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With the announcement that Iran is halting its crude oil exports to Britain and France, oil prices shot to almost $105 a barrel in Asia today.  Prices at the pump are already past $3.50 a gallon with the summer season ...

Beef prices rose more than 10 percent over last year and the Department of Agriculture reports at least another 5 percent increase in 2012. In spite of official White House news that inflation stands at under 2 percent, that isn’t ...

Cruising the aisles of your local supermarket, it’s hard not to notice the rising prices of staple goods.  Farmers market shoppers aren’t immune either, as farmers fighting bad weather and rising demand for scarce high-quality produce jack up prices.  Worldwide ...

Preparing for an economic calamity is not like preparing for a weather or man-made disaster. The latter are immediate and decisive, and, although some disasters hit with little or no warning, it is readily apparent as to what has happened ...

Buried in a recent Department of Labor announcement were the details of the stunning rise in food prices this year. Food prices, in March, rose 2.4%, the largest increase in more than 25 years, while gas prices rose by 2.1%. ...

“America’s going to go through a transition the likes of which no one is prepared for,” said Gerald Celente, CEO of Trends Research Institute. Credited for predicting the 1987 stock market crash, the fall of the Soviet Union, the 1997 ...

The New Year is here and I’m afraid that the news is likely to get worse. I trust your New Year’s Resolutions include hastening your emergency preparedness plans. When you’re planning, it’s always good to know where you’re headed, and ...