US retail sales see surprise fall
Sales at US retailers fell in March after two months of rises, indicating that rising unemployment has reduced consumer spending.
It only took the Obama administration a couple of weeks to prove that the national leadership of the Democratic Party is guided by totalitarian-minded socialists who seek to create an omnipotent government.
The anxious generation: 7m Britons racked with worry over recession, crime, health… and Big Brother state
More than seven million Britons are living with anxiety problems, almost a million more than a decade ago, a report reveals.
A recently proposed but little-noticed Senate bill would allow the federal government to shut down the Internet in times of declared emergency, and enables unprecedented federal oversight of private network administration.
Council spends £60,000 snooping through bins on early morning raids
A council sends snooping officials to rifle through the rubbish of taxpayers at a cost of £60,000 a year. ‘Bin police’ have been going through wheelie bins in ‘dawn raids’ in a bid to establish what type of rubbish was being thrown away.
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China Slows Purchases of U.S. and Other Bonds
Reversing its role as the world’s fastest-growing buyer of United States Treasuries and other foreign bonds, the Chinese government actually sold bonds heavily in January and February before resuming purchases in March, according to data released during the weekend by China’s central bank.
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