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America in Myanmar: Jim Crow-Style Democracy
Republican Presidential frontrunner Ben Carson ignited a firestorm when he has said he would not want to see a Muslim-American elected to the country's highest office. But few are paying attention as the Obama Administration is underwriting efforts in ...
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The Lords is a ludicrous affront to democracy and accountability
According to his official statement, he did so because he “feels that it is important for democracy that the House of Lords should not override decisions taken by the elected House of Commons”. He was joined on the government side by fellow ...
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The Revolt Against 'Democracy'
The essential reality of Western governments is normally hidden behind the gauzy veil of “democracy,” only to reveal its true face in times of crisis: that's when its monstrous visage – pitted and pockmarked like the portrait of Dorian Gray by its own ...
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Chinese E-Commerce Stocks Rally in U.S. After Alibaba Earnings

Chinese E-Commerce Stocks Rally in U.S. After Alibaba Earnings
Scandals that exposed how bank traders rigged key interest rates and fixed currency values have given ammunition to those who say CDS may also be susceptible to collusion or, worse, outright manipulation. The trade group ... Although the market for ...
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What to Watch Wednesday: Walgreens Boots Alliance Takes the Spotlight
Then after the market close, we hear from Amgen (AMGN), PayPal (PYPL), and Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD). When Walgreens Boots Alliance reports its ..... SO, china REDUCED manipulation and let yuan move. IMF realizing much weaker yuan was NOT ...
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Barclays, RBS, HSBC agree to pay 4M for Forex manipulation in the US
The bill over FX market manipulation keeps growing for big investment giants, with three of the UK's biggest banks – Barclays PLC (LON:BARC), HSBC Holdings plc (LON:HSBA), and Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (LON:RBS), agreeing on Thursday to ...
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Latest Government Statistics News

Lies, damned lies and poverty statistics
Misleading government statistics can have devastating effects. Two former chancellors of the exchequer, whose lives we've been remembering in recent days, could certainly have testified to that. Geoffrey Howe could have cut interest rates earlier and ...
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'Poor' results in government poverty report?
... the 2014 Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report, government officials including Chief Secretary Carrie Lam began giving themselves pats-on-the-back for the “record-setting” low number of people now living under the poverty line. Government statistics ...
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Tanzanias Election Crackdown on Dissent
Under the Statistics Act, passed in March, anyone, including the media, who publishes statistics related to the Tanzanian government without approval from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) could face heavy fines or even jail. That's the immediate ...
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Ex-Rabobank trader arrested in Australia

Ex-Rabobank trader arrested in Australia
A former Rabobank trader charged by US authorities with allegedly manipulating Libor, the benchmark interest rate, has been arrested, according to Australian authorities. Paul Thompson, an Australian who was the Dutch bank's head of money market and ...
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Today's Market Is All About That Central Bank Stimulus
This bull market in stocks is unlikely to carry on indefinitely regardless of central bank rate manipulation and monetary stimulus. That said, trendlines and other market internals give us the best indication of near-term risk preferences. It follows ...
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CFTC chief outlines proposals to fight market disruptions
New rules that prevent new forms of illegal behavior, such as spoofing and other types of market manipulation, are being enforced. The CFTC this week brought spoofing charges against a Chicago firm, 3 Red Trading. The moves come as the CFTC has been ...
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Tony Blair's discusses the Iraq War and ISIS in CNN interview
As a master of public relations and media manipulation, Blair may have calculated that since Chilcot is likely to accuse him of major errors of judgment, it is better for him to volunteer an apology now, rather than be forced to do so if, as seems ...
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