Updates on Economy

Alternet: Start Preparing for Disruptions in Supplies of Food & Water

Reuters: Sydney Plunged Into Chaos by Massive Electrical Blackout

St. Louis Today: St. Louis' Mass Transit System on Verge of Collapse

Global Research: U.S. Government Establishing "Internment" Camps

NY Times: Vast Spying System Loots Computers in 103 Countries

Slate: Orwellian Language of Wall Street Finds Way to Treasury Dept

The Atlantic: Financial Industry Has Captured the U.S. Government

Washington Post: Wall Street Lobbyists Descend on Washington D.C.

NY Times: Bank of America Accussed in $380 Million Ponzi Scheme

Time: Londoners Attacking Homes of Top Investement Bank Chiefs

Time: High Profile Investors Turn to Talk of a Second Great Depression

San Diego Tribune: California Unemployment to be 15% by Next Year

NY Times: Cities Deal With a Surge in Shantytowns and Tent Cities

Yahoo News: Gimmers of Hope Fading as Unemployment Rolls Swell

Fortune Magazine: Layoffs Creating Giant Class of Jobless Americans

Fortune Magazine: Entering an Economic Crisis of Biblical Proportions

Reuters: U.S. Program Too Late To Stem Wave of Home Foreclosures

NY Times: Banks (Not Homeowners) Walking Away from Mortgages

Alternet: Six Million Families to Lose Their Homes in Next Three Years

UK Guardian: Economic Situation is "Even Worse Than We Thought"

London Times: "Scale and speed of banking crisis [is] overwhelming"

NY Times: "Economic crisis may fracture Europe into rival factions"

NY Times: "Portland's docks are a snapshot of diminishing fortunes"

USA Today: "Crisis has obliterated any chance of financial stability"

Forbes Magazine: "California appears to be barreling towards a cliff"

The Economist: Manning The Barricades: Banks, Busts, and Beyond

The Economist: Across the Country, Americans Spew Rage at A.I.G.

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