Archive for January, 2010

23Jan

Slow Burn for US Crop Ambitions

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The past two years have been turbulent for the US ethanol industry.
The first generation of the fuel—produced from corn grown primarily in the Midwest—was once trumpeted as the country’s solution for energy independence and a job-generator for the rural heartland.
But then corn-based ethanol production became caught up in a debate over whether farmland should be [...]

Western countries, with US being the representative, have always been criticizing China on its control of copyright cover the Internet. However, China hit back hard recently against US criticism of the nation’s controls over the Internet, announcing that Washington’s push against online censorship could harm the relations between the two big powers.
Torrent search engines, from [...]

Rich individuals who got their fingers burned in the financial crisis are moving back to basics in search of transparent, simple, low-cost products, shifting from private banks to smaller, independent wealth managers and boutiques to get them.
According to last year’s annual survey by Merrill Lynch and Capegemini, the number of wealthy individuals with investable assets [...]

The insurance industry is probably one of the most important resources serving industries in the United States. Today, the industry sector is experiencing some big changes due to Obama administration and congressional Democrats soured last summer.
In order to kill or significantly modify the major health reform bills moving through Congress, six of US’s biggest health [...]

21Jan

Smart to Reform US For-Profit Schools

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On the face of it, the for-profit higher education business in the US would seem to be an attractive investment sector. Earnings growth rates for big companies are in the 20-30% range, balance sheets are sound, and P/E ratios modest.
Yet the for-profit public companies are among the short-sellers’ favorite playthings. For a crowd of professional [...]


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