China Buys Hollywood Influence with Takeover of Top U.S. Cinema Chain
A massive China-based conglomerate headed by a member of the nation’s ruling Communist Party announced last week the largest ever corporate takeover of...
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JOBS Act Is Starting to Work
ClearSign Combustion in Seattle, Washington, is one of the first small “early-stage” companies to raise public capital under the JOBS Act enacted in...
Read moreGlobal Government Debt Crisis Emerging
A sugar-coated analysis of the global economy released by the International Monetary Fund April 17 nevertheless contains dire warnings about a world in...
Read moreCanada Moves Closer to Cashless Society With Digital MintChip Currency
As free market-based digital currencies like Bitcoin and e-gold continue to gain traction around the world, the government of Canada responded with the “MintChip,”...
Read moreTaking Stock of Obama’s Dividend Tax Hike Proposal
In his 2013 budget proposal, President Barack Obama is asking for what amounts to a tripling of the corporate dividends tax rate for...
Read moreProposed Fuel Standards Could Hurt Car Makers
The Obama administration continues to set unfavorable conditions for businesses to prosper, this time through overbearing new fuel standards that auto dealers fear...
Read moreGold Prices Soar on Fed News, Other Factors
A combination of several factors, including a declining dollar and the Federal Reserve’s announcement that it would keep interest rates at virtually zero...
Read moreUnemployment Numbers, Regime Uncertainty, and Regulatory Surge
Last Friday’s unemployment numbers, on the surface at least, appeared to reflect a growing, albeit slowly, economy. The number of new unemployment claims...
Read moreThe Free Market is Brutal: Kodak Loses; Consumers Win
After 131 years, it appears that Eastman Kodak will be declaring Chapter 11 bankruptcy before the end of the month, according to the...
Read moreEthanol Subsidies Disappear, Mandates Remain
The Washington Post’s editorial celebrating the ending of ethanol subsidies iterated the same free-market positions taken by Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) and other...
Read moreNew York Times Continues Free Fall
With the latest announcement of its sale of 16 newspapers, the New York Times continues to sell off assets to stay alive. The sale...
Read moreFed, National Banks Decide on More Global Inflation
The Federal Reserve Bank and five other central banks across the world cut the "temporary U.S. dollar liquidity swap arrangements" rate for central...
Read moreU.S. Fed Bailout of Euro Prompts New Push for Audit & Sound Money
As central banks around the world unleashed a coordinated deluge of new money to deal with the economic crisis swamping Europe, critics expressed...
Read moreGadhafi’s Gold-money Plan Would Have Devastated Dollar
It remains unclear exactly why or how the Gadhafi regime went from “a model” and an “important ally” to the next target for...
Read moreBig Banks Shift Their Derivatives Exposure Onto U.S. Taxpayers
When Bank of America announced that it was moving its derivatives-laden portfolio at its subsidiary Merrill Lynch over to its bank holding company,...
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