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September 30, 2008
Since the $700 billion bailout plan went down in the House of Representatives by a 228-205 margin, talking heads and politicos have been looking for ways to circumvent Congress and give the executive branch the authority to…
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September 30, 2008
The doom and gloom crowd was piling on after a record one-day 777-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA).
David Tice, who manages the $1.1 billion Prudent Bear Mutual Funds from…
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February 5, 2010
There have been just over a hundred complaints about brake problems on the Toyota Prius. And according to Sylvia Marino of consumer car Web site Edmunds.com, “maybe as few as 1 in 12,000 or 1 in 13,000 of the cars in the recall even has the…
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February 3, 2010
As the old cliché goes, you don’t use a sledgehammer to crack a nut, but according to Rick Santelli, that’s exactly what it appears the Obama administration is doing terms of financial regulation and fiscal discipline.On CNBC’s Feb. 2 broadcast of “…
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January 29, 2010
The government’s traditionally enforced safety standards on automobiles sold in the United States. But the government didn’t always own a car company. So you’d expect the media to take a hard look when the government’s roles as regulator and…
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September 25, 2008
A 20 percent drop in the Dow could happen, according to CNBC’s “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer, unless the government passes this bailout plan.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) closed at 10,825…
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September 26, 2008
Conservative House Republicans and economists warn about the toll a $700 billion federal bailout of the financial sector would have on the taxpayers footing the bill. But according to Bloomberg TV analyst Marc Faber, the…
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January 28, 2010
President Barack Obama encouraged some business interests by mentioning nuclear energy and offshore drilling during his Jan. 27 State of the Union speech. Those less popular energy solutions joined the usual alternative rhetoric of wind, solar and…
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January 26, 2010
It was initially thought the election of President Barack Obama was just going to hit your pocketbook in the form of higher taxes. But if the past several days are any indication, the president has found another way to hit it – by attacking your…
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September 25, 2008
Are the ideals that made this country great in jeopardy? They must be as far as former “NBC Nightly News” anchor Tom Brokaw’s is concerned. Are the ideals that made this country great in jeopardy?…