President Barack Obama had to replace Christina Romer as the top economic adviser to the President. And today Obama announced that Austan Goolsbee will be the new chair of the Council of Economic Advisers to the President. This is a high office and high position for anyone economist to hold. President Obama went on to […]
Category: Politics
The Republican primary for Governor of the State of Florida came to down to a narrow margin last night as Rick Scott faced off against not only his opponent, Attorney General Bill McCollum, but also the entrenched corruption within the Florida state Republican government. The special interests and scandal in the State of Florida is […]
Rod Blagojevich’s verdict was read today by a federal jury. And no sooner was “The Blago Verdict” read when the circus and attacks and lash backs started from the Blago camp. Rod Blagojevich took this unprecedented opportunity to capitalize on his momentum and throw as much dirt back into the face of the federal government […]
On Monday it was reported that China has passed Japan as the second largest economy in the world, behind the United States. China’s economy is growing so quickly that some experts believe they will actually surpass the United States to become the number one economy globally by the year 2013. China’s economy is reportedly valued […]
Paul Shine Devine, a global supply manager at Apple, used his position to obtain confidential information from Apple and then sold that information to suppliers which would helped suppliers negotiate better rates and terms in their contracts with Apple. Apple spokesman Steve Dowling release the following statement, “”Apple is committed to the highest ethical standards […]
Apparently Wikileaks really enjoyed the attention (and traffic) they got last month when the leaked Afghanistan war documents via their site wikileaks.com because they are back it again. Wikileaks plans to post additional Afghan war logs, but this time Defense Secretary Robert Gates is stepping up and taking notice. Gates, and other U.S. defense officials […]
The almost certain passage of a bill that will extend jobless benefits has just cleared the Senate with a vote of 60-40 in favor of the bill. Nearly all 60 of the “yes” votes came from the Democratic party. The New York Times is reporting that “with the bare minimum of votes required to avoid […]