Keith KohlPosted April 23, 2007
Let's face it, predicting that oil prices will keep rising this year is like shooting fish in a barrel. This time around it's Nigeria, the world's eighth largest oil exporter. And Nigeria is no...
Brian HicksPosted April 19, 2007
The broader market averages turned red this morning as the Shanghai Surprise Part II roiled the international markets overnight.
Brian HicksPosted April 19, 2007
In the struggle for international energy solutions, Venezuela's Hugo Chavez views the Western Hemisphere's ethanol effort as more of a tug-o'-war than a joint heave. If you're looking for an answer...
Brian HicksPosted April 19, 2007
A top panel of eleven retired admirals and generals from all branches of the military released a report on Monday entitled "National Security and the Threat of Climate Change," which was...
Brian HicksPosted April 18, 2007
No matter how many foreign films you watch or how many hip bistros you eat at, there is no substitute for traveling abroad. Now, with recent breakthroughs in aviation liberalization, low-cost and...
Brian HicksPosted April 17, 2007
In automotive boardrooms from Tokyo to Detroit the race is not only on, its as heated as ever. This time, though, it has less to do with sexy styling and more with something considerably...
Brian HicksPosted April 16, 2007
The dollar is no longer responding to traditional stimulants. Last week, despite the apparently "hawkish" tone in the recently released Fed minutes and trade deficit figures that were slightly less...
Keith KohlPosted April 16, 2007
Remember the good old days when oil was $50 a barrel? I know that was only a few months ago--but just wait a few years from now when you're wishing the price for a barrel of sweet crude was below...
Brian HicksPosted April 12, 2007
I have to admit something--I don't know much about nuclear physics. You might not either, but I bet you know what a mushroom cloud looks like. Unfortunately, a filmstrip's worth of familiarity with...
Brian HicksPosted April 12, 2007
Despite the incoherent tweets of a few remaining housing bulls, the much-anticipated spring selling season has largely come and gone without so much as a peep. The only noise left, it seems, is the...
Brian HicksPosted April 11, 2007
As my host drove me through the western Chinese city of Xining, he smiled kindly. "Here you can really see socialism," he told me, contrasting this smallish provincial capital with the mega-cities...
Brian HicksPosted April 10, 2007
The future is going to be a very scary place. It'll be dark, grim and even foreboding. At least thats the story in a piece published in The Guardian yesterday. There will be information chips...