According to a report published by Capgemini and Merrill Lynch, in 2009 the wealthy got wealthier worldwide despite the global economic downturn. Globally, the number of millionaires rose by 17 percent in 2009. Meanwhile, the middle class and the poor are getting increasingly squeezed as the result of the 2008 global financial meltdown, which translated [...]
If Barack Obama can get to the White House, you’d figure Roland Martin could land a show on CNN. Or Michael Eric Dyson. But no. The tired, former only-game-in-town cable giant took the easy, more than slightly sleazy route to prime time competition. By announcing the launch of a new 8 pm “Crosstalk” type show [...]
The first round of the qualification of the world cup is almost over, and with it came a lot of surprises challenging both FIFA ranking and some conventional wisdom about the world only global sporting event. Spain, for example, was one of the world cup favorite but yet suffered a defeat from Switzerland, a solid [...]
Maybe karma is finally catching up with the corporate greed machine. As oil continues to spew at an alarming and seemingly endless rate in the Gulf of Mexico, another environmental catastrophe is exposed in Josh Fox’s controversial documentary, “Gasland.” The film which explores the frightening effects of the process of “fracking”–in which oil and gas [...]
The same disregard shown by Wall Street and ‘Big Finance’ to laws and regulations governing exploitation, fraud, and theft, has been extended to principles of civil rights and civil liberties. Ave Maria Funds, Advised by Larry Kudlow, and managed by Schwartz Investment Counsel, will not serve the investment needs of any companies that do not discriminate against homosexuals and same-sex marriages,
