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Updates on Economy

Today's Major Financial Collapse Headlines:

L.A. Times: Keeping the Unemployed Busy is a Means of Social Control

Mike Whitney: American Economy Heading Into a Pitch Black Tunnel

Business Insider: Insider Selling of Stock Accelerating to Record Pace

Wall Street Journal: 401(k)s Hit by Freezes Placed on Withdrawals

Wall Street Journal: Strained Credit Markets Deepen GMAC's Red Ink

NY Times: Budget Shortfalls Forcing States to Enact Mass Furloughs

Kunstler: "America has hit the bottom of its ability to process reality"

UK Telegraph: Capital Well is Running Dry and Economies Will Wither

AFP: Few in D.C. Realize China Just Cancelled America's Credit Card

Asia Times: Creditworthiness of Entire American Economy Now at Risk

NY Times: Nation's Debt Time Bomb Clock is Ticking Faster Than Ever

Washington Post: NY Times Company to Shut Down the Boston Globe

The Atlantic Monthly: Why This Crisis is a Depression, Not a Recession

L.A. Times: Banks Begin Demolishing Developments in Victorville, CA

The Exile Online: Digging Up Victorville CA's Speculative Fossil Record

UK Telegraph: Chinese Ordered to Smoke More to Boost the Economy

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Updates on Economy

Today's Major Financial Collapse Headlines:

Kunstler: "America has hit the bottom of its ability to process reality"

AFP: Few in D.C. Realize China Just Cancelled America's Credit Card

Asia Times: Creditworthiness of Entire American Economy Now at Risk

NY Times: Nation's Debt Time Bomb Clock is Ticking Faster Than Ever

Washington Post: NY Times Company to Shut Down the Boston Globe

The Atlantic Monthly: Why This Crisis is a Depression, Not a Recession

Bloomberg: GM Bankruptcy Probable as Obama Shields UAW Benefits

NY Times: A Life Selling Pontiacs Leaves Dealerships Feeling Sold Out

San Francisco Chronicle: Carmaker Woes Hitting State Budgets Hard

Unemployment and jobs crisis related articles:

Washington Post: Rural Towns Collapsing as Employment Evaporates

Washington Post: Wages Stagnate As Firms Rush to Slash Their Costs

Bloomberg: Recession Will Redefine Full Employment as Jobs Vanish

Real Estate Market Crash articles:

San Francisco Chronicle: Vacant Foreclosures Spawn Blight and Crime

Wall Street Journal: Life in America's Cities About to Get a Lot Rougher

Los Angeles Times: Abandoned Suburbs Getting Taken Back by Nature

Press Democrat: Vacant Commercial Real Estate a Sign of the Times

Alternet: Many of US Still Think They Can Get Rich Quick on Real Estate

Student Debt Crisis, Young People:

NY Times: Students' First Lesson is to Read Loan Documents Fine Print

NY Times: In Worsening Job Market, Student Loans Prove to be Costly

NY Times: Graduate Degree Programs the Detroit of Higher Education

NY Times: Community Colleges Pose Challenge for Four Year Schools

Washington Post: India Flooded by Educated but Unemployable Grads

Crimes, Conspiracies, and High Weirdness:

UK Independent: Bank's 2006 Pandemic Flu Exercise Eeriely Prescient

NY Times: How Lehman Brothers Got Its Commercial Real Estate Fix

Michael Moore: Madoff is a Distraction from the Even Bigger Criminals

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Updates on Economy

Today's Swine Flu related headlines:

Sydney Morning Herald: Australian Government Says "Stockpile Food"

Sydney Morning Herald: Mexico's Tourism Collapses, Foreigners Flee

Financial Times: Mexico Orders All Non-Essential Businesses To Close

ABC: Flu Outbreak Escalates, California Declares State of Emergency

AP: Fears of Swine Flu Pandemic Threaten New Storm for Economy

Bloomberg: Swine Flu Pandemic Imminent as Virus is Seen Thriving

Wall Street Journal: A Primer on Understanding the Swine Flu Crisis

Sydney Morning Herald: Airports Using Thermal Scans to Test for Flu

The Progressive: Will Northcom Seize Power Because of Swine Flu?

Today's financial collapse news:

CNN Money: Chrysler Files Bankruptcy, 140,000 Dealerships at Risk

NY Times: Chrysler Bankruptcy Filing Looms as Deal on Debt Falters

NY Times: Chrysler in First Major Automaker Bankruptcy Since 1933

CNN Money: Foreclosure Filings Take Record 20% Jump in March

Yahoo News: Jobless Rate Rises in All U.S. Metro Areas In March

CNN Money: Unemployment Over 10% or Higher in 109 U.S. Cities

CNN Money: Is It Time Just to Put Your Money Under a Mattress?

