Monday, 15 March 2010

Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran 
Pakistani Scientist Khan Describes Iranian Efforts to Buy Nuclear Bombs

By R. Jeffrey Smith and Joby Warrick

The father of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program has written an official account that details an Iranian attempt to buy atomic bombs from Pakistan at the end of the 1980s.Continue


Wars Sending U.S. Into Ruin: Eric Margolis: Obama the peace president is fighting battles his country cannot afford

China defends currency policy: China's prime minister has rejected foreign calls for allowing the yuan to appreciate and blamed the US for strained ties between Washington and Beijing.

Credit Agency Warns U.S. and Others of Risk to Top Rating: Major Western economies have moved “substantially” closer to losing their top-notch credit ratings, with the United States and Britain under the most pressure, Moody’s Investors Service said Monday in a reminder that the global debt crisis is not limited to the small or weak.

More than half of mortgaged homes in St. Lucie, Martin are 'under water': The report by California-based First American CoreLogic found that 56 percent, or 62,696, of all residential properties with a mortgage in the Port St. Lucie Metropolitan Statistical Area were in a negative equity position for the fourth quarter of 2009. That’s more than double the national rate of 24 percent.

Foreclosures are still on the Rise in Illinois: Foreclosures in Illinois increased 22% in February, 2010. The high foreclosure rate can be attributed to the high unemployment rate and declining home prices.

Md. foreclosure filings skyrocket in February: The county's filings increased 71 percent from last February, pushing Maryland to the 10th-worst rate in the country, according to the online foreclosure tracking company RealtyTrac.

Foreclosure starts up nearly 20 percent in California: After four consecutive months of decline, Notice of Default filings bounced up by 19.7 percent to 31,004 statewide. Filings of Notices of Trustee Sale, which sets the date and time of the foreclosure auction, increased slightly as well, rising 3.6 percent to 28,195 filings, according to ForeclosureRadar.

Jacksonville mortgage delinquencies rise above 10%: The number of Jacksonville homeowners who have fallen behind on mortgage payments rose steadily over the past three years and today stands at more than 10 percent, according to a national credit monitoring company.