Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged, Says Inflation Outlook is Better

Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged, Says Inflation Outlook is...

Venezuela Says "Adios" to Most Foreign Investment, Making it a Stay-Away Play for Investors

By unilaterally stripping away the Venezuelan oil holdings of both Exxon Mobil Corp. and ConocoPhillips, Venezuela President Hugo Chavez has...

Disappointment in Durables Leads to Worries of Prolonged U.S. Malaise

Demand for big-ticket U.S.-made goods plunged in May, as orders for metals, heavy machinery and even aircraft all skidded. The orders for so-called...

Investing in Argentina? Avoid it Like the Plague

If you were looking for the country with the worst economic policy of the last 20 years, your search would stop with...

Bond Guru Calls For Interest Rate Cuts, But is it Déjà vu All Over Again?"

Bond guru William H. Gross believes the fallout from the subprime mortgage crisis will spread beyond the housing sector, inducing the Fed to cut...

Global Investing: Has Wall Street Rigged the Game?

In the decades to come, the real money will be made through global investing. The fast-growing markets in Asia, Eastern Europe, Russia and parts of...

Sinking Consumer Confidence: A Harbinger of Rougher Waters Ahead?

Consumer confidence skidded in June to its lowest level in nearly a...

The Sarkozy Factor: Time to Take a Chance on France?

For investors, the election of Nicolas Sarkozy makes it very clear that France can be transformed into a highly alluring profit...

Time For Fed-Watchers to Watch the Fed

It's what they say - not what they do - that will...

"Reverse Merger" Will Make Europe's GLG Hedge Fund Firm a Public Company

GLG Partners, one of the largest hedge funds in the European market, will go public in the United States in a "reverse merger" valued at $3.4...

Could China Trade Initiative Lead to Higher U.S. Interest Rates and Higher Stock Prices?

China is moving to tame its out-of-control trade surplus - China could end up with U.S. investors facing higher interest rates, those Fed-engineered...

Alternative Energy: How Oil's Unpredictability Is Driving Investment In Renewable Fuel Sources

Investors had feared that the Nigerian Oil Strike would be a long work outage, causing overblown oil prices instead of spiking energy...

Flextronics Deal Creates Competition for Taiwan's Hon Hai

With its recent agreement to buy rival Solectron for $3.6 billion, Flextronics is hoping that it will gain the manufacturing and marketing muscle...

Ethanol, Mileage Agreements Reached Despite Disagreements

The Senate last week approved a bill calling for a bigger use of ethanol, as well as the first boost in gas mileage requirements in several...

International Investing: Why U.S. Investors are "Boxed Out" of Big Global Profits

It was a record stock sale, the biggest IPO the world had ever seen. Read on to find out...

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