Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao will make a bid for the World Boxing Council’s crown tonight when he takes on Mexico’s Antonio “Tornado” Margarito in Dallas. A seven-division world champion, 31-year-old Pacquiao is a bona fide megastar in the Philippines: In May of this year he was elected to the country’s House of Representatives, he has two [...]
Michael Tennenbaum, founder of Tennenbaum Capital Partners LLC, and Marvin Barth, chief investment strategist at the hedge fund, discuss the potential implications of yesterday’s midterm congressional elections for Federal Reserve monetary policy, the economy and investors. They speak with Margaret Brennan on Bloomberg Television’s “InBusiness.” Bernanke Breathes New Life Into Junk Bond Rally With QE2: [...]
This week Max Keiser and co-host Stacy Herbert look at the scandals of “the weather in healthcare”, virtual girlfriends and illegal immigrants giving up on the US economy. In the second half of the show, Max talks to independent journalist Mark “Bicyclemark” Fonseca Rendeiro, who is in Kabul to assist with the elections.
Australians chose between making a conservative male their fourth prime minister in three years or sticking with their first female leader in tight elections Saturday just two months after she took power. In early counting, the Australian Electoral Commission said the governing center-left Labor Party was trailing the conservative opposition coalition in the popular vote. [...]
The proposed law would have required that chief executives appear at the end of political ads, claiming responsibility for the material. The law also would have banned foreign corporations or governments, large government contractors, and federal bailout recipients from spending money in US elections.“It is incredible that we now have to struggle to find a [...]