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The United States of America (USA), commonly referred to as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major territories and various possessions. The 48 contiguous states and Washington, D.C., are in central North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwestern part of North America and the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. At 3.8 million square miles (9.842 million km2) and with over 320 million people, the country is the world's third or fourth-largest by total area and the third most populous. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The geography and climate of the United States are also extremely diverse, and the country is home to a wide variety of wildlife.
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a sovereign state in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population of over 1.35 billion. The PRC is a one-party state governed by the Communist Party, with its seat of government in the capital city of Beijing. It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces; five autonomous regions; four direct-controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing); two mostly self-governing special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau); and claims sovereignty over Taiwan.
Covering approximately 9.6 million square kilometers, China is the world's second-largest country by land area, and either the third or fourth-largest by total area, depending on the method of measurement. China's landscape is vast and diverse, ranging from forest steppes and the Gobi and Taklamakan deserts in the arid north to subtropical forests in the wetter south. The Himalaya, Karakoram, Pamir and Tian Shan mountain ranges separate China from South and Central Asia. The Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, the third- and sixth-longest in the world, run from the Tibetan Plateau to the densely populated eastern seaboard. China's coastline along the Pacific Ocean is 14,500 kilometres (9,000 mi) long, and is bounded by the Bohai, Yellow, East and South China Seas.
A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of many legal jurisdictions. Other descriptions for such courts include court of last resort, instance court, judgment court, apex court, and highest court of appeal. Broadly speaking, the decisions of a supreme court are not subject to further review by any other court. Supreme courts typically function primarily as appellate courts, hearing appeals from decisions of lower trial courts, or from intermediate-level appellate courts.
However, not all highest courts are named as such. Civil law states do not tend to have singular highest courts. Additionally, the highest court in some jurisdictions is not named the "Supreme Court", for example, the High Court of Australia; this is because decisions by the High Court could formerly be appealed to the Privy Council. On the other hand, in some places the court named the "Supreme Court" is not in fact the highest court; examples include the New York Supreme Court, the Supreme Courts of several Canadian provinces/territories and the former Supreme Court of Judicature of England and Wales, which are all superseded by higher Courts of Appeal.
Texas /ˈtɛksəs/ (Spanish: Texas or Tejas [ˈtexas]) is a state in the United States of America. It is the second most populous and second largest state by area in the US. Geographically located in the south central part of the country, Texas shares an international border with Mexico to the south and borders the states of New Mexico to the west, Oklahoma to the north, Arkansas to the northeast, and Louisiana to the east. Texas has an area of 268,820 square miles (696,200 km2) and a growing population of over 27.5 million residents (July 2015).
Houston is the largest city in Texas and the fourth-largest in the United States, while San Antonio is the second largest in the state and seventh largest in the United States. Dallas–Fort Worth and Greater Houston are the fourth and fifth largest United States metropolitan statistical areas, respectively. Other major cities include Austin (the state capital) and El Paso. Texas is nicknamed the Lone Star State to signify Texas as a former independent republic, and as a reminder of the state's struggle for independence from Mexico. The "Lone Star" can be found on the Texan state flag and on the Texan state seal. The origin of the state name, Texas, is from the word, "Tejas", which means 'friends' in the Caddo language.
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Jonna Bianco, President of American Bond Holders Foundation, on The Bryan Lee Whatley Show Musical Guest: Karen Sokolof Javitch, JMR Productions, "This is America's Moment" The Bryan Lee Whatley Show is a video and radio documentary show about people from all around the world, their stories of their life, and work. Our guests include people in the categories including actors, film directors, musicians, authors, artists, public speakers, local heros, etc.... The Show is your resource for top stories, music, videos, special reports and celebrity interviews on anything from the normal to the paranormal. © ℗ 2011 Bryan Lee Whatley http://www.bryanleewhatley.com/theshow
China owes the United States nearly ONE TRILLION DOLLARS from bonds they sold to U.S. citizens and banks, decades ago! It's time for the President and Congress to demand for a settlement with China the same way the British did years ago. Sovereign debt is never forgiven despite a shift in politics or governments. Please forward this to friends and family. A U.S. stimulus would occur in taxes and with new capital that leads to a wonderful 'multiplier effect.'
China has a dirty little secret they don't want anyone to know about. It's this: China owes the United States more money than we owe them. But for political reasons, both governments are ignoring the 100 ton elephant in the room--or shall we say dragon in the room? Most people are aware of China recently surpassing the United States as the world's largest economy, owning a major portion of the US national debt, and the trade surplus it enjoys with America. But what most people don’t know is China owes Americans hundreds of billions of dollars in bond payments! Some brief history: It was American citizens and the US government who made possible China’s recent rise to power with its growing economic and military influence, by buying Chinese government-issued bonds to develop China’s infra...
The Fed faces a delicate balancing act in 2018. Portfolio Manager David Hoag discusses his interest-rate outlook and implications for investors. Investments are not FDIC-insured, nor are they deposits of or guaranteed by a bank or any other entity, so they may lose value. Investors should carefully consider investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. This and other important information is contained in the fund prospectuses, summary prospectuses and CollegeAmerica Program Description, which can be obtained from a financial professional and should be read carefully before investing. CollegeAmerica is distributed by American Funds Distributors®, Inc. and sold through unaffiliated intermediaries. Past results are not predictive of results in future periods. CollegeAmerica® is a...
