BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (PNN) - February 9, 2013 - Supermarkets and electronics retailers say Argentina's government has ordered them to stop advertising in the country's top newspapers, in a bid to weaken independent media companies as President Cristina Kirchner turns to increasingly unorthodox policies to prevent inflation from derailing an ailing economy.

RICHMOND, Virginia (PNN) - February 1, 2013 - Delegate Bob Marshall did a little strategic name-dropping Thursday, and it had the desired effect.

For two years, the Prince William County Republican has been seeking a study of whether Virginia should adopt an alternative currency to replace the dollar in case the Federal Reserve System has a major meltdown.

His quest always ended in failure - until this year.

NEW YORK (PNN) - January 31, 2013 - You probably haven't heard much about it from mainstream media, but the latest figures released by the privately owned Federal Reserve indicate that Amerika's largest banks saw record cash withdrawals during the first full week of January 2013.

NEW YORK (PNN) - January 30, 2013 - The Fascist Police States of Amerika economy unexpectedly took its biggest plunge in more than three years last quarter, contracting at an annual rate of 0.1% and indicating a new level of vulnerability for the economy.

BRUSSELS, Belgium (PNN) - January 30, 2013 - Water cannons have been used against stone-throwing demonstrators in the Belgian city of Namur, as thousands rallied against the closure of a factory that will put an end to 1,300 jobs.

TORONTO, Ontario, Canada (PNN) - January 29, 2013 - Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the long-term credit ratings of six Canadian banks, including Toronto-Dominion, Bank of Nova Scotia, Bank of Montreal and CIBC. National Bank and Desjardins were also downgraded.

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (PNN) - January 29, 2013 - Iceland has become a laboratory for banking and political reform. The population has stepped up to help sort things out in such a way as to thwart gross self-interest exploitation of the system.