Russia’s Gazprom Tightens Its Stranglehold On Europe, France Falls: The Natural Gas War Gets Dirty by Wolf Richter - Aug 31, 2012 9:15 pm The usual suspect, the all-powerful French nuclear industry?
Monsters With Ominous Acronyms: From A Nation of Investors To A Nation of Fed Watchers by Wolf Richter - Aug 30, 2012 5:42 pm My blood pressure is up, my nails are bitten down to the quick, I haven’t slept in days. I’m ready for Ben.
The “Pauperization of Europe” by Wolf Richter - Aug 29, 2012 9:27 pm The largest consumer products companies and retailers are already adjusting to it.
Radioactive Contamination On San Francisco’s Treasure Island: A Tale Of US Government Obfuscation & Willful Ignorance by Wolf Richter - Aug 28, 2012 9:14 pm “If you receive the memo” about radioactive contamination, “don’t send it to us.”
Counter Revolt In Germany: Gagging “Hardliners” As the Economy Tanks And Future Exports Drop Into The Red Zone by Wolf Richter - Aug 27, 2012 7:38 pm Political pressure, fake moral outrage, and ridicule.
OMG, Tax Evasion In Switzerland! By Rich Swiss! But At Least It’s “Officially Silenced To Death” by Wolf Richter - Aug 26, 2012 1:36 am “The extent of tax fraud by the Swiss has no numbers”
Letting Greece Twist In The Wind by Wolf Richter - Aug 24, 2012 9:59 pm They could have been soul mates
Central Banks, The Veil Of Secrecy, A Hotbed of Corruption, And Now Another One Got Ensnared by Wolf Richter - Aug 23, 2012 8:25 pm Up to his neck: the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia—the latest in a series
Euro Optimism Surges, A Greek Tax Revolt Flares Up: It’s Decision Time by Wolf Richter - Aug 21, 2012 8:36 pm Again
Natural Gas Is Pushing Coal Over The Cliff by Wolf Richter - Aug 21, 2012 12:24 pm Powerplant by powerplant
A Cacophony Of Discord, Defaults, And Visions Of Impossibility by Wolf Richter - Aug 19, 2012 8:38 pm “Breakup of the Eurozone”: a concept that is taking on a life of its own
Nuclear Radiation On San Francisco’s Treasure Island: We Don’t Need To Know, Apparently by Wolf Richter - Aug 17, 2012 7:44 pm It’s not just Japan: “That amount of radium found to date cannot be explained by gauges, deck markers, and decontamination activities.”
Natural Gas And The Brutal Dethroning Of King Coal by Wolf Richter - Aug 16, 2012 1:03 pm A price massacre, a power-generation technology, and Congress - a toxic brew....
German Bailout Rebellion: “We Have Euro-Anarchy” by Wolf Richter - Aug 14, 2012 9:01 pm In 2005, the French and Dutch “unexpectedly” voted for sovereignty, and killed the EU constitution. Germans might vote next.
The Empire State Vixen Index And Other Befuddled Ironies by Wolf Richter - Aug 11, 2012 8:47 pm Weekend economic indices of dubious value