Harvard Professor Jeffrey Frankel: New and Improved Trade Agreements?
Trade is high on the agenda in the United States, Europe, and much of Asia this year. In the US, where concern has been heightened byweak recent trade numbers, President Barack Obama is pushing for More...
Rob Manfred Reveals Why Madoff Victim-Mets Owner Fred Wilpon Is So Cheap
Fred Wilpon, Mets owner, real estate developer, and victim of Bernie Madoff’s infamous Ponzi scheme, has been named as head of the finance committee for major league baseball. Rob Manfred, baseball More...
Superbowl Stadium Upgrades to Israeli-Canadian Antennas So 72, 000 Fans Can Phone Home
University of Phoenix Stadium, home of the National Football League’s Arizona Cardinals and location of this Sunday’s Superbowl, has been upgraded with antennas made by Canadian and Israeli Galtronics More...
Philadelphia Phillies Unlikely to Trade Star Pitcher Hamels, GM Ruben Amaro Says
Reports surfaced last week that several U.S. Major League Baseball teams have engaged in serious trade discussions for Philadelphia Phillies’ ace pitcher Cole Hamels, but nothing has come together yet More...
Sen. Franken Doesn’t Like the Keystone Pipeline, But if Approved, It Must be Made by American Steel
The Democrats intend to use the Senate debate of the Keystone XL oil pipeline to force Republicans to get on the record about climate change, and, possibly, bring back the bipartisan energy efficiency More...
Ralph Lauren Receives ‘A’ Credit Rating While Stock Dips
Ralph Lauren Corp has received an “A” credit rating from analysts at Morningstar. The research firm’s “A” rating suggests that the company is a low default risk. They also gave the stock a two-star More...
Bernie Sanders is Rocking the Boat Ahead of a Possible 2016 Presidential Run
Vermont Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders is making political waves in America ahead of what many observers believe is his intended Presidential run in the upcoming 2016 elections. He has slammed Republicans More...
Billionaire Nathan Kirsh Says Obama Is Destroying Jobs in Swaziland
Nathan Kirsh, A South African born entrepreneur who has major investments in Swaziland, says President Obama’s stringency on labor requirements may leave hundreds of thousands of citizens in the country More...
Currencies of Former Soviet States Get Black Eye from Ruble Crash
Falling energy prices and the plunge in the Russian ruble are hitting currencies across the former Soviet states, with Belarus and Turkmenistan having already devalued this week and markets betting that Kazakhstan More...
Herbalife Bull Paul Sohn Leaves Soros Management
The portfolio manager behind George Soros’ controversial bet on Herbalife, Paul Sohn, left Soros Capital Management, but a spokesperson told CNBC that “Paul Sohn’s departure is unrelated More...