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Enough Energy for 30,000 Years

Jeff Siegel
Posted June 8, 2007

In terms of coal production, the US will likely hit its peak between 2020 and 2030. And that has nothing to do with all that legislation coming down from Capitol Hill (as well as individual states)...

What do Stocks Have to do with the Price of Pork in China?

Brian Hicks
Posted June 8, 2007

By tripling the tax on brokerage transactions, the Chinese government succeeded, at least temporarily, in restraining the surging Chinese stock market. But my expectation is that the correction will...

The Business of Peace

Brian Hicks
Posted June 7, 2007

KETURA, ISRAEL: What do you get when you mix an Israeli father and a Jordanian son? A bright idea and a hundred million dollars.

Your FICO Score on Steroids

Brian Hicks
Posted June 7, 2007

As Barry Bonds continues to assault the home run mark established by Hank Aaron in 1976, Im reminded of the last great home run record to fall. That was in 1998 as Mark McGuire and Sammy Sosa...

Threats and Opportunities: Israel Knows Both

Brian Hicks
Posted June 6, 2007

In the same way that the State of Israel was not born into a vacuum, it is essential to put Israel's energy development in a regional context. Today on the Red Sea, I heard European, Jordanian, and...

America's Growing Cyber-Defenses

Brian Hicks
Posted June 5, 2007

As the series of cyber-attacks in Estonia demonstrated this spring, the battles of ones and zeros fought out between hackers and security experts all over the World Wide Web are by and large...

Better than British Petroleum

Brian Hicks
Posted June 1, 2007

Sam, our intrepid international investing guru, isn't here to say "I told you so." But we know he's thinking it from afar.

The Bloodless Battles of Cyber-Space

Brian Hicks
Posted May 30, 2007

Like a stealthy member of the Special Forces, the first digital intruder slipped in completely unnoticed. A collection of ones and zeroes disguised like all of the rest, it sneaked deep within the...

Israel: In a League of Its Own

Brian Hicks
Posted May 30, 2007

Many international soccer fans are surprised when they learn that Israel competes in the European league, UEFA. Though it is a Middle Eastern country, in sports and trade Israel plays best with the...

Global Warming--The Great Vote-Getter!

Jeff Siegel
Posted May 25, 2007

Theres no doubt that the Democrats used the global warming issue to get votes. Whether they believe this stuff is real or not is irrelevant. Facts are facts. Global warming is a vote-getter...

The Blame Game Has Begun

Brian Hicks
Posted May 24, 2007

As the housing market continues to plummet and the mortgage morass delivers one borrower after another into the pit of foreclosure, the blame game has begun in earnest.

Pain at the Persian Pump