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Download Preston's 1 page checklist for finding great stock picks: http://buffettsbooks.com/checklist Preston Pysh is the #1 selling Amazon author of two books on Warren Buffett. The books can be found at the following location: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0982967624/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0982967624&linkCode=as2&tag=pypull-20&linkId=EOHYVY7DPUCW3WD4 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1939370159/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1939370159&linkCode=as2&tag=pypull-20&linkId=XRE5CA2QJ3I2OWSW In this lesson, we first learned that a bond is nothing more than a loan. There are many forms of bonds that a person can invest in, but the four primary forms are corporate bonds, Municipal Bonds, State Bonds, and Federal Bonds. We kn...
Economist Dan Mitchell joins Jeff Deist to discuss what might be the biggest threat of all to American prosperity: the shocking and unconscionable US government debt. What does $20 trillion in Treasury IOUs really mean for the private economy? Will the US government ever default and force bond holders to take a well-deserved haircut—or will the Fed continue to bail out Congress with low interest rates? Can this go on indefinitely, especially since other governments often have even worse fiscal and monetary policies? This is a sobering discussion of a reality politicians don't want to face.
Das Video zeigt die 50 Highlights der 31. Auktion für Historische Wertpapiere der HWPH AG am 26. Oktober 2013 in Wiesbaden. Historische Wertpapiere, auch Nonvaleurs genannt, sind alte Aktien- und Anleihezertifkate ohne Börsenwert. Bei Sammlern stehen die antiken Urkunden hoch im Kurs. Für Spitzenstücke werden Preise im fünfstelligen Bereich bezahlt. Vor allem bei Papieren aus der DM-Zeit sowie bei Stücken aus China, Russland und der Türkei ziehen seit Jahren die Preise extrem stark an. The video shows the 50 highlights of the 31st Scripophily Auction (old stocks and bonds) auction which takes place in Wiebaden on 26 October 2013. Scripophily is the study and collection of worthless stock and bond certificates. Scripophily is a specialized field of numismatics. It is an interesting are...
A huge batch of fake US Treasury bonds worth some $6 trillion -- more than a third of the US national debt -- has been seized by Italian police. Eight Italians have been arrested and accused of a large-scale international fraud. The fake bonds and other securities were seized from a Swiss trust company during a joint operation by Italian, Swiss, and US authorities. The fake certificates signed "Chicago, Illinois, Federal Reserve Bank" were stored in trunks stamped with "Federal Reserve System, Treaty of Versailles" marks. The bonds were carrying the false date of issue of 1934. The forgers were planning to use the fake certificates as collateral to secure loans in a number of Swiss banks, prosecutor of the southern Italian city of Potenza said as cited by Reuters. The investigation began o...
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This clip from TV3's 'Tonight with Vincent Browne' has Vincent listing some of the Anglo Irish Bank bondholders on the night Ireland paid them (or the vultures they sold them to) €1.25 billion.
http://inteldinarchronicles.blogspot.com/2016/12/historical-bonds-release-date-yours.html 5:36:00 AM Emailed, Intel, Thoughts Entry Submitted Anonymously at 4:36 AM EST on December 6, 2016 Hello Everyone, I want to share with you a piece of Intel that is direct from a private group, consisting of investors involved with Historical Bonds, namely SKR's, issued out of Hong Kong. The investors have been told many many times, specifically over the last 3-6 months, they would definitely receive their funds on certain dates in the future, but nothing transpired. Does this sound familiar to you? The real truth of the timeline for receiving their payout, is also hidden from these investors, and there is nothing they can do about it. Several of these investors are very large, and have b...
Dublin: The small group of patriots from the village of Ballyhea again today showed the corrupt government in Lenster house that they were not governing in their name as they continue to bailout gamblers and con-artists who have forced every Irish citizen to financial serfdom. These brave men and woman are showing the rest of the citizens of Ireland that we need to come together and make known our outright hostility to the current puppets in government as they continue their policy of appeasement to Berlin. The people of Ballyhea are getting up off their knees and saying no way we won't pay! What about the rest of the country??? To all the silent patriots in the countless small towns and villages of Ireland come together and get up off your knees and make a stand! www.thepressnet.com
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Argentine Economy Minister Axel Kicillof says his country is not in default amid an ongoing debt row with US hedge funds. Kicillof has threatened court action if bondholders demand their money back. This, after Buenos Aires has failed to clinch a deal with representatives from the funds. The Latin American country is facing a debt default because of the money it owes to the US financial institutions. Argentinians describe them as vulture funds and accuse them of seeking profit out of the country's financial problem. The private American bond-holders are known as hold-outs because of their refusal to sign a debt restructuring deal. Under the deal, investors agreed to settle for about a third of what they were originally owed.
