HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — China’s securities regulators have given the go ahead for a mutual fund to invest in foreign exchange-traded gold funds, potentially tapping interest among mainland China investors who face negative real interest rates on their bank deposits and want to hedge against inflation.
Reports: Google to offer nearly $6B for Groupon
By Associated Press
Posted today at 5:52 a.m.
Published reports say Google may be close to buying online discount service Groupon in a deal worth as much as $6 billion in what would be the search leader’s largest acquisition ever.
The possible deal was reported by the technology blog All...
STIGLITZ: We Have To Throw Bankers In Jail Or The Economy Won't Recover
As economists such as William Black and James Galbraith have repeatedly said, we cannot solve the economic crisis unless we throw the criminals who committed fraud in jail.
And Nobel prize winning economist George Akerlof has demonstrated that failure to punish white...
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) says it has signed a deal with a UK pharmaceutical company to develop an anti-obesity drug from a plant used by the San people....
Barton: 'I want to be George Patton' in battle against W.H.
From NBC's Shawna Thomas and Luke Russert
When Rep. Joe Barton, R-Calif., speaks before the GOP Steering Committee later this week to make his case for leading the House Energy and Commerce panel, he will present himself as the General Patton to Presumptive Speaker Boehner's...
