What's In a Name: Can the U.S. Afford to Call China a Currency Manipulator?

It seems like every six months the debate over China's currency, the yuan, reaches a fevered pitch: The Washington bureaucrats

Three Ways to Brace for a Double-Dip Recession

Economists are torn... Is the U.S. economy on the upswing? Or are we facing the dreaded "double dip recession"? Either way, there are a few things...

China Using Government Muscle to Turbo Charge its Auto Industry

Having already supplanted the United States as the world's largest auto market, China is on the fast track to becoming the global leader in hybrid...

Can High-Speed Rail Stay On Track in the United States?

President Barack Obama last year outlined an ambitious initiative to get high-speed rail on track in the United States. But while the government's...

Is the U.S. Economy Destined for Deflation?

With inflation low and the recovery waning, a growing chorus of analysts is beginning to suspect that U.S. policymakers aren't doing enough to head...

Misguided Policy Paving the Way for a Double-Dip Recession

With unemployment still hovering near 10%, policymakers should be doing all they can to combat joblessness and reinvigorate a recovery that is...

George Soros: "We Have Just Entered Act II" of the Global Financial Crisis

George Soros gained global recognition when he co-founded the Quantum Fund with Jim Rogers in 1970. That fund generated an average annual return of...

Banks and Investors Both Rattled by European Debt Concerns

European debt concerns continued to weigh on investor sentiment today (Thursday) as rumors circulated that the European Central Bank (ECB) was...

BP Bites the Bullet: Analyzing the Full Cost of the Gulf Oil Spill

The Exxon Valdez dumped 260,000 barrels of oil off the coast of Alaska, and ExxonMobil Corp. (NYSE:

With Inflation Accelerating Around the World, Will the United States be Next?

Inflation is now thoroughly entrenched in India's economy, and some analysts fear that the United States could suffer the same fate if adjustments...

Home Depot and Lowe's Laying the Foundation for Recovery with Little Help From the Housing Market

The housing market that was at the epicenter of the financial crisis has yet to approach a full-fledged recovery, but that hasn't stopped the...

One Indicator That's Unquestionably Bullish

Many economic indicators are sending mixed signals, but one stalwart is coming through crystal clear.

And it suggests that U.S. stocks are...

Unemployment Report Set to Reflect the Bitter Face of a Jobless Recovery

New statistics from the Labor Department today (Friday) will likely confirm that the U.S. economy is in a deeper hole than previously...

Fourth Quarter U.S. GDP Report is All Sizzle and No Steak

When the Roman poet Phaedrus cautioned that "things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many," he could easily have been...

Hot Stocks: Apple's iPad Picks Up Where Amazon's Kindle Left Off

When it unveiled the Kindle e-reader in late 2007, Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq:

Disastrous December Collapse Exposes False Start to Housing Market Rebound

Reports of a rebound in the U.S. housing market have proven premature - just as we warned.

Home sales surged 28% from September to...

China Outrunning the Global Recovery and Still Looking Ahead

Many investors are focusing on China's recent moves to curtail lending and cool its economic growth, but in doing so they're forgetting that the...

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