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The biggest status symbol in China isn't a Mercedes, it's a roomy, six-passenger Buick. That's right, General Motors' venerable sedan is the most sought-after vehicle...

With the U.S. economy on life support -- in the form of regular transfusions of cash from the FED -- and jobs disappearing in...

The word recession has been emblazoned in the psyche of most Americans over the past few months. The term has become ubiquitous (although most...

For years now—probably since after the 9/11 attacks, understandably—I've noticed the media paying a lot of attention to the troubles of the airline industry....

Apparently the emerging ethanol industry is wreaking havoc on the chicken industry. So, you might ask: what does an alternative energy fuel source have...

A couple days ago, the Pentagon announced that EADS won a $36 billion ($100 billion growth potential) contract to build U.S. Air Force refueling...

Saw this article in The New York Times today; it's about how New Jersey's brownfield redevelopment incentives didn't do much during the 1990s, but...

Everyone knows about wind turbines and how they are increasingly popping up around the world as another enviro-friendly way to create energy. But did...

A recent article entitled "America for Sale" caught my attention this morning. Why? Just a few days ago, I was writing an article about Virginia's...

Pakistan is perceived as a better place for doing business in South East Asia than India in many respects. In fact, Pakistan ranked 76 among 178 economies worldwide, while India held the 120th spot.

Lest we be forget that the Internet is based on wires and antennas, consider this news item (Reuters via NYTimes): A breakdown in an international...

When governments are strapped for cash and hesitant to raise income taxes, lawmakers often invent some wacky taxes on random goods, according to a...

Our previous blog post highlighted recession-proof jobs and employment sectors, so I thought a recent news story about a "recession-proof" state would be pertinent...

With the word recession at the tip of every one's tongues these days, I figured it would be apropos to spotlight an article I...

I came across an interesting article today in the Latin Business Chronicle that talked about a recent report that came out from the World...

Recently, "green" has become the ubiquitous buzzword used to describe all things environmentally-friendly. But prior to such days of mainstream climate-consciousness, the word "green"...

You surely have been inundated with this news story, which is essentially contained within its own headline Oil breaks $100 as U.S. stockpiles drop   Did you...

This summer, London-based news-magazine, The Economist, ranked its best cities for business travel, and three countries dominated the top ten locations. Canada packed a one-two...