Pharma Giant Fails to Mention, for 18 YEARS, that US Government Helped Fund a Key Patent Used in Drug that Has Generated $53 Billion

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It’s no secret that drug prices are often high, and continue to rise — by 32% in the past five years according to one analysis. It’s only natural that many should be willing to pay even exorbitant amounts for drugs. If there is the hope of a cure, or at least of some relief from pain … Read more

10 Financial Planning Rules You Shouldn’t Ignore.

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by Richard Rosso Financial planning is misunderstood. Ask consumers or brokers what financial planning means to them and the conversation steers toward the portfolio or a pitch for investment and insurance products. “I asked for a financial plan –  he gave me a brochure about long-term care insurance.” –Anonymous. So, you’re considering holistic financial planning? I … Read more

G. Edward Griffin – Bankers Waiting for the Big Collapse, Going for Broke Because They Know it’s Broke

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G. Edward Griffin, author of the wildly popular book about the Federal Reserve “The Creature from Jekyll Island,” says the bankers know the debt bubble is going to pop. Griffin explains, “I think their thinking is, hey, we are at the end and let’s just grab all we can so when the system collapses, we … Read more

AND AGAIN: Facebook admits to another data leak, saying that up to 100 developers accessed people’s data from Groups.

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via businessinsider: In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal Facebook tightened its rules on what personal data app developers could access. Following broad changes made in 2018, app developers’ access to groups was restricted to content, as opposed to the data of individuals belonging to those groups such as names and profile pictures. In a … Read more

Youtube is actively REMOVING views from the Project Veritas Epstein video, as well as deliberately censoring it from the trending page.

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by axolotl_peyotl About 10 minutes ago, I commented in another thread how incredible it was that the Project Veritas video had already broken 2 million views in just 24 hours. I also noted how far down the video pops up when searching for “Veritas ABC” and other combinations of words (the video is below the … Read more

Look who China’s turning to now for meat!

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China to resume importing beef and pork from Canada TORONTO — China has agreed to allow Canadian meat products into the country, ending a five-month suspension. China halted the importation of Canadian beef and pork in June, saying some Canadian meat had tested positive for ractopamine, an additive that is banned in China, and was … Read more

The Contraction Continues: Employment, Vehicle sales, Factory orders, Headlines, US and Japan services, US and Euro area trade, Credit standards

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by WARREN MOSLER Job openings now in full retreat: The contraction continues: Highlights Unit vehicle sales, at a much lower-than-expected annual rate of 16.5 million, proved very soft in October and will lower expectations for next week’s retail sales report. October’s pace is the slowest since April reflecting sharp slowing in light truck sales. Vehicle sales have … Read more

Options Traders Ditch Their Hedges

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by Dana Lyons Following the recent stock market breakout, stock options traders have significantly trimmed their hedges. With the popular stock indices hanging near all-time highs for most of the year, one might think that stock sentiment would be extremely bullish. However, among the indicators that we monitor, we have observed very little evidence of unhealthy … Read more

Has Germany Increased Its Gold Reserves For The First Time In 21 Years?

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by Mark O’Byrne via GoldCore ◆ Has Germany increased it’s gold reserves for the first time in 21 years? ◆ Important story of how Bloomberg reported that Germany had added to its gold reserves and that “Germany’s reserves climbed to 108.34m oz in September, the first increase since 1998” and then “corrected the story” ◆ A screen grab … Read more