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Lou Dobbs’ resignation from CNN after 27 years  has led to speculation about his future plans — whether in politics or a possible move to Fox News.  Dobbs, known for his controversial opinions on immigration, went so far as to question the validity of Barack Obama’s Hawaiian birth certificate and suggested that the president was […]

Time magazine has settled the much-anticipated question of its choice for “Person of the Year” for 2009.  It’s Ben Bernanke,  the scholarly chairman of the Federal Reserve, and “the most important and least understood force shaping the American – and global – economy.”  A former Princeton professor well versed in the causes and cures of […]

The Chicago Spire may restart construction, thanks to a group of union pension funds that want to put their members back to work and are in discussions to lend Irish developer Shelbourne Development Group $170 million to complete what would become the nation’s tallest building. The Spire’s construction came to a halt when the global […]

President Barack Obama is well aware that private sector investment creates the majority of sustainable jobs, even though it goes against human nature to invest during hard economic times.  Federal stimulus money has saved/created between 600,000 and 1,500,000 jobs, according to the Congressional Budget Office – a faction of the 7,500,000 million jobs lost.  Lest […]

The world’s central banks are easing up slightly on the generosity they have shown over the past year when the financial crisis threatened to destroy the global economy. After European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet said his bank would withdraw some liquidity operations, the euro rose.  Similarly the pound went up after the Bank of […]

The Obama Administration is giving serious thought to the best use of the remaining funds that are part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) financial bailout. The President – under pressure to bring down the deficit that has grown as the government seeks to reverse the economic crisis — is considering using a significant […]

The cash-strapped State of Arizona may sell the identical House and Senate buildings where legislative business has been conducted for 50 years. A total of 32 properties within the Capitol complex, valued in excess of $1 billion, may be sold and leased for several years prior to assuming ownership again.  Investors would benefit from long-term […]

With the national unemployment rate at 10.2 percent, President Barack Obama is focusing on job creation – the American public’s number one concern.  The administration’s “White House to Main Street” summit and tour is gathering advice from a variety of stakeholders, including business executives, small-business owners, economists, union officials and Ed Pawlowski, the mayor of […]

Manufacturers are feeling sunnier, according to a new Price Waterhouse Coopers poll. The poll, which queried senior executives at 60 industrial manufacturers between mid-July and mid-October, found that 48 percent sense optimism about the American market compared with last year an improvement over the second quarter.  In light of this cautious optimism, 23 percent expect […]

Home prices nationally are on the rise again, according to a new report issued by the Standard &Poor’s/Case-Shiller Home Price Index. The average sale price rose 3.1 percent during the third quarter of 2009, the same percent increase reported during the second quarter.  On the downside, that statistic is still nine percent lower than the […]