California’s Governor to choose Wall Street or Main Street with public bank bill - National Nonpartisan | Examiner.com

California’s Governor to choose Wall Street or Main Street with public bank bill - National Nonpartisan | Examiner.com: North Dakota, the one state that currently has its own bank, is the only state to be in continuous budget surplus since the banking crisis began. North Dakota’s balance sheet is so strong that it recently reduced individual income taxes and property taxes by a combined $400 million and is debating further cuts. It also has the lowest unemployment rate, lowest foreclosure rate and lowest credit card default rate in the country, and it hasn’t had a bank failure in at least the last decade.

Bullion Vaults Run Out of Space on Gold Rally - Bloomberg

Bullion Vaults Run Out of Space on Gold Rally - Bloomberg: Deep in the 7.4-acre Singapore FreePort next to Changi International Airport’s runways is the bullion vault of Swiss Precious Metals, behind seven-metric-ton steel doors built to survive a plane crash or earthquake.