I love it when a magazine with a decidedly conservative bent takes the American right to task for some of its idiotic tactics.
It is sad to report that the American right is in a mess: fratricidal, increasingly extreme on many issues and woefully short of ideas, let alone solutions.
At a time when [...]
Much smaller than the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico, but to residents of Salt Lake City, it helps bring the problem home. Hopefully Chevron is much more proactive about addressing the problems here than British Petroleum has been in the Gulf.
A leak from an underground oil pipeline may have gone undetected [...]
JEZUS-EIK, Belgium—Rudi Coel scowled at the sight of the Thai restaurant advertising "Takeaway."
"We’re in Flanders, so that should say ‘Meenemengerechten,’ " said the 50-year-old social worker, using the proper Dutch word.
The euro zone is in turmoil, and Belgium’s heavy government debts are drawing comparisons with those of Greece. But the main issue [...]
When one of our alleged allies in the Middle East attacks a humanitarian aid mission in international waters (reports indicate the flotilla was more than 70 miles off Israel’s coastline), especially one carrying a survivor of the Holocaust, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, and several current or former members of the American diplomatic service, [...]
It’s going to be really interesting to see how this plays out …
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s estate sued J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., alleging J.P. Morgan illegally siphoned billions of dollars from Lehman in the days before the troubled investment bank filed for the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history.
The lawsuit alleges [...]
The firm’s annual shareholder meeting was today … buried deep in the story from the Wall Street Journal were the following paragraphs regarding comments made by Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman.
In the meeting, a brisk one hour compared with Goldman Sachs‘ three-hour marathon, Mr. Gorman also said Morgan Stanley was committed to regulatory [...]
Combine one part nervous traders, one part Greek crisis and one part trader error. Stir in one part central bank complacency. Bring to boil. Panic.
That combination produced one of the wildest days ever in financial markets, with the Dow Jones industrial average, at one point, down almost 1,000 points while the euro sank [...]
There are a lot of things that can be said about the following video, ranging from descriptions as a brutally graphic political statement decrying genocide and ethnic cleansing to calling it a cynical marketing attempt to generate Internet buzz and fuel album sales.
No matter what you think of the video, it’s an impressive [...]
Sweet … maybe I’ll actually get a raise this next year …
Morgan Stanley profit blew past forecasts Wednesday, with revenue surging, mainly due to an increase in sales and trading revenues.
Morgan Stanley’s net income per diluted share, including discontinued operations, was 99 cents a share in the first quarter, compared with a [...]
With a new version of the iPhone in the works, the clock is ticking for AT&T Inc. to get its much-criticized network ready for the looming battle.
The carrier has taken a beating from consumers who have complained about poor coverage in major cities including New York and San Francisco. Now, AT&T is racing [...]