For the week 9/8-9/12

For the week 9/8-9/12

What a year….extreme market volatility, a housing bust, $140 oil, federal bailouts of well-known financial institutions and a crazy presidential election. It kind of makes you wonder if, prior to Americans going to the voting booth, we’ll have an....
For the week 8/25-8/29

For the week 8/25-8/29

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili: “This story is no longer about my small country, but the West’s ability to stand its ground to defend a principled approach to international security.”
For the week 8/11-8/15

For the week 8/11-8/15

As George Will said last Sunday, “This is about Russia reestablishing the Evil Empire.” Will added, in commenting on those in this country who aren’t familiar with Georgia, “No one had heard of Sarajevo until Aug. 1914 either.”
For the week 7/28-8/1

For the week 7/28-8/1

Here in the U.S., Oppenheimer’s superstar analyst Meredith Whitney, who really should have her own bobblehead doll night at Shea or Yankee Stadium, she’s been that good....
For the week 7/21-7/25

For the week 7/21-7/25

There are two poll numbers that stand out for their consistency thus far in 2008; President Bush’s overall approval rating, 28 to 30 percent regardless of the poll, and the number of Americans who think the country is on the right track, a mere 13 or 14 percent. This week’s NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey, for example, had the figures at 30 and 13, while two polls from the prior week were at 28 and 14.