05/11/2012
“Do more with less,” is the mantra of consultants and the marching orders of senior executives. In today’s world of increased competition and compressed margins, companies want methods to improve efficiency. Automation is the “lo
05/11/2012
In early April, global debt market traders first learnt of a Big Money trader who had been singlehandedly moving the debt markets in previous weeks with his bullish derivative bets linked to corporate bonds.
05/07/2012
In a recent interview with CNBC, Berkshire Hathaway's Charlie Munger stated, "Civilized people don't buy gold. They invest in productive businesses."
05/07/2012
Think of powerful, multi-billion dollar corporations, and many come readily to mind. Wal-Mart. General Electric. Exxon Mobil. Bank of America. McDonald's. Apple. We recognize their logos, know what they sell and how to buy it -- or how to not buy it
05/01/2012
Commander Lay, who is an alumnus of the Tom Cruise-immortalized Topgun school, spent more than two decades in the Navy and Air Force.
04/30/2012
Reality is slowly returning to the eurozone. After the wave of enthusiasm that accompanied the ECB’s flood of cheap money to eurozone banks, tensions are now rising again, as the ECB’s tonic wears off.
04/27/2012
“That’s what we’re here to do, and we lost track with our mission purpose and values,” he said in a telephone interview Wednesday. “Until we find our way back, we’re not going to be in a position to protect investors fr
04/26/2012
Central banks, taking advantage of depressed market prices, were again big buyers of gold this past March according to statistics just issued by the International Monetary Fund.
04/25/2012
But I am looking for something slightly offbeat, something unknown, below the surface of what the report authors think is the headline news.