As powerful representatives for their countries, a first lady's fashion may be more than skin deep.

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 22:24

Credit rating agency Fitch affirmed the UK's AAA rating but slashed its outlook to negative on fears that a flare up of the European sovereign debt crisis would take its toll on Britain's debt reduction plans.

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 22:24

Written by Russell McLendon Could the Endangered Species Act itself become endangered? Many conservation advocates think so, pointing to a recently proposed policy change that could make it harder for wildlife to receive protection under the 39-year-old law. And on Monday, GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum added fuel to the fire, criticizing the ESA as ...

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 22:24

Greg Smith blames the current Goldman CEO, Lloyd Blankfein, and its president, Gary Cohn, for losing "hold of the firm's culture on their watch." But the real culprits are Goldman's 1990s partners, led by Hank Paulson and Jon Corzine, who in 1999 converted the venerable bank from a 221-member partnership into a publicly traded company.

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 17:25

California is rightfully lauded for its world-leading energy policy. Yet I often hear from business and political leaders that the state could do much more. A new report published by Pacific Environment presents a vision for the Bay Area in which available energy technologies and policy tools are fully implemented. The roadmap finds that local ...

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 21:53

This is Whitney Tilson?s comment about Greg Smith?s scathing op-ed about why he?s leaving Goldman Sachs. Tilson is an investor whose firm T2 Partners is long GS and has used Goldman as a prime broker for 7 years. Tilson is also a columnist for Forbes. This is reprinted from an e-mail widely circulated this afternoon. ...

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 21:53

The DividendRank formula at Dividend Channel ranks a coverage universe of thousands of dividend stocks, according to a proprietary formula designed to identify those stocks that combine two important characteristics ??? strong fundamentals and a valuation that looks inexpensive. CONSOL Energy Inc (NYSE: CNX) presently has an above average rank, in the top 50% of ...

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 21:53

It used to be that resignation letters where short, bland affairs, with a line about wanting to spend more time to pursue other interests. No more. Now we have the ?Why I Left?? diatribe. Want to hear what?s wrong with Goldman Sachs? Read the op-ed piece written by former executive director Greg Smith in the ...

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Commodities are generally traded using futures contracts that help professionals, farmers and big companies lock in prices for different assets.

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 21:53

In trading on Wednesday, shares of Aurizon Mines Ltd. (AMEX: AZK) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $4.55 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis indicator used to measure momentum on a scale of zero to 100. A stock is considered ...

pubblicato il: 14/03/2012 - 21:53