Globally Urban

Raw capitalism is dead.” — Henry Paulson, U.S. Treasury secretary”Can’t we just all go out and say things are OK?” — President Bush, to congressional leaders during bailout negotiations

I’m not much of an Army Times reader, but after reading that a brigade was shipping from Iraq in October to serve as “an [...]

The CEO of a weapons manufacturer has plenty of chances to rub elbows with deputy secretaries of defense, officials from Homeland Security, retired military personnel, and the best and brightest of the defense establishment almost any week of the year.
One such opportunity occurred at the ComDef 2008 conference, which wrapped up at [...]

BEIJING: Pakistan is ready to work with China to enhance bilateral strategic co-operation, Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani said on Friday.
General Kayani was talking to Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie, the Xinhua news agency reported. General Kayani said Pakistan would continue to push forward bilateral ties and relationship between [...]

A surge for demand in gold and silver has resulted in an unprecedented shortage of the metals for retail investors in recent days, according to Gold and Silver Investments, a Dublin-based firm that allows retail investors to speculate on movements in the value of precious metals.
Gold and Silver Investments director Mark [...]

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Call it the gospel according to Spike Lee. The director speaks his mind, especially when the topic comes to socio-political Barack Obama aspects of the U.S. presidential election and how it relates to his new movie Miracle At St. Anna, which opens on Friday.
The film marks a few firsts for Lee. [...]

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The financial system is blowing up. Don’t listen to the experts; just look at the numbers. Last week, according to Reuters, “U.S. banks borrowed a record amount from the Federal Reserve nearly $188 billion a day on average, showing the central bank went to extremes to keep the banking system afloat amid [...]