On January 26, 2015 Attorney General of the United States Eric Holder, Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John S. Carlin, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, and Randall C. Coleman, the Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) for the Counterintelligence Division, announced the arrest […]
Stock Markets Are Bad Granfalloons, and Need To Stop Being Taken So Seriously
by Donald Croft Brickner Oh, what — the world’s stock markets haven’t crashed … yet? Before tackling the American DJIA, etc. stock markets for major problems in their conception — to my knowledge, a huge topic rarely discussed with a straight face of late — please grant us now a brief detour into what I […]
It Boils Down to Labor Costs
Governor Cuomo is on to something. He has commented that the current political dialogue (or shouting match) pitting Republican cost cutters versus Democratic 1% tax leviers won’t solve New York State’s fiscal problems, only a growing economy can do that. [Surprisingly, the editors of Foreign Affairs appear to disagree with him and say that income […]
Buffett Befriends Bankers At Berkshire Soiree
In a published article from the Omaha World Herald, it appears that the major focus of the Berkshire Hathaway stockholders soiree concluded yesterday was a 30 minute keynote speech made by Warren Buffet speaking in defense of Wall Street bankers, Goldman Sachs. Although Berkshire reportedly has several billion dollars invested in Goldman, Mr. Buffett was […]
Greedy Health Care Special Interests Wage Most Expensive War Ever
It was reported in the mainstream media that the "stakeholders," as Mr. Obama so politically correctly labeled the commercial health care industry behind much of the provisions of the efforts toward health care deform waged this past year by various special interests groups, was the most expensive lobbying effort to date bar none. If Americans […]
Celebrity Boxers Oscar de la Hoya and Manny Paquiao Mobbed in Las Vegas
Celebrity boxers Oscar de la Hoya and Manny Pacquiao were practically mobbed by their respective boxing fans when they arrived in Las Vegas for their “Dream Fight” scheduled for December 6, 2008 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Both boxers moved to Las Vegas with their entourage to continue their training until […]