Sarkozy is right to demand international refereeing. The Anglo-Saxon model spawned excesses, crimes and a flight to the global regulatory vacuum that brought down the world's economic system.
I'm not condoning street violence but it will be helpful if political leaders understand that economic ruination by others is also a violent act.
For the money Madonna would spend every year providing 24-hour nannies to raise a child, and lavishing it with private schools and the like, she could feed a village or a large orphanage for 20 years.
This plan is more of the same: highly leveraged risk-taking shenanigans facilitated by a naive government and tax dollars.
A project by Canadian National Railway called the "Pipeline on Rails" is an energy and political game-changer for Canada and the financially strugglin...
"Like the Titanic, no one will escape," Lula said. "First class, third class, everyone will sink with the boat. The role of everyone, from the mass media to business, labor ad politicians, must be examined."
As the western hemisphere's leaders begin their Summit of the Americas today in Tobago, the issue that dare not speak its name should be front and cen...
The Wall Street Journal story today reveals that the Bank of America's CEO claims he was told by Bernanke and Paulson to remain silent about the disas...
The U.S. administration wants to relax its accounting standards, the so-called mark-to-market rules, so that its banks and companies can duck losses. ...
The Wall Street Journal story today reveals that the Bank of America's CEO claims he was told by Bernanke and Paulson to remain silent about the disas...
Credit rating agencies contributed to the current economic collapse. They were paid fees by banks who sometimes pressured or shopped around for the most favorable risk assessments, an obvious conflict of interest.
Facts are that if there's a flu pandemic it's in the United States, not Mexico. Some 36,000 Americans died of influenza-induced illness in the last few years or 99 per day.
So here's what is next: Chrysler's hedge funds will make money on the deal because the courts will award something.
