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Deadly China 6.6 Magnitude Earthquake Kills at Least 192.

April 20, 2013 – A Deadly 6.6 Magnitude Earthquake Struck China: A powerful earthquake has struck China’s Sichuan province. At least 192 people are dead and 11,200 are injured, but local authorities say the toll could be much higher once the … Continue reading

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Gold Plunges $200 an Ounce in Two Days.

April 15 2013 – Update 12:13PM April 15 – Gold prices plunged more than 9% to a two-year low, capping two days of turbulent trading. Since Thursday, gold prices have declined by more than $200 an ounce, a two-day record … Continue reading

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Deadly Tibetan Landslide Draws Attention to Mining – NYTimes.com

April 3, 2013 – Tibetan Mining Disaster Kills 59: One after another, the bodies have kept coming. By Tuesday night, rescuers had pulled 59 dead miners from the snow-covered rubble. They expect to find more. Pictured above, Rescuers on Saturday headed … Continue reading

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15 Seconds and 242,400 People Dead!

March 7, 2013 – 15 Seconds and 242,400 People Dead: At 3:42 a.m. on July 28, 1976, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit the sleeping city of Tangshan, in northeastern China. The enormous earthquake, striking an area where it was totally … Continue reading

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40 Years of Global Earthquakes by Region.

February 3, 2013 – 40 Years of Global Earthquakes by Region: The chart above reflects global earthquakes, greater than or equal to 7.0 magnitude, by five regions of the world over the last 40 years. The SW (south-west) Pacific was the … Continue reading

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Life Expectancy Around the World!

February 1, 2013 – Life Expectancy Around the World:  The World Map, above, is color coded by life expectancy. The color scale is in the lower left. Dark red is greater than 76 years, red is 70.3 to 76 yrs, … Continue reading

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The Four Geeks of the Apocalyse.

January 30, 2013 – The Four Geeks of the Apocalypse: I remember the first time I interviewed a relatively unknown economist named Nouriel Roubini. It was 2005, and as we sat in his New York University office, he laid out … Continue reading

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Selected Interest Rates for the 13 Biggest World Economies

September 5, 2012 – Selected Interest Rates Around the World – A Tale of Wow: Pictured above are four key interest rates for the worlds 13 biggest economies, with total GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of $55 trillion. The blue bars … Continue reading

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Disaster Investing – - Economic Armageddon!

July 18, 2012 – Apocalypse Investing – Preparing for End Times:  Investment professionals have a new pitch: The sky could soon be falling. Fears of the continuing European debt crisis; floods, wildfires, earthquakes, heatwave, drought, volcanoes and other disasters; political … Continue reading

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For BRICS, Plan of Action Proves Elusive – NYTimes.com

March 29, 2012 – The BRICS are Coming – The BRICS are Coming:  As the shock waves of the global recession convulsed Europe and the United States three years ago, the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India and China gathered for … Continue reading

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