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Bitcoin values slid again in the wake of hacking facilitated by a flaw in the digital currency’s central software systems. If that wasn’t enough, government regulators are moving ahead on …

Controversial Hollywood filmmaker Oliver Stone, often associated with Left-wing causes and conspiracy theories, criticized the national security and civil rights abuses of the Obama administration before a Libertarian audience this …

You see them on TV — the parade of “B” actors talking in smooth, reassuring tones about how great a reverse mortgage can be. If it’s such a great deal, …

When the big banks crashed our economy, froze credit markets, and put the entire global economy on the brink, our government responded by giving the very banks that caused the …

In the three-steps-forward-two-steps-back world of any new disruptive technology, Bitcoin has been experiencing the steps back over the past week. It started late in the first week of February, when …

If there was a bright side to the recession of 2008/2009, it was that Americans shed billions in debt, at least temporarily. Consumers just stopped spending and paid down their …

Asian markets are getting clobbered today, and the Japanese markets have officially reached “correction” territory. The contagion spread to US markets after manufacturing numbers missed projections; the numbers didn’t miss …

Let me introduce you to a potential new partner.  How would you like to do business with someone who will steal your intellectual property, undermine you by booting key employees …

The president’s plan for a new type of retirement account called “MyRA” is unlikely to work, even for the low-income Americans it’s intended to aid. While advertised as offering guaranteed …

See more Living in… posts by Bruce Haring. There’s a radio commercial playing in the Los Angeles area that sums up the Western attitude toward Laos. In the commercial, a …