Market Watch: Even the Elite are Worried They'll Run Out of Cash

NY Times: U.S. Economy in Second Straight Quarter of Steep Decline

Washington Post: It's Time for a Reality Check for Economic Optimists

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Updates on Economy

Today's Swine Flu News:

ABC: Flu Outbreak Escalates, California Declares State of Emergency

AP: Fears of Swine Flu Pandemic Threaten New Storm for Economy

Market Watch: First U.S. Death from Swine Flu Has Been Confirmed

Financial Times: Mexico City Faces Threat of Total Financial Shutdown

The Daily Mail: Britons Told to Cancel All Non Essential Trips to the U.S.

London Times: Swine Flu Outbreak Linked to Farm "Manure Lagoons"

UK Independent: Has Globalization Made Us More Catastrophe Prone?

Today's financial collapse news:

Washington Post: It's Time for a Reality Check for Economic Optimists

NY Times: U.S. Economy in Second Straight Quarter of Steep Decline

Bloomberg: Stress Tests Echo 1930s Rescue Attempts Says Ahamed

UK Telegraph: U.S. Banks Face $70 Billion Shortage in New Capital

Business Week: Commercial Real Estate Market Has Hit the Skids

Economist: Disaster is Looming in the Commerical Property Market

Market Watch: So Called "Warehouse Lending" Rapidly Drying Up

NY Times: Phoenix Leads the Way in American Home Price Declines

CNN: Unemployment the Biggest Factor in Home Mortgage Defaults

Bloomberg: U.S. Retail Sales Unexpectedly Drop as Jobs Evaporate

Washington Post: Strip Mall Landlords Hit by Soaring Vacancy Rate

NY Times: London Ponders Its Future World's Financial Powerhouse

Market Watch: Even the Rich are Worried They'll Run Out of Money

UK Independent: Professor Warns of Risk of Global Wide Food Riots

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Updates on Economy

Today's Swine Flu News:

Financial Times: Mexico City Faces Threat of Total Financial Shutdown

UK Independent: Mexico's Masked Metropolis Prepared for Apocalypse

UK Independent: "I felt shocked, was I bringing a pandemic to the UK?

UK Independent: "40% of Britons could get swine flu within 6 months"

The Daily Mail: Britons Told to Cancel All Non Essential Trips to the U.S.

Associated Press: Europeans Told to Postpone Travel to U.S., Mexico

Associated Press: Mexico Closes Schools Nationwide Due to Swine Flu

Bloomberg: Swine Flu May Prompt Mexico to Tap IMF Emergnecy Fund

Bloomberg: Swine-Flu Warning Raised as Virus Crosses Continents

Reuters: Container Holding Swine Flu Virus Samples Explodes on Train

Kunstler: Swine Flu Could Topple "Just in Time" Distribution System

UK Independent: Has Globalization Made Us More Catastrophe Prone?

Today's financial collapse news:

UK Independent: Professor Warns of Risk of Global Wide Food Riots

UK Telegraph: U.S. Banks Face $70 Billion Shortage in New Capital

Ca.Gov: California Declares an Unemployment State of Emergency

NY Times: People with Service Jobs Hit Hard by Economy Collapse

NY Times: A Recession, Far From Over, Already Shattering Records

NY Times: G.M.’s Latest Plan Envisions a Much Smaller Automaker

Los Angeles Times: Toxic Asset Plan Stirs Fears of Further Damage

UK Independent: Portfolio Magazine Announces it's Shutting Down

Los Angeles Times: Downturn Moving to Silicon Valley Mansions

Los Angeles Times: Deeping Woes for California's Imperial Valley

Bloomberg: Home Vacancies in U.S. Rise to Record Amid Recession

Kansas City Star: Even Bigger Wave of Foreclosures is on the Way

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Updates on Economy

Today's financial collapse headlines:

