Think the unthinkable, do the undoable? Douglas Adams Who should be the new president of the World Bank? To replace , who leaves in June 2012, the US has nominated Jim Yong Kim, an international health specialist and the head of Dartmouth University. Several African countries have nominated , the Nigerian Finance Minister and a ...

pubblicato il: 24/03/2012 - 23:27

? In a potentially embarrassing turn of events for the case against Kim ?Dotcom? Schmitz, former head of Megaupload and third most famous Kim currently living, it seems that the seizure of his property may be overturned as a result of a misfiled restraint order by the New Zealand Police. Schmitz, a German national, is ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 17:24

"There are two kinds of people who have famous parents," she says. "The ones who just want to live off of them forever, and the ones who are so insecure that they work as hard as possible."

pubblicato il: 16/03/2012 - 23:54

Midas (MDS) announced that tire company TBC would buy the company for $11. 50 per share, or about [...]

pubblicato il: 13/03/2012 - 15:53

Maybe FINRA can buy NO DOZ or provide bottomless refills of Starbuck's coffee to ensure that its arbitrators stay awake?

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 20:22

Changing the world one gram or ounce at a time is the nature of the Make Your Own Gear community. It is no small community, either, as it is comprised of outdoor lovers, hikers, backcountry types from around the world who simply want to carry less and enjoy nature more. This is the story of ...

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 10:11

The company wants to return excess capital to its shareholders, but its plan for $2 billion in stock repurchases and a dividend increase from $0.74 per share to $1.10 per share was rejected by the Fed.

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

Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz avoid a trial with Madoff trustee Irving Picard.

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 15:24

Michael Sandel, a political philosopher from Harvard, has put forward an argument that some things are just too important to be commodified through market relations. Sadly I think his argument breaks down because he?s made three really rather bad mistakes about the underlying nature of markets and their effects. The first is this: These uses ...

pubblicato il: 18/03/2012 - 19:52

So, should you be buying Micron shares or not? Depends who you ask. Earlier today, Oppenheimer analyst??Srinivasan Sundararajan cut his rating on the stock to Perform from Outperform, citing concerns about the memory chip company?s ability to reach sustained profitability. He?s also concerned about the uncertainty surrounding what actions Micron will take regarding Elpida, the ...

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 22:56