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MONICA SHOWALTER 10/05/2015 In 2012, the Chilean government invited a group of journalists to the South American country to show off its innovations — language programs, new uses for llama fur, greenie aquaculture, microfinance, quake-proof skyscrapers and the world’s most powerful telescope. But there was one thing missing amid all
10/07/2011 The Left: Billionaire George Soros declared sympathy for the mobs swarming Wall Street and blaming banks for the economy. Strange that a man who should be anathema to these parasites’ agenda is actually their patron. The “Occupy Wall Street” blame-the-banks movement in New York and other large cities is proving
Excerpt: But while the political debate has focused on U.S. immigration enforcement, a key economic factor has been lost in the clamor. Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, which are supplying three-quarters of the latest cross-border flood, are bucking a trend in Latin America toward stronger local economies based on sound
By Monica Showalter John D. Todd, chairman of The Todd Corporation in Wellington, New Zealand, is a big fish in a small pond. And the 74-year-old head of the family-owned energy conglomerate plans to continue getting bigger. Forbes estimates his Todd Corporation is worth at least $1 billion. The fortune was launched four
By Monica Showalter An oil magnate from Russia offers back-up supplies if the Middle East turns off its spigots. If the Middle East goes up in flames, the U.S., Europe and much of Asia will need to find alternative sources of energy to replace the shortfall. The state of Alaska is
By Nigel Holloway Kerry A. Dolan (see end of story for credit on the elements of story done in Jersey City) Osama bin Laden required a dry tinderbox to ignite a world conflagration. The surest method to dampen things is to find better jobs for would-be terrorists. A good way to
President Bush has vowed to use financial weapons to attack Osama bin Laden. It will be difficult to do so, but not impossible. by Kerry Dolan, Richard Heller, Luisa Kroll, Deborah Orr, John Pitman, Silvia Sansoni, Francesca Sears and Monica Showalter. Make no mistake, it takes money to run a
By Monica Showalter María Asunción Aramburuzabala is tapping her beer money to digitize Mexico. It was tense in the boardroom of Mexico’s leading media group in the spring of last year as two macho cousins sparred over the direction of the $2.1 billion (2000 revenues) Grupo Televisa empire. The peacemaker was a
With the pathetically humiliating failure of North Korea’s missile launch in the wake of a very big puffy buildup, the shark tank must be working overtime over in Pyongyang. You wouldn’t want to be one of the North Korean minions who worked on that wretched fizzle-out that has humiliated the
Education Bubble: The University of Missouri reported a near-25% drop in student enrollment following its unrest. This is the result of political correctness run amok, weak university leadership and inflated college costs. “I am writing to you today to confirm that we project a very significant budget shortfall due to