Mark HermannTinyBuddha “Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” ~Carl Bard Birthdays. They’re supposed to be a joyous celebration, right? That...

TheEconomicCollapse Why are some of the biggest names in the corporate world unloading stock like there is no tomorrow, and why are some of the most prominent investors on Wall Street loudly warning about the possibility of...

NORML Today, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a new marijuana policy for the city during his State of the City address. Mayor Bloomberg, who previously stood with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in his call for fixing...

TheGIC When the asteroid 2012 DA14 gives Earth a close shave on Friday (Feb. 15), it will be a record-setting close encounter with a space rock of its size and you can track the flyby live online....

Cool chart here from Nomura, which examines export from Asia’s “Big 4″ (China, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore). It shows the year-over-year change by end export destination. The real story, they note, is how fast the Rest Of Asia...

From the just-released retail sales report. Check out the big year-over-year jump in people going out to eat. It’s way down at the bottom. The gain in December was 7.7%. People don’t go out to eat when...

Sven Jari Stehn and David Mericle of Goldman Sachs have a new note out that outlines how the firm will attempt to track the effects of higher taxes on consumption in real-time. Goldman expects that the tax...

   Sandy Newbigging/TinyBuddha “Freedom is instantaneous the moment we accept things as they are.” ~Karen Maezen Miller My personal rock-bottom wake-up call came a few years ago when, despite having achieved all of my personal and business...

It’s true, times are tough. Investors are looking everywhere for places to keep their money safely, and if a financial planner can’t do it for them, well… it’s goodbye. That’s why, the Wall Street Journal reports, financial...

Everyone’s raving about the American shale gas revolution, which could make the country the next Saudi Arabia of energy. Indeed, the growth rate in shale gas production has gone geometric. However, things are showing signs of slowing...