Irish government too optimistic on GDP: S&P: The Irish government's growth assumptions are too optimistic and Ireland's economy will struggle to grow at all over the next two years, ratings agency S&P said on Wednesday. Economist: Ireland must leave the euro: As the government unveils its economic stability plan, economist Richard Douthwaite has said Irish politicians must face four essential truths or else face ruin. Eyewitness: London students protest over fees: The abiding memory of the student protests of 24 November 2010 will be of violence and vandalism in Whitehall - and waves of protests around the rest of the country. WikiLeaks to release 3m secret US documents: The WikiLeaks website has announced plans to publish nearly 3 million more secret United States documents in its next mass release of confidential material. My TSA Encounter: How to avoid both the naked body scanner and TSA gropes! A Different Legal System for the Rich: Imagine Getting Off Easy for Hit-and-Run Because You Run a Hedge Fund Holiday cheer: Congress set to let jobless benefits expire: Unless Congress acts by Nov. 30, an estimated 2 million people slated to receive extended benefits will not get them on time, if ever. And Congress is taking this week (Nov. 22-26) off for a Thanksgiving recess
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
By Rory Fitzgerald
Market insiders have called the plan "staggeringly austere" and the proof of their scepticism lies in the fact that bond yields widened further still after the plan was announced. Continue
By Mike Whitney
The Irish people didn't struggle through centuries of famine and foreign occupation so they could be debt-peons in the EU's corporate Uberstate. Continue
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