Asia Times: Bank Profits, Market Rallies Masking Considerable Turmoil

Associated Press: Banks Awaiting Results of Government Stress Tests

NY Times: Plight of Automakers Will Accelerate Decline of All Pensions

NY Times: Wave of Corporate Bankruptices to Derail the U.S. Economy

Business Week: Option ARM Business Loans Turning Into Nightmares

UK Guardian: China Realizes that the U.S. Dollar is Gravely Wounded

Market Watch: Fiscal Worries Mount as U.K. Economic Crisis Deepens

The Daily Show: Goldman Sachs and the Clusterf--k to the Poor House

Counterpunch: IMF Says Major "Fiscal Adjustment" Will be Necessary

UK Telegraph: Germany's Banking Crisis Creating "Explosive" Mood

Alternet: U.S. Cities Increasingly Resort to Mercenaries to Keep Order

Urban Survival: Mass Layoffs Continue (Scroll for a Must-See Graph)

NY Times: Budget Shortfalls Forcing States to Enact Mass Furloughs

San Francisco Chronicle: Mortgage Defaults Hit Records in California

Orange County Register: Numbers of Long Term Jobless Have Doubled

Wall Street Journal: Unemployed May Turn to Violent Forms of Protest

Economist: California Considered by Many to be Nearly Ungovernable

Market Watch: "Cult of Finance" Has Stranglehold Over U.S. Economy

Atlantic Monthly: Inside the Federal Reserve's Secret Money Machine

NY Times: Sleeping Pills Very Popular as People Worry About Economy

Utne Reader: Cubans Turn to Black Market for Anti-Depressant Drugs

Scientific American: Could Food Shortages Crash Modern Civilization?

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Updates on Economy

Today's financial collapse headlines:

Associated Press: Financial Crisis is 'Unprecedented' in Modern Times

Whiskey and Gunpowder: Iceland's Fall a Harbinger of Global Collapse

Sixty Minutes: Retirement Dreams Disappear with Vanishing 401(k)s

Farming UK: United States Banking Crisis Affecting Farmers' Planting

UK Independent: Britain Faces Massive Losses as Crunch Costs Spiral

UK Telegraph: Britain’s Budget Deficit Threatens to Hit 12% of its GDP

NY Times: As Britain’s Debt Deepens, Its Outlook is Growing Gloomier

NY Times: For Housing Market, the Bottom Isn't Probably Anywhere

Money Week: More Similarities Exist Between Bust of 1929 and 2009

Market Watch: GM Won't Make $1 Billion Debt Payment Due June 1st

Globe and Mail: Real Unemployment Rate Much Higher than Reported

Globe and Mail: Blame Oil, Not Banks, for the Current Financial Crisis

Seeking Alpha: Shipping Industry Expected Sees Long Duration Crisis

NY Times: Huge Swaths of America's Means of Production Mothballed

NY Times: An Effort to Save Flint, Mich by Demolishing Parts of t

NY Times: Moody's Assigns Negative Grade to All U.S. Municipal Bonds

NY Times: Towns, Cities Reeling from Investments in Municipal Bonds

Bloomberg: Soaring Budget Deficits Will Mean Billions in Bond Sales

Bloomberg: California Plans State Record $6.9 Billion Bond Offering

USA Today: Earnings Reports Show LargeRegional Banks Are Hurting

Sydney Morning Herald: Reported Bank Proftis Masking Major Problem

New Zealand Business Day: Oncoming Wave of Corporate Debt Default

CNN Money: Fallout from Asset Deterioration Estimated at $4 Trillion

New York Magazine: Privileged Class Rages as It Loses its Privileges

Slate: Interactive Map of Vanishing Employment Across the Country

NY Times: As Housing Market Dips, Many Find They're Unable to Move

Wall Street Journal: Market Sends Defaults on Student Loans Soaring

Fortune: Even Elite Universities Hit Hard by the Economic Downturn

USA Today: Public Universities Say They're Expect Hefty Tuition Hikes

USA Today: Scams About Foreclosures, Jobs, IRS Feed on Desperation

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Updates on Economy

Today's financial collapse headlines:

