http://www.politonomist.com ƒ(supply, demand) Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:09:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The economic downturn has transformed the Internet to a place of financial risk: from "businesspeople" promising methods to make money to people preying on those who can least afford it with unfavorable debt consolidation offers. This week the FTC announced a number of movements to attack the rebilling industry with ... http://www.politonomist.com/ftc-cracks-down-on-rebills-002401/ Fulfilling the campaign promise that probably won Barack Obama the state of Florida, the White House announced on April 13th that the United States would be relaxing the economic restraints on interaction with Cuba. While Obama has only been president for three months, the embargo that he is ending has ... http://www.politonomist.com/barack-obama-to-end-el-bloqueo-002368/ The idea of pirates today is generally nothing more than the whim of a child. In Somalia, however, the past four years have seen a revival of this once illustrious lifestyle. As conditions in the country worsen due to civil war and all out chaos, more people seem to be ... http://www.politonomist.com/somalian-pirates-of-the-gulf-002364/ The month of March 2009 saw the loss of 61,300 full-time jobs according to Statistics Canada, increasing the Canadian unemployment rate by 0.3 percent — raising the figure to 8 percent, a 7-year high for the country. Similar trends were seen throughout February and March in the United States and ... http://www.politonomist.com/canadian-unemployment-highest-in-7-years-002356/ While California may have reversed its decision to allow same-sex marriage in November, a victory has been won for sexual equality in the state of Vermont on April 7, 2009. A vote in the Legislature overturned the veto of a same-sex marriage bill by Governor Jim Douglas by 100 to ... http://www.politonomist.com/vermont-legalizes-same-sex-marriage-002349/ Citizens of the Republic of Macedonia are set to elect a new president this Sunday, April 5th 2009 in a second run-off election between Gjorgje Ivanov of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity (WMRO-DPMNE) and Ljubomir Frckoski of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM). Current ... http://www.politonomist.com/macedonia-set-to-elect-new-president-002341/ With the April 2nd G20 summit rapidly approaching, there are concerns about what can really be achieved arising from what many are calling a rift between some of the nations set to be in attendance. When the summit begins on Thursday, the group of 20 (G20) developed and developing economies ... http://www.politonomist.com/g20-british-pm-brown-hopeful-002251/ 35,000 protesters gathered in London, England Saturday as just a small part of a European-wide demonstration demanding action on the global recession and climate changes at the upcoming meeting of the world's strongest economies. The Group of 20 summit is scheduled for April 2nd, where world leaders from the strongest economies ... http://www.politonomist.com/europeans-protest-g20-summit-002146/ Last week brought the announcement from the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics that another 652,000 Americans applied for their first jobless benefit last week; roughly double that of last year, and 8,000 more than analysts expected. While the number applying for their first jobless benefit claim is likely not directly indicative ... http://www.politonomist.com/us-jobless-benefit-claims-continue-to-climb-002138/ Michael Ignatieff addressed members of the Liberal Party in Quebec on March 22, 2009 for the first time since being elected as leader of the Party almost four months ago. The speech, conducted wholly in French, aimed to revitalize the party; the Liberals suffered heavily in the most recent election, ... http://www.politonomist.com/ignatieff-addresses-quebec-002135/ At the upcoming G20 summit in London on April 2nd, there are promises that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will amend its representation regime to better include developing nations, an expert with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) says. The summit is to be attended by the Group of 20 (G20) ... http://www.politonomist.com/g20-emerging-economies-gain-representation-002132/ The United Nations Security Council has extended the mandate for a UN presence in Afghanistan, the world governing body said, in an effort to ensure security in upcoming elections and the projected stabilization of the country. The unanimous 15-member decision sees the extension of the UN mission in Afghanistan extended ... http://www.politonomist.com/un-renews-afghanistan-mandate-002129/ Over the past month, speculation regarding Iran-United States relations has been hyperbolic at best, fictitious at worst. Now, the situation between the two countries has not been picture perfect since a direct policy was established post-World War Two, and there's certainly something to be said for any policy drawn up ... http://www.politonomist.com/iran-a-history-of-suspicion-002088/ "Job losses, declining equity and housing wealth, and tight credit conditions have weighed on consumer sentiment and spending," said the Federal Reserve in their Open Market Committee statement Wednesday. The biggest risk to "economic recovery," said Ben Bernanke just a few days ago, is that we "don't have the political will." Wednesday, ... http://www.politonomist.com/bernanke-innovations-of-the-fed-002049/ Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, ruler of Kuwait, on Wednesday announced the dissolution of parliament, and said that new elections would be held within 60 days. The announcement follows an emergency meeting called today between government officials. The reason for calling the meeting is speculated to be the delay of key ... http://www.politonomist.com/kuwaiti-parliament-dissolved-002040/