1. Vaccination Myths and Truths
(Newsletter)

...d gas attacks on Kurdish villages under the former regime of Saddam Hussein are punished. CONTINUE... UK banks report large profits Arab World By Agencies    Monday, 03 August 2009 ...

2. Has America become Fascist?
(Newsletter)

...voted to pass legislation which would allow states to drill for oil off the US coastline. CONTINUE... UK bank Lloyds to acquire HBOS Economy By Agencies    Wednesday, 17 September 20...

3. Another stimulus with undesirable consequences
(Newsletter)

...nday, 25 February 2008 The 'NatWest three' – a trio of British bankers on trial for defrauding Natwest, a UK bank – have each been sentenced to 37 months in prison. CONTINUE... Europeans take to...

4. British banks set for sell-offs
(News/Economy)

... both bailed out by the government at the height of the recession. "To promote greater competition in UK banking, and meet EU state aid rules, the banks will ... be required to make divestments o...

5. Reviewing Ellen Brown's 'Web of Debt': Part I
(Opinions/Review)

...nough so that in 1751, King George II banned new paper money issuance to force colonists to borrow it from UK bankers. In 1764, Franklin petitioned Parliament to lift the ban. In London, Bank of Engla...

6. PM Gordon Brown, Here Is My Shopping List
(Opinions/op-ed)

...e of rubble. PM Brown, I can imagine how busy you are, I do realise that once a day you have to bail out a UK Bank. I also know that you know that we all know that you do not really mean what you say ...

7. UK banks report large profits
(Archived/News/Economy)

Barclays and HSBC, two of Britain's largest banks, have reported large profits for the first half of 2009, despite a surge in bad debts.

8. UK bankers grilled over mistakes
(Archived/News/Economy)

Four former leading British bankers have apologised for mistakes that brought Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and HBOS to the brink of collapse, admitting the sector should rethink its increasingly unpop

9. UK bank pays US $350m in Iran case
(Archived/News/Economy)

UK-based bank Lloyds TSB has agreed to pay $350m to US authorities to settle an investigation into claims it falsified records so clients from Iran, Sudan and Libya could do business in the United Sta

10. Asian markets regain some ground
(Archived/News/Economy)

Asian markets have regained some ground after falling sharply in early trade on Friday.