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LIVE STREAM: PBS NewsHour Democratic Debate, Feb 11 9pm ET

LIVE STREAM: PBS NewsHour Democratic Debate Feb 11, 2016 9:00pm ET #DemDebate - WASHINGTON, D.C. – PBS NewsHour will host the sixth Democratic Presidential Primary Debate sanctioned by the Democratic National Committee on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, at 9 p.m. EST, at the Helen Bader Concert Hall in the Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts on the main campus of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The debate will also be broadcast live on PBS and will stream live on NewsHour’s website. PBS NewsHour co-anchors and managing editors Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff will moderate. Coverage is scheduled to begin at 8:30 p.m. ET.
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GOP Debate LIVE from New Hampshire

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Republican Debate Live From ABC News - Saturday Feb 7 2016

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Rare Color Film of U.S. Marines in Combat Emerges (video)

Two thousand hours of film, some never seen before, of U.S. Marines during World War II, Korea and Vietnam is being digitized for future generations. Mark Kelly of the Wall Street Journal reports. Published on Jan 22, 2016

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Cost of Fighting ISIS, Iraq and Afghanistan Comparison

source: Statista

$6.2 billion has been allocated for military operations against the so-called Islamic State, according to the U.S. Department of Defense. Most of that, $5.4 billion, was allocated for fiscal year 2015 with the campaign costing an estimated $11 million each day. Even though the conflict in the Afghanistan is winding down, it still cost the U.S. over $35 billion in 2015 while another $30 billion was allocated to a Pentagon "slush fund" not directly related to conflict but used to evade legislated budget caps. Since 2001, a grand total of $715 billion has been spent on the war in Afghanistan while Iraq cost somewhere in the region of $1.64 trillion.


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ISIS Survives on Oil, Farmland, Kidnapping, Theft

Source: Statista

The extensive oil infrastructure across Syria and Iraq has made ISIL, the so-called Islamic State, one of the richest terrorist organisations in history, providing the group with an estimated $500 million every year, according to a recent Bloomberg report. Kidnap and ransom bring in an estimated $45 million each year while foreign donations are worth approximately $5 million. One of the so-called Islamic State's most important resources is seldom mentioned and that's farmland. Fertile agricultural territory controlled by the group across Syria and Iraq could potentially generate over $200 million every year, according to a Thomson Reuters report (pdf).

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US and Coalition Air Strikes in Iraq and Syria Against ISIL

source: Statista

"$6.2 billion has been allocated for military operations against the ISIL, according to the U.S. Department of Defense. Most of that, $5.4 billion, was allocated for fiscal year 2015 with the campaign costing an estimated $11 million each day. Even though the conflict in the Afghanistan is winding down, it still cost the U.S. over $35 billion in 2015 while another $30 billion was allocated to a Pentagon "slush fund" not directly related to conflict but used to evade legislated budget caps. Since 2001, a grand total of $715 billion has been spent on the war in Afghanistan while Iraq cost somewhere in the region of $1.64 trillion."

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Saving the World Economy: Paul Krugman and Olivier Blanchard

Saving the World Economy: Paul Krugman and Olivier Blanchard in Conversation (video above)

Two of the foremost experts on the global economy / international economy, Paul Krugman and Olivier Blanchard, engage in a discussion about recent crises around the world and how to prevent global economic collapse. Paul Krugman is a Nobel Prize-winning economist, noted New York Times columnist and author, and distinguished professor in the Ph.D. Program in Economics at the Graduate Center. Olivier Blanchard, chief economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 2008 to 2015, is a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and Robert M. Solow Professor of Economics emeritus at MIT. Published on Dec 21, 2015

Presented on December 7, 2015, by GC Public Programs and the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies.

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2016 Election to Be a Drag on U.S. Economy: Calsters CIO (video)

2016 Election to Be a Drag on U.S. Economy: Calsters CIO -- Christopher Ailman, chief investment officer at Calsters, and Dan Fuss, vice chairman at Loomis Sayles, discuss the psychology of markets and investing and the negative impact the 2016 presidential race will have on markets and the U.S. economy. They speak on "Bloomberg ‹GO›." Published on Dec 8, 2015

Tuesday’s #GOPdebate is LIVE at 9 PM EST on CNN.com

The main event of Tuesday's #GOPdebate starts at 9:00 pm on CNN.com.

