About a year ago, we looked at the Baltic Dy Index as it hit new highs. At the time, we noted it reflected "global growth,...
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Growing up on an island, I’ve always been intrigued by the boating world. Many friends and neighbors have boats, and while...
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On Bloomberg (via Paul), comes this very good video interview with T. Boone Pickens on Oil, Natural Gas, Trading — and Wind...
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A few weeks ago, we discussed the Clay Shirky’s concept of cognitive surplus. Here’s the original video of that discussion:
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One of the things I try to do with the site is maintain a high level of discourse between myself and the readers. As the traffic to the...
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Peter Bernstein, author of such books as Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk, has an interesting piece in the Sunday NYT,...
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Click for video Stiglitz Says Credit Woes May Get Worse Before Improving Stiglitz Says Banks Too Optimistic About End...
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My pal James Pethokoukis is a 2002 Jeopardy! champion — so I don’t lightly challenge his knowledge of either the esoteric...
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America may well be only halfway through the house-price bust; so says this week’s Economist: Mr Bernanke’s maps use figures...
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Every now and again, CNBC puts on a superlative show. Friday morning’s Squawk Box was one of those times when they hit the...
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