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Oil Giants and Iraq--Together at Last!

by Carol Hoenig on 6/19/2008 8:49:50 AM

Now that the story has broke, I’m eager to have many questions answered.   Four Western oil companies are in the final stages of negotiations this month on contracts that will return them to Iraq, 36 years after losing their oil concession to nationalization as Saddam Hussein rose to power.  Exxon ... Continue »

A Buyer's Market

by Carol Hoenig on 6/17/2008 1:38:41 PM

It’s clear that the economy is hurting. We can tell that by the exorbitant price of gas and the many jobs that are being cut. However, unless you’re trying to sell or buy some property, the housing market probably is not one issue that is of major importance to you while putting food on the table is... Continue »

Putting One's House In Order

by Carol Hoenig on 6/16/2008 8:54:28 AM

How interesting that a man who wanted to run our country cannot get his own finances in order when it comes to debt; I’ll have to give it to him, though, for being creative in attempting to do so.     With the Republican Party in need of money for the November elections, former Mayor Rudolph W. Gi... Continue »

Is It Time for a Revolt?

by Carol Hoenig on 6/9/2008 8:49:33 AM

Maybe it’s my inability to understand just how the economy works, but I’ve yet to hear just why the oil prices have skyrocketed over the last year or so. What am I missing? Do I think the present administration has something to do with it? Absolutely. Yet, how can it happen? Just the other day I pai... Continue »

America the Last

by MisterE on 5/21/2008 10:10:33 AM

Why is it the America has to be the last country to adopt modern practices sometimes? As per my earlier arguments, we have a long way to go until we are a truly great country. A long, long long way. Aside from the violence, blood for oil, persecution of minorities, state-sanctioned murders, terrible... Continue »

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Regulation Followup

by Kevin Drum on 10/13/2008 8:26:19 PM

REGULATION FOLLOWUP....British prime minister Gordon Brown, everyone's hero of the financial moment, talks about reform:?Sometimes it does take a crisis for people to agree that what is obvious and should have been done years ago can no longer be postponed,? the British prime minister, Gordon Brown,... Continue »

by Glenn Reynolds on 10/13/2008 8:06:41 PM

WELL, THIS IS ENCOURAGING: Chrysler CEO Nardelli: U.S. Auto Industry About to Collapse. But "Carmageddon?" Ouch. Meanwhile, Toyota stops pulling its punches.... Continue »

by Glenn Reynolds on 10/13/2008 8:06:41 PM

THE ROAD TO HELL: A new dispatch from Michael Yon in Afghanistan. Remember, he's supported by reader donations, so if you like his work, consider hitting the tipjar.... Continue »

by Glenn Reynolds on 10/13/2008 8:06:41 PM

ED DRISCOLL OBSERVES the proper Victorian gentleman at work.... Continue »

by Glenn Reynolds on 10/13/2008 8:06:41 PM

KYOTO WHO? "Representatives of German business have called for a moratorium on any European Union legislation that would impose higher costs on companies at a time when they are grappling with the fallout from the financial crisis. . . .... Continue »