Kunstler: More Unemployment Will Push the American Public to Unrest

Wall Street Journal: Life in America's Cities About to Get a Lot Rougher

The Atlantic: Veal Calve Investors Got Fattened Up & Led to Slaughter

NY Times: Personal Finance Author Defrauded by his Financial Adviser

NY Times: The Federal Reserve Should Force Savers to Start Spending

Washington Post: IMF Seeking "Radical" New Powers to Affect Markets

Global Research: G20 Leaders Give the IMF the Power to Issue Money

Deutsche Bank: Risk of U.S. Economy Contracting 10% in First Quarter

AP: Some Big Banks Will Need Even More Infusions of Taxpayer Money

Solari: Insiders Protecting Themselves by Controlling the Government

CNN: A Guide to Surviving a Worst-Case Scenario Financial Collapse

MSNBC: Homeowners See Giving Up on Mortgage as the Best Option

Washington Post: Downfall of General Growth a Blow to Retail Market

Sacramento Bee: State Gives Bonuses to Managers who Lost Money

Wall Street Journal: In California, Another Massive Deficit is Looming

Wall Street Journal: Unemployment Up in 46 States, California at 11%

San Francisco Chronicle: California Unemployment Highest Since 1941

Los Angeles Times: California Office Market Hammered by Recession

Macleans: California the Bleeding Edge of the U.S. Economic Collapse

Macleans: Bill for Debt-Laden North American Lifestyle is Coming Due

Macleans: Workers 18-to-40 Years Old Caught in a "Vortex of Failure"

NY Times: In Worsening Job Market, Student Loans Prove to be Costly

NY Times: Business School Graduates Forced to Downscale Ambitions

NY Times: After the Bank Collapses, the Debt Collector Comes Calling

NY Times: Debt Settlers Offer Plenty of Promises but Little Actual Help

NY Times: Never Mind Your 401k, Your Insurance Might Now be at Risk

Wall Street Journal: U.S. Treasury Data Paints Stark Picture of Lending

Wall Street Journal: Even Mongolian Goat Herders Defaulting on Loans

24/7 Wall Street: Twelve Major Brand Names That Will Soon Disappear

Updates on Economy

Today's financial collapse headlines:

UK Telegraph: China May Back Its Currency Not with Gold but Copper

UK Telegraph: IMF Issues Warning Over Parallels to Great Depression

Washington Post: Mall Owner's Crisis Signals Massive Wave of Crisis

Macleans: California the Bleeding Edge of the U.S. Economic Collapse

Sacramento Bee: California Wants Federal Government to Back IOUs

LATOC Forum : State Budget Emergency in California Going Nuclear

Los Angeles Times: Abandoned Suburbs Getting Taken Back by Nature

CNBC: U.S. Foreclosure Filings Soar 46% in March as Moratoriums End

Charles Hugh Smith: Why a 50% Drop in Home Prices isn't the Bottom

San Francisco Chronicle: Wave of Commercial Defaults is Now Building

NY Times: After the Bank Collapses, the Debt Collector Comes Calling

USA Today: Recession Forces Unraveling Ponzi Schemes Into Open

Fortune Magazine: Fuzzy Math by Wells Fargo and JP Morgan Chase

Alternet: Corporate Players Are the Real Pirates of the World's Seas

Money Week: Infusions of Hot Air Will not Revive the U.S. Economy

Macleans: Bill for Debt-Fuelled North American Lifestyle is Now Due

Macleans: Jobs Disappearing Today Won't be Coming Back Anytime

Macleans: With Nest Eggs Ruined, Feds Look at Pensions for Everyone

The Nation: Washington's Financial Elite Plan to Loot Social Security

Economist: Hard to Imagine a Worse Time to be Entering Job Market

Macleans: Workers 18-to-40 Find Their Caught in a Vortex of Failure

Bloomberg: Decade of Losses Force Workers in Thirtys to Start Over

Market Oracle: Interview with Blogger Being Sued by Goldman Sachs

NY Times: Goldman Sachs Suspected in More Conspiracies Than CIA

Wall Street Journal: Fear, Greed Drive Sales of Ammunition to Record

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Updates on Economy

Today's financial collapse headlines:

The Exiled: Suburbs a Slaughtering Ground in the Scam of the Century

The Exiled: A Getaway in Search of America's Foreclosure Nightmare

The Exiled: Jim Cramer Destroyed His Viewers' Wealth in Just 4 Days

MyProps: Chart of Cramer's Dow Predictions vs. Actual Performance

Playboy: Why the Outrageous Behavior of AIG is *Not* an Exception

Time: Has Goldman Sachs Been Gambling with Our Taxpayer Money?

