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The President of Iceland, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, has decided that the latest Icesave bill will be sent to a public referendum. Go here to see the original: Iceland...
Market Wrap-Up for Feb.18 (JWN, CF, DLR, SWK, EOG, WTW, more)
We’re saw a gradual rise for the DOW as other indices remained fairly flat, finishing what has been a generally solid week for the averages. We added a new...
Blinder Understates Cost of Carbon Tax
In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal , Alan Blinder listed numerous alleged benefits of a phased-in carbon tax. Out of his entire column, he devoted a...
Bambuser blocked in Egypt (Live video site)
The Swedish live video streaming site Bambuser says its service has been blocked in Egypt. The site, which provides live video from mobile phones and webcams, says...
Obama’s TSA pat-downs joke infuriates ACLU
During his third State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Barack Obama cracked a joke about TSA pat-downs – and earned an immediate rebuke from the...
Free Afiuni, Political Prisoner of Hugo Chavez
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez maintains in detention varying numbers of political prisoners at any given time, but the case which has stood out the most over...
Obama Administration Plans Internet ID for All Americans
Fox News | President Obama is putting plans in motion to give the Commerce Department authority to create an Internet ID for all Americans, a White House official...
OPEC’s Cheating and Peak Oil
Editor’s Note: In light of recent energy price spikes, this article by my colleague Nick Hodge seems especially relevant. It was originally published in our...
General Electric Sells Mexican Mortgage Business (GE)
Multinational conglomerate General Electric Company ( GE ) said that its GE Capital unit has sold its Mexican consumer mortgage business to Grupo Financiero Santander...
Ultra-Deepwater Rigs are Back
Ben Bernanke, head of the Federal Reserve, went on 60 Minutes over the weekend and talked about a third round of quantitative easing (QE3). I’m of the opinion...
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup
THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, Executive Vice President Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) This week the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the US...
High Stakes on START
An editorial in the Guardian argues that a failure on behalf of the U.S. Senate to ratify the START treaty would cause significant damage to the president’s...
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