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By Joe Mysak A South Carolina toll road’s Chapter 9 filing last week is just the third municipal bankruptcy this year, suggesting that states and

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While President Obama insists that the federal government is firmly in control of the response to BP’s spill in the Gulf, people in coastal communities

By: John Laughland Throughout the history of European integration, its supporters have often used transport metaphors to sell their project. In the 1960s, Europe was

By Jennifer Ouellette Take that, Fermilab! This seems to be the underlying message of yesterday’s BBC News article announcing that CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC)

By Gregory White and Kamelia Angelova Continue reading The Sovereign Debt Crisis Snuck Up On Us Out Of Nowhere

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted initial approval for a “roadable aircraft” known as the Transition. The flying car – which is manufactured by

By Richard Teitelbaum Greg Palm, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. general counsel, took a call in his 37th-floor office at One New York Plaza on Dec.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler appears to be on verge of achieving a big victory in his battle to impose stricter