Banking – After the devastating Sub-Prime Crisis, which has cost the world trillions of dollars’ worth of lost economic growth, destroyed millions of jobs and businesses, and burdened taxpayers with huge state debts that continue to mount, you would expect...
Equity Returns – Optimistic arguments about longer-term profits to be made in US shares are “deeply flawed” as they’re based on double-counting and circular reasoning, Brett Arends argues on Marketwatch. Future returns are extrapolated from past returns. But a...
A German museum set up to promote greater understanding of Native American culture is embroiled in controversy after refusing to hand back American Indian scalps to their modern-day descendants. The Sault Sainte Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians from Michigan (USA) have...
In Asia, free-market prices of LNG (liquefied natural gas) have almost halved over the past five months. Japan, for example, has been buying at $ 11 per unit, compared to $ 20 as recently as February. The reasons include reduced inventory-building in Japan and Korea...
St. Thomas University President Monsignor Franklyn M. Casale has announced a major institutional appointment that will continue to strengthen the University’s academic leadership position (www.stu.edu). A visionary and transformational leader in higher...
