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In Libya, American Shares Military Expertise with Rebels
In an open lot on the Dhubat al-Saff military base, a group of Libyan rebel recruits gathers around an instructor demonstrating how to fire a Russian-made ZU-23-2 quad-barrel antiaircraft gun.
How Wall Street Fleeced the World
Like some malefactor being grilled by Mike Wallace in his 60 Minutes prime, Glenn Hubbard, dean of Columbia Business School, gets hot under the third-degree light of Charles Ferguson’s questioning in Inside Job. Hubbard, who helped design George W.
How to Kick the Oil Habit
If anyone harbored any doubts that hybrid cars are hot, last week the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show put them to rest. Carmakers practically ran over one another promoting their versions in attempts to catch up with Honda and Toyota, the technology’s pioneers.
The Swipe-Fee Free-for-All
For decades the folks at Visa and MasterCard have been slobbering over the prospect of a cashless society, and they’re getting their wish.
Retirement Crisis: Is There a 401(k) Fix?
Over the past 30 years, the way we save for retirement has come to be dominated by one plan: the 401. But the financial crisis and resulting market meltdown showed the 401 to be far from perfect.
Greenspan predicts economic growth to hit 3 percent or higher
The U.S. economy will grow more than expected in the third quarter, but unemployment also will continue to increase and will pass 10 percent, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Sunday.
Palin to speak before investors in Hong Kong
Former U.S. Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will be in Hong Kong this week to address about 1,000 investors from around the globe in what is billed as her first speech outside North America
World changed, finance rules remain same post-Lehman
The terrain of the financial world has changed since the collapse of Lehman Brothers. It’s been one year since the U.S