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A Very European Crisis

February 8, 2010
Greece’s entry into the euro zone nine years ago benefitted the country but also masked significant structural problems. The stability of the euro allowed Greece to borrow at lower interest rates; but it papered over a more serious lack of fiscal discipline. That is, while GDP was growing, Greece...

France vs EU: Bitter War of Words Escalates

June 24, 2013
A public spat between France and the EU is a potential sign of French disenchantment with the EU, reports The Local. The issue grew out of France’s position that European film and television industry be insulated from Hollywood during the upcoming US-EU trade negotiations and stems from past...

Nuclear Weapons - The Greatest Peril to Civilization

Ted Turner
February 21, 2008

Reuters: Defiant North Korea Hints at Nuclear Tests to Boost Force “to the Maximum”

May 1, 2017
North Korea vows to continue nuclear weapons tests, and in response, the US president says that “major conflict” is possible while China expresses concern that that the situation slips out of control. “Reclusive North Korea has carried out five nuclear tests and a series of missile tests in...

IT Mergers Have Feds Flailing Against Tech Globalization

April 4, 2006
The US Department of Defense aims to scrutinize any foreign entity that wants to buy US information-technology (IT) firms. Before Canada-based Nortel Networks purchased government-contractor PEC Solutions, it had to set up a separate subsidiary and allow the Defense Department to monitor e-mails....

Europe Takes Africa’s Fish, and Boatloads of Migrants Follow

January 15, 2008
Huge industrial trawlers, most from Europe, push through waters off the African coast, efficiently scraping sea beds clean of fish. Such nonselective industrial fishing has devastated fish populations and habitat, destroying a livelihood and encouraging more African fishermen to use their boats to...

US to Rejoin Coffee Pact

September 15, 2004
Poverty-stricken coffee farmers in developing countries are struggling with their inability to compete with in the global marketplace. The London-based International Coffee Organization (ICO), an intergovernmental cooperative, has worked to improve conditions for those involved in the coffee trade...

Looking for a Villain, and Finding One in China

April 18, 2004
A couple years ago, economists warned that China was exporting deflation to the US. Now that is over, but many still see China as the problem. To some, China is a big cause of inflation, and economists, businessmen and politicians have blamed it for every economic woe. "China is choking off...
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