Ignore the hype and spin of CNN-- 

So what time does Tuesday’s Republican debate start? CNN doesn’t seem to want you to know. - The Washington Post: "On CNN.com, a weekend news story bore the headline, “What time is the #GOPDebate? And everything else you need to know.” This allegedly helpful explainer article told readers that “CNN’s coverage of the first debate will begin at 6:00 p.m. ET and coverage of the second debate will start at 8:30 p.m. ET.” It even mentioned that “CNN will also offer a live stream of the debate on CNN.com’s homepage and across mobile platforms from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET.”... The main event with leading candidates including Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Ben Carson starts at 9 p.m. [EST]"

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Fosun's Billionaire Chairman Reported Missing (video)

Fosun's Billionaire Chairman Reported Missing - Fosun International Chairman Guo Guangchang has gone missing according to published reports in China's Caixin magazine. Bloomberg's Nick Wadhams has the story on "On the Move." Published on Dec 11, 2015

It's not easy being a billionaire in China!

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China's 'Warren Buffett' said to be 'assisting authorities'
Financial Times
Fosun International, China's largest private conglomerate, said its chairman, Guo ... Chinese billionaire captured global attention by buying some of the west's ... The report about Mr Guo were only the latest involving senior ... A friend of the Guo family said family members had lost touch with him.

Chinese Billionaire Said to Be Assisting Authorities in an Investigation - Wall Street Journal


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Why Brazil's Economy May Get Worse Before It Gets Better (video)

Why Brazil's Economy May Get Even Worse Before It Gets Better - In today's "Single Best Chart," Bloomberg's Tom Keene displays Brazilian GDP going back to 1996 as the nation's economy fell deeper into recession, contracting 1.7 percent in the three months ending in September. Published on Dec 1, 2015


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Euro Crisis Was NOT A Government-Debt Financial Crisis

A disagreement in Europe: The euro crisis was not a government-debt crisis https://t.co/z8ThfhcnIW via @TheEconomist

— Under My Palm (@undermypalm) November 28, 2015

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One Chart Explains Why Gundlach Says FED Should Not Raise Rates

In one chart--Global Nominal GDP (YOY), below, why Jeffrey Gundlach (DoubleLine) thinks the FED should not raise rates in December:

Gundlach – The Scariest Indicator In The World https://t.co/qEFCF7FBus pic.twitter.com/mOUHj7zZfr

— ValueWalk (@valuewalk) November 20, 2015

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World's Most Powerful Passports: UK, US, Germany, S. Korea, France

Chart: The world's most powerful passports: 

Source: Statista

According to the Passport Index, holders of a passport issued in the United Kingdom or the United States can visit 147 countries. This makes them the most powerful passports in the world. The least powerful were named as being the Solomon Islands, Burma and South Sudan. Holders of these passports can only visit 28 countries worldwide. Read more in Statista's latest infographic feature in the Independent.

The chart above shows the number of visa free countries passport holders can visit in 2015.

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News from Paris, France

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FOX Business Network & Wall Street Journal GOP Debates, Live Coverage

FOX Business Network & Wall Street Journal GOP Debates | Live Coverage Here
Below: Live Twitter Feed
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Doubleline's Jeffrey Gundlach, 3 Bond Picks Yielding 10%+ (video)

3 Gundlach Bond Picks Yielding 10% or More - Published on Nov 4, 2015
Speaking at Barron's Art of Successful Investing Conference, Doubleline's Jeffrey Gundlach recommends a mortgage REIT, energy bonds, and tax-free Puerto Rican munis.

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Scary Debate Over Secular Stagnation: Hiccup ... or Endgame?

The Scary Debate Over Secular Stagnation: Hiccup ... or Endgame?

Re: economy, economists, economics

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Why Investors Should Not Wait for Rising Interest Rates (video)

Don't Wait for Rising Interest Rates - It may seem as if interest rates will never rise, but they probably will, and Morgan Stanley's Greg Vaughan explains why waiting for it to happen is a dangerous strategy. Published Oct 21, 2015


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