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Few will argue against the fact that the U.S. economy is sputtering. For several years now I have been arguing that the government misdiagnosed our problems and subsequently applied the incorrect cure. If we take a look…Read

Few will argue against the fact that the U.S. economy is sputtering.  For several years now I have been arguing that the government misdiagnosed our problems and subsequently applied the incorrect cure.   If we take a look under…Read

Timothy Hatton, 9 September 2010The recent recession that followed the global crisis has often been compared with the Great Depression. This column argues that an important but neglected lesson from that period is that…Read

Experts fear that the already-battered U.S. housing market is getting ready to stall again, leaving the Obama administration to decide what - if anything - it should do next. Standard & Poor's Case-Shiller Home Price…Read

By Dirk van DijkLast week the stock market had a good week, and the bond market corrected a bit. Still, relative to the yield on the 10-year t-note of 2.71% on Friday, stocks look extremely attractive.…Read

I decided to look for stocks that are an attractive alternative to t-notes for income-oriented investors. To do so I first looked for those firms that are currently yielding more than 2.71%, the t-note yield on Friday.…Read

3i Group PLC and other shareholders signed a contract to sell Panreac To Illinois Tool Works Inc. Panreac is a Spanish manufacturer and supplier of chemicals. The transaction will provide 3i more than a 2x return on its…Read

Acute myelogenous leukemia [AML] is a fast-growing cancer of the blood and bone marrow. Unformed cells called myeloblasts, or blasts, reside in the bone marrow and normally become a particular kind of cell - a white blood…Read

Axel G Merk. "In what the Wall Street Journal hails as “one of his most dramatic gestures to business,” President Obama is proposing companies be allowed to write off 100% of their new investment in plant and equipment through…Read

Richard S. Grossman, Masami Imai, 7 September 2010One of the striking features in the buildup to the global crisis was the extent of risk taken on by highly leveraged financial institutions. This column blames such behaviour on…Read

Stockholm-based Volvo Technology Transfer and Industrifonden have sold Illumuniate Labs to Autodesk. Illuminate Labs develops advanced lighting and illumination technology for video games. Illuminate Labs will be part of…Read

The Last Chapter September 4, 2010 By John Mauldin > The Last Chapter Let’s Look at the Rules Six Impossible Things Killing the Goose Home and Then Europe > This week you will get a kind of preview as this week’s…Read

Paul Brenton, Gareth Edwards-Jones, Michael F Jensen, 5 September 2010Is offsetting your carbon footprint always a good thing? This column questions the criteria used to label carbon footprints, arguing they can disadvantage…Read

I had a relaxing and slow day off. The heat has still been harsh, but the incoming Nor'easter/Hurricane Earl should bring in some cooler weather. I am pretty far inland and north of Boston so the local forecast is for rain and…Read