Economics & Investments
How Proper Planning Can Save You Thousands in Estate Taxes
Unless one of your primary objectives is to fund the government with more of your money, taking the initiative of planning your estate should be one of your top priorities.
Corporate Profits Doomed, Warns Grantham
Bearish stock-picker says margins freakishly high; ‘lot of profit disappointment coming our way’
Dubai Diversifies with Push into Diamonds
By Nour Merza DUBAI, Nov 16 (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates, the world’s fourth-largest oil exporter and home to gold trading hub Dubai, is rapidly becoming a force in trade of another highly valuable commodity: diamonds. Dubai, the UAE’s centre for gem trade, handled $35 billion worth of rough and polished diamonds in 2010, [...]
Interfaith Statement: “Don’t Cut Programs that Will Cost Lives, Harm America”
Nation’s faithful down to the wire with Super Committee, Congress:
The Downward Path of Upward Mobility
In fact, over the past decade, growing evidence shows pretty conclusively that social mobility has stalled in this country.
Banks Promise Not to Commit Fraud … Until Next Time
Citigroup (NYSE: C ) promised it would never again, as The New York Times put it, “violate one of the main antifraud provisions of the nation’s securities laws.” That seems like a noble aim, and we’d love to believe that Citigroup means what it says.
Richard Russell: 12 Tips for the New Normal
Born in the Great Depression, Russell knows what it’s like to live in hard times. And in this new normal he has some survival tips.
Islamic State v. Capitalism
As capitalism loses its universal appeal, it is an opportunity for Islamic intellectuals to offer an alternative that is more natural, equitable and social.
Business Succession Planning: Common Mistakes Made By Business Owners
Despite having millions of small business operating in the United States, many of those small-business owners don’t have the faintest idea on how to formulate a proper business succession plan.
America Must Manage Decline
If America were able openly to acknowledge that its global power is in decline, it would be much easier to have a rational debate about what to do about it. Denial is not a strategy.
Senate Blocks Obama’s $447 Billion Job Creation Legislation
Opponents of President Barack Obama’s $447 billion jobs plan blocked the measure in the Senate, with two Democrats joining Republicans to derail his prime proposal to help turn around the struggling economy.
The Fatal Distraction
Friday brought two numbers that should have everyone in Washington saying, “My God, what have we done?”
Obama Job 1: Create Jobs
The problem before the country is more acute than people realize. It goes beyond the indebtedness issues that are surely depressing the recovery.
America In Decline
The comic opera in Washington this summer, which disgusts the country and bewilders the world, may have no analogue in the annals of parliamentary democracy.
More War! The Road to Armageddon
In other words, by 2011 between one-fifth and one-fourth of the US work force were without jobs.
Soaring Saudi Oil Burning to Cap Exports Rise
DUBAI, July 5 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabian oil exports may trail far behind rising output this summer as its power stations burn more crude than ever before to keep a booming population cool, part of a trend that is squeezing spare output capacity, analysts say.
Ramadan: Raising Spiritual and Financial Stocks?
In addition to causing stock rallies, Ramadan is mostly a month of internal battle against the desires of flesh…
Gold, Silver Shine as US Falters
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Gold prices were soaring to record highs Wednesday as investors rushed to the safe haven after House Speaker John Boehner’s debt plan hit a brick wall.
The Enemy is Washington: An Economy Destroyed
Recently, the bond rating agencies that gave junk derivatives triple-A ratings threatened to downgrade US Treasury bonds if the White House and Congress did not reach a deficit reduction deal and debt ceiling increase.
