Currency Trading Is Place to Make Your Fortune: February 16.2010 Buzz on The Street: Usually reluctant to respond to requests for career advice that occasionally find their way into my e-mail box. There is a move so obvious for anyone finishing college or university this year, or contemplating their next step up the career ladder,…
IT’S not the economy, stupid, it’s you. An adviser to small businesses offers hard-edged solutions to problems faced by most entrepreneurs. His advice is to put profits above all. Always pay yourself first. Shock your laggard employees. Don’t accept excuses. His ax falls on trade shows (“they’re just a flimsy excuse for a paid vacation”),…
NATO begins one of its biggest offensives in Afghanistan since the beginning of the war, coalition troops face a multitude of challenges. Helmand province is known for its opium production and as a hub of Taliban activity. Sunday ,” retired Gen. James Jones, President Barack Obama’s national security adviser, said, “One of the ancillary benefits…
Christie’s and Sotheby’s jockey for position in 2010 Feb 15th 2010 IN 2009 Christie’s year on year sales fell by a third, but it was definitely Christie’s year. The private auction house, owned by François Pinault, a French luxury-goods billionaire, sold four of the year’s five most-expensive works and seven of the top ten. Of…
The Jihad Against the Jihadis How moderate Muslim leaders waged war on extremists—and won. September 11, 2001, was gruesome enough on its own terms, but for many of us, the real fear was of what might follow. Not only had Al Qaeda shown it was capable of sophisticated and ruthless attacks, but a far greater…
Dubai debt concerns re-emerged Friday as the cost of protection against a default by the Persian Gulf emirate climbed to the highest level since November, according to data provider Markit. The price of credit default swaps on Dubai government debt jumped to 630 basis points on Friday, up from 592 on Thursday, Markit data show….
Pakistan plays Let’s Make a Deal in Afghanistan By Bill RoggioFebruary 10, 2010 12:50 AM The Pakistanis are dangling a settlement for the Afghan war to the US. The bait is the Haqqanis, according to The New York Times. That’s right, the same Haqqanis who are the closest to al Qaeda: What the Pakistanis can…
EX-EMPLOYEES: BLACKWATER CHARGED U.S. TAXPAYERS FOR PROSTITUTES Iraq Orders Hundreds Of Former Blackwater Guards Out Of The Country… But Firm Is Still Vying For $1 Billion U.S. Contract For Afghan War — Private security guards from Blackwater Worldwide participated in some of the C.I.A.’s most sensitive activities — clandestine raids with agency officers against people…
U.S. Army soldiers launch preliminary operation Tuesday in support of a planned U.S.-Afghan attack on the largest Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan STORY IN DEPTH NATO and Afghan officials, meanwhile, urged militants holding Marjah, where an offensive is expected, to lay down their arms and warned civilians there to “keep your heads down.” About 400…
STORY HIGHLIGHTS : How the mighty have fallen. Just a few years ago, an overconfident Bush administration expected to oust Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, pacify the country, install a compliant client government, privatize the economy, and establish Iraq as the political and military headquarters for a dominating US presence in the Middle East. These successes…