by Henry Oliner | Mar 31, 2009 | Financial
My seven speculative stock picks with sector and price as of 4/1/09 opening.China Medical Technologies – medical- 13.77- CMEDNucor- steel- 38.17- NUETata Motors- auto- 4.93- TTMDiamond Foods- foods products- 27.93- DMNDSuntrust Bank- banking- 11.74- STIAdobe...
by Henry Oliner | Mar 31, 2009 | Business
First we give GM several billion dollars.Then we hint on letting them go bankrupt. That would make the U.S. Government one of the largest creditors affecting influence over the bankruptcy process.How would such political influence affect the process? Would other...
by Henry Oliner | Mar 31, 2009 | Media
Media power is political power. Berlusconi is the prime minister of Italy and the owner of the dominant media outlets in the country. He can control his image in the press as few people can.Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York, is the very successful owner of...
by Henry Oliner | Mar 30, 2009 | Politics
I hereby declare that political partisanship now be referred to as ‘Political Contingency Operations’.There; problem solved.
by Henry Oliner | Mar 30, 2009 | Economics, Politics
Cries of socialism obfuscate our political dilemma. Are we a capitalistic country with a 36% tax rate and a socialistic one at 39-1/2% rate? Truthfully we crossed the socialistic divide some time ago; now it is just a matter of degrees. We have long outgrown the...