MONTI TO QUIT; BERLUSCONI BACK IN THE ARENA. Italian PM Mario Monti has told the head of state that he has lost support in Parliament and intends to resign. He has been in power 13 months and his unelected emergency term was due to conclude in April. Not coincidentally, earlier the same day, Silvio Berlusconi (76) announced plans to run for …

China from the Inside – the 4th and final episode of this series is scheduled for 11 am December 16. The series has provoked controversy on You Tube – Here’s a few comments “It’s call industrialization. I lost count of how many negative points in all of the series. Maybe it’s time to make some documentary of the problems in …

The U.S. Labor Department reports a sharper increase in job creation than economists had been expecting.