crops to such extremes this summer that tens of thousands of farmers and ranchers are...

 Michael Snyder/TheAmerican Dream If a major emergency happened in the United States, do you have faith that the government would take care of you?  Amazingly, even after all of the examples to the contrary that we have...

If a major emergency happened in the United States, do you have faith that the government would take care of you?  Amazingly, even after all of the examples to the contrary that we have seen in recent...

Using the word “disaster” is not an over-exaggeration to describe the drought in the Midwest, says Scott Shellady, the commodities trader who sports the famous cow-print jacket at the Chicago Board of Trade. A heatwave and a...