Supreme Court rules foreign citizens can’t sue in U.S. for rights violations

“The Supreme Court unanimously upheld a federal appeals court’s decision on Wednesday barring foreign citizens from suing corporations in American courts for human rights violations committed abroad.  The Los Angeles Times reported that the 9-0 decision limits the scope of the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) of 1789 in rejecting a lawsuit brought against Royal Dutch Petroleum by a group of Nigerian citizens accusing the company of helping their country’s government in a series of human rights violations — including, murder, rape and torture — during the 1990s.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/17/supreme-court-rules-foreign-citizens-cant-sue-in-u-s-for-rights-violations/

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Eric Margolis: Tensions on the Korean Peninsula

“As the rhetoric between Pyongyang and Seoul escalates, The Agenda looks at whether or not tensions on the Korean peninsula could spill into war. Syndicated columnist Eric Margolis joins Steve Paikin for his perspective.”

http://ww3.tvo.org/video/190151/eric-margolis-tensions-korean-peninsula

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How to Be a YouTube Star and Beat Justin Timberlake in the Charts

“I released my first musical thing (called YouTube Tour) in 2007 I think it was, and it made a couple hundred bucks. Then in 2008 they introduced the YouTube partnership program and I was one of the first partners. Back then I made maybe $300 a month. Then it slowly rose, and at the same time my first album came out in October 2009, so with the money from that plus YouTube I moved out in March 2010 to a place with my best friend and we paid £600 each on rent so it wasn’t too bad. Typically I make around £3500 a month from YouTube (I’m on a network so they can sell the ad space higher) and at least £10,000 a month from music and merch sales.”

http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2013/03/how-to-be-a-youtube-star-and-beat-justin-timberlake-in-the-charts/

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Marijuana Stocks Are Extremely Dangerous Investments

“At this stage I do not believe there is a single reputable marijuana stock on the market. Having previously investigated several marijuana stocks, and having observed the price action and news of the major marijuana stocks over the past few months, I believe that the only people set to make a lot of money from these stocks are the company insiders and smart day-traders. Why Do Investors In Marijuana Stocks Face Enormous Risk?  Because the fundamentals of the primary marijuana stocks being traded are horrible, they have extremely limited histories, and there are numerous skeletons in the closet.”

http://seekingalpha.com/article/1339771-marijuana-stocks-are-extremely-dangerous-investments

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Huge landslide shuts down largest mine in the world in Utah

“The world’s largest man-made excavation – a US copper mine – has been shut down by an enormous landslide that smashed roads and buildings and left two-thirds of the pit base buried.  Nobody was hurt in the collapse at the massive open-cast Bingham Canyon Mine, run by Rio Tinto-owned Kennecott Utah Copper – largely because workers had been evacuated amid several weeks of warning signs the ground was going to shift.  Kennecott is the second largest copper producer in the US, supplying about a quarter of the country’s copper, the company’s website states.”

http://www.perthnow.com.au/huge-landslide-shuts-kennecott-utah-coppers-bingham-canyon-mine/story-fnhocq8b-1226619124124

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Behind the scenes of a gold dealer

“Sinking gold prices do not worry gold dealers like Ken Edwards. He says quantitative easing and market uncertainty will drive gold prices higher in the long term.”

http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2013/04/16/news-cmr-gold-dealer.cnnmoney/index.html?iid=HP_LN

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Jim Rogers shares insights on his book Street Smarts

“Jim Rogers of Rogers International Commodities Index (RICI)  joins Open Currency Update with Kurt Wallace. While logging miles on his exercise bike, Jim discusses his ground up approach to investing and why he recommends investors learn philosophy and history. He also shares about a changing global environment toward Asia and why he sees New York City as a third world city. Rogers talks about his chapter ‘Creative Destruction’ and he explains the importance of how a robust immigration system directly effects the state of a society’s economy.”

http://www.opencurrency.com/jim-rogers-shares-insights-on-his-book-street-smarts/

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Doug Casey: The Gold Crash Is Not What Either Bulls or Bears Are Telling You

“I don’t expect it to drop much more, and I’d be very surprised at a drop below $1,000 an ounce, but there is no law of nature preventing it from doing so. All markets fluctuate. People who get panicked are overcommitted… or maybe they shouldn’t be in the market because they’re not psychologically suited for it. The problem is that government currency debasement practically forces everyone to be in the market, just to try to stay ahead of inflation.  You can’t time market bottoms, but you’ve got to play the odds. If I were going to sell anything now, I wouldn’t think of selling my gold or gold stocks.”

http://www.caseyresearch.com/cdd/doug-casey-gold-crash-not-what-either-bulls-or-bears-are-telling-you

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Bitcoins gain traction in Argentina

“Enter the bitcoin? The virtual currency is emerging as the latest inflation refuge – and Bloomberg reports that TradeHill, a US-based bitcoin exchange, is now planning to open an office in Argentina where demand is fastest in the region.  Bitcoins are absolutely not words on everybody’s lips here and many people have no clue about how to use them. But a quick squint at the website of MercadoLibre – a kind of ebay – reveals that you can buy plenty of things, from motorbikes to apartments to an anti-slip spray for bathtubs, and pay with bitcoins.  Argentina’s two centuries’ history of currency turbulence, has wired a need for financial smarts into the national DNA.”

http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2013/04/16/bitcoins-gain-traction-in-argentina/

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Bill Bonner: Is this a major change of direction for gold?

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“Everyone believes the gold market has reversed direction. The bull market of the last 14 years has finally ended. It’s all downhill from here, they say. But if that is true, what else will have to be true? The last bull market in gold ended when the Fed changed course. Arthur Burns was replaced by Paul Volcker. A loose money policy became a tight money policy.  By the end of the bear market in gold there was hardly a single gold bug who was still sober or still solvent.  But what’s the Fed doing now? Has it reversed course? Has Ben ‘Bubbles’ Bernanke been replaced with a tough-as-nails inflation fighter? Has the FOMC vowed to stop printing money?

http://www.equitymaster.com/dailyreckoning/detail.asp?date=04/17/2013&story=2&title=Is-this-a-major-change-of-direction-for-gold

“Everyone believes the gold market has reversed direction. The bull market of the last 14 years has finally ended. It’s all downhill from here, they say. But if that is true, what else will have to be true? The last bull market in gold ended when the Fed changed course. Arthur Burns was replaced by Paul Volcker. A loose money policy became a tight money policy.  By the end of the bear market in gold there was hardly a single gold bug who was still sober or still solvent.  But what’s the Fed doing now? Has it reversed course? Has Ben ‘Bubbles’ Bernanke been replaced with a tough-as-nails inflation fighter? Has the FOMC vowed to stop printing money?

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