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“An angry public wants quick relief from high prices” at the pump, says Business Week. That’s hardly a surprise. Over… Read More »“Windfall Profits” Tax on Oil Companies

Dr. Roy Spencer is a principal research scientist for University of Alabama in Huntsville. In the past, he has served… Read More »Hurricanes and Global Warming: Interview with Dr. Roy Spencer

Dr. James J. O’Brien is Director of the Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies at Florida State University, where he is… Read More »Hurricanes and Global Warming: Interview with Dr. James J. O’Brien

Meteorologist Dr. William Gray may be the world’s most famous hurricane expert. More than two decades ago, as professor of… Read More »Hurricanes and Global Warming: Interview with Meteorologist Dr. William Gray

As much of Europe struggles with double-digit unemployment this year, the United States has been creating an average of 200,000… Read More »JobBay

Reading Kurt Eichenwald’s fascinating book on Enron Corp., “A Conspiracy of Fools,” is enough to make an investor throw up… Read More »How to Avoid Investing in Crooked Businesses

The U.S. commerce secretary, Carlos Gutierrez, last month took a ritual stroll through a Beijing market that teemed with pirated… Read More »The Axis of IP Evil

Alan Greenspan had his “conundrum,” and I’ve got mine. Greenspan’s conundrum: why are long-term interest rates staying so low for… Read More »Don’t Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth

Last month in Las Vegas, 5,619 contestants were vying for the 36th annual World Series of Poker’s No-Limit Texas Hold-‘Em… Read More »Lessons From the Poker Table