The EU came to a unanimous decision to tighten their spending, place controls and penalties to those that do not follow the rules. Ultimately they will need more money and will tax their citizens further potentially putting the global economy at risk. German unemployment rate declined to 6.7 in Jan. from 6.8 in Dec., helping...

Nicolas Sarkozy as the French President, depicting himself as a man of action,in a pre-election gamble looks to introduce an unpopular 0.1% tax on financial transactions aimed at raising revenues. The emphasis is to raise revenues while discouraging money from flowing offshore. The tax will target shares and not bonds. He has also pledged to...

The EU came to a unanimous decision to tighten their spending, place controls and penalties to those that do not follow the rules. Ultimately they will need more money and will tax their citizens further potentially putting the global economy at risk. German unemployment rate declined to 6.7 in Jan. from 6.8 in Dec., helping...

President Obama will give his State of the Union Address this evening, an opportunity to launch his re-election ambitions to keep his cushy job. Money is not an issue as the new age  media campaign was able to draw blood out of stones. Meanwhile Obama is about to nominate Larry Summers as Head of the...