Month: November 2020

Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about when you can submit your application to begin benefits, Social Security’s earnings test, working part time while receiving disability benefits and what happens to money paid in Social Security taxes but not collected. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder
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Questioning whether the United States is a democracy is effectively forbidden in all major, and most minor, media in the US… by Eric Zuesse A Wikileaked U.S. diplomatic cable from the Embassy in Venezuela in 2006 includes allegations which suggest that any system of electoral vote-counting which relies upon anything other than recountable and physically
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Hong Kong vs. Mainland China: An Overview “The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is an inalienable part of the People’s Republic of China.” – Article 1, Basic Law “The National People’s Congress authorizes the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to exercise a high degree of autonomy and enjoy executive, legislative and independent judicial power, including that
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FibroGen and its partner, Astellas Pharma, announced on November 27 that Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) approved EVRENZO (roxadustat) for the treatment of anemia of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in adult patients who aren’t on dialysis. This is the second roxadustat approval in Japan through the collaboration, after the therapy was approved
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PayPal has been around since 1998 when it emerged as a safe and secure way to pay for purchases on eBay. If PayPal wasn’t as safe or safer to use than a credit card, cash, or a check, it would have been consigned to the rubbish heap of dead websites long ago. In fact, it
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Friday’s closely watched non-farm payrolls report will provide a glimpse of how much damage the second wave of coronavirus infections is inflicting on the US workforce. A consensus forecast from economists polled by Reuters points to US employers adding 500,000 posts in November, compared to 638,000 in the previous month’s report, reflecting a slowing pace of
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As the COVID-19 outbreak wreaks havoc on the United States’ economy and abroad, investors grapple with a second economic downturn in just over a decade. While the 2008 financial crisis and the coronavirus pandemic are very different, both events have produced market volatility and allowed for new technologies to emerge. The economic disruption wrought by
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[embedded content] Gold has broken a critical support level, but there is not much downside left, said Alain Corbani, portfolio manager of Finance SA, who forecasts $2,500 an ounce for gold’s upside target. The metal will be caught between conflicting macroeconomic forces next year: slightly higher negative real interest rates, but a weakening U.S. dollar.
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Don’t blame authorities for a sudden, strict, six day lockdown that affected 1.7 million people. Blame this guy… by Simon Black of Sovereign Man Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on
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by Martin Armstrong Global debt is exploding thanks to the deliberate COVID-19 manufactured crisis. It is approaching $280 trillion going into year-end. We should no longer call it even debt because at this point, they are just creating the money and the central banks are buying it. Moreover, there is ABSOLUTELY no intention whatsoever to pay back
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The living and death benefit riders available in most variable annuity contracts can provide many types of protection for contract owners and beneficiaries. Living and death benefit riders are optional add-ons to an annuity contract. The guarantees they offer come at a cost that you should weigh carefully to decide if they’re justified. Not all
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Ethiopia’s military took control of the capital of the rebel region of Tigray on Saturday, ending the “final phase” of a month-long armed conflict, prime minister Abiy Ahmed said. Since November 3, the national government has been engaged in a military offensive against the northern region, which is led by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, or TPLF. Mr
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