UK Telegraph: Anti-Goldman Sachs Blogger Prepares for Legal Battle

Washington Examiner: Head of AIG Owns $3 Million in Goldman Stock

Reuters: Pawnbrokers Set Up Shop Inside London's Financial Capital

NY Times: Debt Collectors Seizing Bank Accounts Without Prior Notice

Houston Chronicle: Americans Fighting Back Against Debt Collectors

Wisconsin Journal: Lawyers Find Thriving Niche Suing Debt Collectors

Wall Street Journal: Small Businesses Going to War with Big Banks

CNN Money: IRS Won't Collect Enough to Make Ends Meet This Year

San Francisco Chronicle: Tips for Those Who Can't Pay Their Taxes

AP: Prestigious Law Firms Laying Off High Priced Attorneys in Droves

MSNBC: Soaring Job Losses Fuel Foreclosure Woes In Indiana County

CNN: Unemployment the Biggest Factor in Home Mortgage Defaults

Bloomberg: U.S. Retail Sales Unexpectedly Drop as Jobs Evaporate

Washington Post: Strip Mall Landlords Hit by Soaring Vacancy Rates

Time Magazine: Rising Risks in Muni Bonds Cause Investors to Worry

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General Psychological Crack Up:

Newsweek: Is the Economic Crisis to Blame for the Mass Shootings?

Daily Mail: People Racked with Anxiety Over Economy, Police State

Voice of San Diego: Rented Identities, Ridiculous Prices, Foreclosure

NY Times: Even in Difficult Times, Americans Flock to Self-Help Gurus

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Geopolitics, International Conflict:

The War Nerd: U.S. Aircraft Carriers History's Most Expensive Targets

Christian Science Monitor: Taliban Just 60 Miles from Nuclear Arsenal

Reuters: Somali Pirates Attack Another U.S. Ship, Fail to Get Aboard

New American Media: Is Thailand on the Brink of a Civil War?

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What Businesses are Still Doing Well During the Early Stages of Collapse?

UK Telegraph: Comedy Clubs are Booming as People Look for Escape

NY Times: Experts Say Circus Business Proving to be Recession Proof

NY Times: In Dismal Economy, NYC Regional Libraries are Thriving

NY Times: With Economy Turning Sour, Tootsie Rolls Soothing Souls

NY Times: As Economy Reaches Lows, Sales of Vitamins Reach Highs

NY Times: Economic Crisis Gives Rise to a New Generation of Blogs

Time: Economic Meltdown a Good Thing for Web-Based Businesses

AP: Collapsing Economy Spurs a Home Gardening Boom in the U.S.

CNN Money: In an Economic Slump, Camping Gear Sales are Soaring

AskMen.com: Five Things You Don't Know About the Great Depression

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From the LATOC Archives:

Smithsonian Magazine: Booting Up a 200 Year Old Computer Design

Smithsonian Magazine: Piracy on High Seas is Back with a Vengeance

Los Angeles Times: U.S. Was In Somalia for Conoco's Oil Concessions

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Updates on Economy

Today's financial collapse headlines:

Financial Times: Economic Crisis Will Drastically Curtail Oil Production

CNN: IRS, Uncle Sam Won't Collect Enough to Make Ends Meet in 2009

Reuters: 2009 Sees Surge in First-Time Delinquent Income Taxpayers

Wall Street Journal: More Small Businesses Go to War with Big Banks

San Francisco Chronicle: Scary Time to be a Recent College Graudate

Bloomberg: U.S. Retail Sales Unexpectedly Drop as Jobs Evaporate

Seattle Times: Oregon's Jobless Rate Takes Sudden Jump to 12.1%

Washington Post: Strip Mall Landlords Hit by Soaring Vacancy Rates

Wall Street Journal: Older Borrowers Increasingly Left Out in the Cold

NY Times: High End Hotels Forced Into Bankruptcy and Foreclosure

NY Times: Unemployment Rate Surging in Germany's Richest Region

NY Times: Glamour Dims as Hecklers, Patrons Torment NY Auto Show

Time Magazine: Rising Risks in Muni Bonds Cause Investors to Worry

Bloomberg: Workers' Confidence Regarding Retirement at Record Low

Daily Mail: Record Numbers of Middle Class Desperate to Sell Homes

Wall Street Journal: Goldman Sachs Attempts Escape From the TARP

Wall Street Journal: Was Goldman Sachs an Empty Creditor for AIG?

Kunstler: "One can't help but notice the many pitchforks for sale . . ."

Business Insider: Moody's Has Downgraded the Entire United States

UK Telegraph: Gold to Break $1,000 as People Sell Jewellery for Cash

Fortune Magazine: Citibank on FDIC's list of "Failures and Assisance"

Washington Post: Student Loan Industry Pushes Back Against Obama

Media Post: Chicago Tribune to Cut Twenty Percent of its Newsroom

Media Post: Creditors Demand Control of Philadelphia Newspapers

Media Post: The Rise and Fall of the Time Warner Inc. Media Empire

NY Times: City of Boston in Shock Over Situation at the Boston Globe

Vanity Fair Special Report: New York Times Company on the Precipice

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