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By Jim Amrhein “…Among the most notable feedback was a letter from a Canadian environmental scientist commenting that my first installment ‘makes the reader think about fossil fuels and greenhouse gases’…” More: continued here

By Adrian Ash “…The cannon fodder of consumer credit — the battle-weary consumers themselves — must push ahead with the Christmas offensive. The United States, standing shoulder to shoulder with its partners in Britain…” More: continued here

By Mike Shedlock “…The insurers, led by MBIA and Ambac, are sitting on $100 billion of collateralized debt obligations backed by subprime mortgage securities. One billion dollars is peanuts, compared with their actual exposure…” More: continued here

By Byron King “…Over the past year, I have spoken with numerous business and financial reporters in the U.S. and Canada. These reporters range from employees of small-town newspapers to my much larger hometown chronicle…” More: continued here

By Adrian Ash “…And just how far does Goldman Sachs think the price of gold will tumble as the credit markets spark up a joint and breathe deep ahead of Christmas? The only U.S. investment bank to actually make money…” More: continued here

You may want to introduce your non-whisky drinking friends to the water of life during the holidays, but sometimes it takes a littlesomething extra to get them to try it. We’ll take a look atwhisky-based cocktails in this episode with veteran mixologist BobbyGleason and the winner of Whisky Live Toronto’s bar chefs competition,Shona Jensen. In [...]

By Mike Shedlock “…In fact, not only would gold or silver probably not enter the conversation, chances are most people wouldn’t be able to name a single gold or silver mining company. That’s because even though gold has almost tripled…” More: continued here

By Jamie Ellis “…For the few people who do not know what fantasy football is, usually between 10-12 individuals make up a league in which each person is a team owner. A draft is then conducted in which each owner makes up his or her team…” More: continued here

By Chris Mayer “…He had a lot of success managing money in the happy market before things turned ugly in 1973-74. “Stocks we had went from 10 times earnings to six times earnings,” Sosnoff reflects…” More: continued here

By Mike Muehlesk “…The popular South Beach Diet is a weight-loss program based on reducing carbohydrates, sugars and starches while increasing proteins and fiber. Most practitioners of the South Beach Diet are overweight…” More: continued here