The Hunts face Congress and bankers after their fallThose bashful bullionaire brothers W. Herbert and Nelson Bunker Hunt showed up in public last week for the first time since their speculative bubble burst on “Silver Thursday,” March 27.
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The New Inflation
All over the U.S. last week, the prices of meat and many other products rose with a rush that was painfully like the burst of inflation in 1948
Crackdown on Uganda Protests Sparks Rumblings of a Revolution
What began as a series of peaceful protests against Uganda’s soaring inflation has turned increasingly bloody, with clashes between police and demonstrators in the capital Kampala on Friday leaving at least five dead, more than 100 injured and 700 in jail.
Lima’s Lure
The headquarters of Peru’s Interbank are hard to miss. While the building is not the tallest in the capital, Lima, it is the most entertaining on the city’s otherwise drab main drag.