NAPOLEON’S DEFEAT Napoleon, camped with his troops in the snow outside of Moscow, saw his imminent defeat before him. “Oh, Merde!” he said to his best friend, “I screwed up big time on this one!” And, he turned around and started marching home as the laughing Russians picked off his soldiers. EURO The same thing [...]
Being a Meteorologist by military training, and being a Director of CEIFX.COM, a currency exchange corporation, I like the concept of FLURRIES. The word FLURRY evolved in 17th Century English as a combination of the words: FLUTTER and HURRY. If you have ever seen a bird flutter its wings, trying to escape a predator, or [...]
EUROS PrintBack to story Euro Was Flawed at Birth and Should Break Apart Now By Charles Dumas - Apr 1, 2012 Since the launch of the euro in January 1999, Germany and the Netherlands have experienced a growth slowdown and loss of wealth for their citizens that would not have happened had [...]
Greece on the breadline: HIV and malaria make a comeback By Jon Henley, from The Guardian The incidence of HIV/Aids among intravenous drug users in central Athens soared by 1,250% in the first 10 months of 2011 compared with the same period the previous year, according to the head of Médecins sans Frontières Greece, while malaria is becoming [...]
GERMAN SOLDIERS 1940 “GERMANY” 1940’S EUROPE’S GANGSTER– EUROPE’S HERO IN 2012??? Have the Germans changed their genes? Europe Left to Dig Deeper After G-20 Rebuffs Call for Help By Patrick Donahue and Alan Crawford – Feb 27, 2012 From Bloomberg See Dr. Pinna’s comments below… European [...]
Soros: Greek Bailout Won’t Rid Europe of ‘Danger’ By Lorraine Woellert, from Bloomberg Billionaire investor George Soros predicted weak growth and lingering political tension that could shatter Europe’s economic union even if Greece agrees to austerity measures. “Right now the European Union and particularly the heavily indebted countries face a lost decade,” Soros said. “It [...]
World Bank warns of global growth slowdown From Associated Press BEIJING – The World Bank warned Wednesday of a possible slump in global economic growth and urged developing countries to prepare for shocks that could be more severe than the 2008 crisis. The bank cut its growth forecast for developing countries this year to 5.4 [...]
IMF Seeks $500B Boost to Lending Resources By Simon Kennedy, from Bloomberg The International Monetary Fund is proposing to raise its lending capacity by $500 billion to insulate the global economy against any worsening of Europe’s debt crisis, according to a person familiar with the talks. The Washington-based lender currently has about $385 billion available [...]