Today's article, titled 'Ukraine, creditors trade blame before key restructuring talks', was published on June 29 by the Reuters news agency and looks at down-to-the-wire talks between Ukraine and a committee of bondholders, who hold about 9 billion USD in Ukrainian bonds. Check out our website: http://uatoday.tv Facebook: https://facebook.com/uatodaytv Twitter: https://twitter.com/uatodaytv
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Could real estate on American soil owned by China be set up as “development zones” in which the communist nation could establish Chinese-owned businesses and bring in its citizens to the U.S. to work? That’s part of an evolving proposal Beijing has been developing quietly since 2009 to convert more than $1 trillion of U.S debt it owns into equity. Under the plan, China would own U.S. businesses, U.S. infrastructure and U.S. high-value land, all with a U.S. government guarantee against loss. Yu Qiao, a professor of economics in the School of Public Policy and Management at Tsighua University in Beijing, proposed in 2009 a plan for the U.S. government to guarantee foreign investments in the United States. WND has reliable information that the Bank of China, China’s central bank, has cont...
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http://freeamerican.com/ Links to this site American Bondholders may be found at http://freeamerican.com. Jonna Bianco will blow your mind if you believe that we owe China money! Keep in mind that she has given all of this information to Congress and they have done nor has our media told the American people about this. Make this go viral! BACKGROUND:Action Alerts From 1900 to 1940, the Chinese Government issued millions of dollars in sovereign debt -- most notably, a large tranche of £25,000,000 issued at 5% in 1913 set to mature in 1960. This massive bond funded the modernization of China's infrastructure and was widely acquired at the time by governments, banks, and investors across the globe. However, in 1938 China defaulted on its "binding engagement upon the Government of the Republi...
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http://freeamerican.com/ Links to this site American Bondholders may be found at http://freeamerican.com. Jonna Bianco will blow your mind if you believe that we owe China money! Keep in mind that she has given all of this information to Congress and they have done nor has our media told the American people about this. Make this go viral! BACKGROUND:Action Alerts From 1900 to 1940, the Chinese Government issued millions of dollars in sovereign debt -- most notably, a large tranche of £25,000,000 issued at 5% in 1913 set to mature in 1960. This massive bond funded the modernization of China's infrastructure and was widely acquired at the time by governments, banks, and investors across the globe. However, in 1938 China defaulted on its "binding engagement upon the Government of the Republi...
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Burton Malkiel and Charley Ellis speak at a fireside chat on the topic of what's changed in the last 10 years—a retrospective on personal finance and investing . Burton is returning to Google 10 years after his first talk here, when he was invited by Jonathan Rosenberg and Sergey Brin to discuss personal finance and investing in advance of the Google IPO at the time.
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This podcast episode was originally posted on August 15, 2014. The original show notes follow. In this episode, James Caton discusses the classical and inter-war gold standards. James is an economics PhD student at George Mason University. Gold has many qualities that make it an ideal money: It is valuable, scarce, divisible, and easy to transport. It is also easy to verify the value of a given amount of gold: The Old Testament references weights and scales being used to measure gold. Ancient people could verify the purity of the gold by observing its water displacement. Before 1870, only Great Britain was on a gold standard, while gold, silver, and other metals would circulate freely alongside one another throughout the rest of Europe. The classical gold standard began in the wake of t...
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Another day and we are all faced with yet another headline covering the US debt crisis and its latest drama between the Robin Hood-like Democrats and the Mr. Burns-like Republicans. And while the default clock keeps ticking, one wonders, whether US leaders actually want to avoid a default? Seemingly not! But why would anyone in their right mind voluntarily choose to bear the pains of bankruptcy? Maybe, the near 1.5 million US citizens that yearly file for personal bankruptcy could share some of their post-bankrupt experience with their leaders. The official excuse for them having gone belly up has been the rising jobless rate and level of consumer debt. Not looking too bright for the US with Great Depression 2.0 lurking around the corner. The only three options discussed by US le...
David Satter (born August 1, 1947) is an American journalist and expert on Russia and the Soviet Union. About the book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300105916/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0300105916&linkCode=as2&tag=tra0c7-20&linkId=71bac56118981bb07f5be8302ff05cf0 He has authored books and articles about the decline and fall of the Soviet Union and the rise of post-Soviet Russia. Satter was expelled from Russia by the government in 2013. Satter was born in Chicago. He graduated from the University of Chicago and from Oxford University where he was a Rhodes Scholar. From 1976 to 1982, he was the Moscow correspondent of the Financial Times of London. He then became a special correspondent on Soviet affairs of The Wall Street Journal. He is currently a se...
Subscribe to our newsletter at http://www.goldmoney.com/goldresearch. In this video Pedro Schwartz, professor of Economics at Madrid's San Pablo University, and Alasdair Macleod of the GoldMoney Foundation talk about the debt crisis in Europe, with special emphasis on Italy and Spain. Schwartz says he witnessed many crises in Spain, but also how they were overcome. If the newly elected government does the right thing then the Spanish economy and society could function again, he states. While he has no faith that they will do the right thing, he thinks that circumstances might force them to be more responsible. Macleod and Schwartz agree that it would be healthier in the long run if the European Central Bank did not monetise government debt, and forced governments to make painful decisio...
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