Offshore

The Secrets To Goldman Sachs' Success: Contrary Bets, Predatory Lending, Government Connections, Offshore Tax Havens

McClatchy | Greg Gordon | Posted 11.01.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON -- In 2006 and 2007, Goldman Sachs Group peddled more than $40 billion in securities backed by at least 200,000 risky home mortgages, but n...

Is Offshoring America's Healthcare Next?

Scott Lachut | Posted 04.06.2009 | Business


Scott Lachut

Citing the rising cost of healthcare, several insurers have taken a page out of travel guides for "medical tourism" and begun toying with the idea of sending their patients abroad for routine surgeries.

Sarah Palin's Empty Promise

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green


Simran Sethi

Encouraging the auto industry to adhere to higher standards and pursue hybrid technology will reduce our dependence on all oil. Drill, baby, drill? No. Think, baby, think.