Fareed Zakaria GPS – CNN 08-04-13

Salient to Investors: Author Mark Leibovich writes: Washington works extremely well for its most important citizens, the lobbyists.  Money has trumped power as the ultimate currency. Atlantic magazine reported in 1974 that only 3 percent of retiring members of Congress became lobbyists. Today, that number is 42 percent for members of the

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Global Food Reserves Falling as Drought Wilts Crops – Bloomberg 08-09-12

Salient to Investors: Stockpiles of the biggest crops will decline for a third year on drought in three continents. U.S. crops are in the worst condition since 1988, heat waves are battering European crops and India’s monsoon rainfall is 20 percent below normal. Goldman Sachs, Macquarie Group and Credit Suisse say crops will

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