Friday, after markets had closed in the United States, the credit rating of the Nation was downgraded for the first time started rating sovereign debt.
Continue Reading →The United States Post Office has been operating since Ben Franklin founded it in the late 18th century. It was one of the first Federal agencies and the secondary responsibility of the government, after defending the nation.
Continue Reading →This week the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached and slightly exceeded 10,000, closing two straight days above it. What will it really mean?
Continue Reading →Isn’t it ironic that a firm such as AIG, with so many expert and professional insurance risk analysts would engage in the riskiest form of insurance ever created?
Continue Reading →In this sign, understand. Admittedly, a take off on Constantine’s “In Hoc Signo Vinces”, but one for the ages, we believe, because it reflects a paradigm difference in the view of economics.
Continue Reading →Defining human collateral, we refer to it as the effort a business owner and those working with or for him or her put into the operation of an enterprise, whether that entity be new, acquired or inherited.
Continue Reading →There are those who predict that in an economic slow down, almost all businesses will suffer greatly.
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