…] Just a few years’ ago, the idea that a federal judge would need to remind a federal regulatory agency that the judicial and executive branches work on behalf of…

…direct government loans, with a lower consolidated interest rate. Obama plans to use his Executive authority to bypass Congress for this program. Democratic Representative Hansen Clarke of Michigan wants to…

…slight wrinkle. Depending on the Executive Branch’s bureaucratic response to it, there is a vague possibility that it would have almost no impact at all. The provision reads in its…

…the civil rights of US citizens, including allowing one to be targeted and assassinated on solely the say-so of the executive branch without any of the due process protections supposedly…

…creates the opportunity for triumph. Yet many of America’s major banks are too big to fail, so they can privatize profits while socializing risk. *** [Mohamed El-Erian, chief executive of…

William Keller who until recently was executive editor of The New York Times asserts that Venezuela is a neighbor of Peru. A screenshot and a geography lesson are after the…

…findings as follows: 1. U.S. Jobs Lost Rather Than Gained; 2. Research and Development Expenditures Did Not Accelerate; 3. Stock Repurchases Increased After Repatriation; 4. Executive Compensation Increased After Repatriation;…

And, therefore, ripping off its (at least European) advertisers: The Guardian has just broken a new story about News International: Wall Street Journal circulation scam claims senior Murdoch executive: Andrew…

The practice of ‘peer benchmarking’ and cozy relationships on executive boards have contributed to a steep rise in CEO pay since the 1970s, reports Peter Whoriskey in The Washington Post’s…

By Jeff McCord is a former US Senate staffer, Securities Investor Protection Corp (SIPC) executive and has been a free-lance journalist for Dow Jones publications. His academic background in economics…