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Jeff Poor | January 12, 2010

It hasn’t been in the limelight recently, but it is coming. According to CNBC contributor John Kilduff of Round Earth Capital, we will soon see the price of reach $100 per barrel.

On CNBC’s Jan. 11 “The Kudlow Report,” host Larry Kudlow…

Jeff Poor | January 11, 2010

Throughout former President George W. Bush’s two terms, left-wingers often accused him of being too tied into big business, which they claimed had influenced policy.  Remember the outrage over Blackwater ties to the Bush administration?…

Jeff Poor | January 5, 2010

Imagine this – a view of the floor of Chicago Mercantile Exchange at some forthcoming time, but instead of soybeans, pork bellies, corn and wheat, traders are exchanging water and/or water futures.

 

That seemed to be the vision…

Jeff Poor | December 29, 2009

If there was ever a textbook example of kissing up to a host in a TV interview, Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., made it on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show.”

On the Dec. 28 broadcast, Moran, who represents a district that is just a stone’s throw away from…

Jeff Poor | December 17, 2009

If you believe polls, current Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke favorability has been slipping. A recent Rasmussen Reports poll indicates that only 21 percent of Americans favor his reappointment as the Fed chair.

And this hasn’t…

Jeff Poor | December 17, 2009

It’s often said markets function better when there is gridlock in Washington, D.C. because there’s less of a chance for government will interfere in the private sector, creating a sense of security. But in this day and time, that theory applies…