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Forex – USD/JPY Weekly Outlook: November 28 – December 2
Forex – USD/CHF Weekly Outlook: November 28 – December 2
Forex – Weekly Outlook: November 28 – December 2
Thanks To Perverse Drug War Incentives, Cops Target Pot Smokers Instead Of Violent Criminals

Forex – USD/JPY Weekly Outlook: November 28 – December 2

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 03:01 AM PST

Forexpros – The broadly stronger U.S. dollar climbed to a two-week high against the yen on Friday, as Japanese government bond prices fell sharply with investors dumping riskier assets amid concerns over the deepening debt crisis in the euro zone.

USD/JPY hit 77.78 on Friday, the pair's highest since November 10; the pair subsequently consolidated at 77.71 by close of trade, climbing 1.13% over the week.

The pair is likely to find support at 76.91, Wednesday's low and resistance at … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Forex – USD/CHF Weekly Outlook: November 28 – December 2

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 02:30 AM PST

Forexpros – The U.S. dollar ended the week sharply higher against the Swiss franc on Friday, rising to an almost eight-month high as concerns over debt contagion to core economies in the euro zone supported safe haven demand.

USD/CHF hit 0.9329 on Friday, the pair's highest since April 1; the pair subsequently consolidated at 0.9294 by close of trade on Friday, climbing 1.30%.

The pair is likely to find support at 0.9107, the low of November 22 and resistance at 0.9329, Friday's … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Forex – Weekly Outlook: November 28 – December 2

Posted: 27 Nov 2011 01:39 AM PST

Forexpros – Last week saw the euro decline against the U.S. dollar for the fourth successive week, amid concerns that the debt crisis in the region is beginning to threaten core economies such as Germany and France.

The euro tumbled to a seven-week low against the dollar on Friday as Italian 10-year bond yields climbed to near unsustainable levels, rising above 7% even as the European Central Bank bought bonds in the secondary market.

The rise in Italian borrowing costs came after a … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Thanks To Perverse Drug War Incentives, Cops Target Pot Smokers Instead Of Violent Criminals

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 06:53 PM PST

From Radley Balko’s article in the Huffington Post, “Driven By Drug War Incentives, Cops Target Pot Smokers, Brush Off Victims Of Violent Crime.”

“Arresting people for assaults, beatings and robberies doesn’t bring money back to police departments, but drug cases do in a couple of ways. First, police departments across the country compete for a pool of federal anti-drug grants. The more arrests and drug seizures a department can claim, the stronger its application for those grants.

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