I don't know -- it seems like Barack Obama's nefarious scheme to turn America into a socialist hellscape and destroy the world economy isn't working too well: Dow Pierces 13000. The Dow broke 13000 just before 11:30 a.m. EST on Tuesday, fell back and then did it again just after ...
Nicholas Kristof makes some good points about the "Occupy Wall Street" movement, especially on its lack of clearly stated goals: The Bankers and the Revolutionaries. To address that lack, Kristof has some suggestions: Impose a financial transactions tax. This would be a modest tax on financial trades, modeled on the suggestions ...
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Jon Stewart, Comedy, Wall Street, Protests, Police Brutality
A sudden market correction, apparently caused by a 9% slide in Chinese stocks: The Dow Industrials Fall 500 Points. Stocks plummeted Tuesday, hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down more than 500 points as Wall Street joined a global market plunge sparked by growing concerns that the U.S. and Chinese economies are ...