In this quiet , shortened trading week, something historic will happen. As of today, July 3rd 2007 the 'uptick' rule will be eliminated. If you're new to all this, the uptick rule limits how a trader can sell a stock short. The rule on
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish Prime Minister, today denied any immediate plans to authorise a military invasion in northern Iraq. But he hinted that once elections have taken place later this month that he would reassess Turkey's options.
(It seems the Democrats want war with Iran more than the GOP) The Iran Counter-Proliferation Act of 2007, which would go into effect on Jan. 1, 2008, tightens the screws on Iran's economy. It sensibly denies a nuclear cooperation agreement with
President Bush's former political director says she intends to follow his directive and not answer questions about her role in the adminstration's firing of federal prosecutors -- unless a court directs her to defy her former boss.
Rudy sure knows how to pick them. From Thomas Ravenel(indicted for dealing coke) who was his South Carolina campaign chair to Sen. David Vitter(aka Sen. Wild Thing) as his Southern Regional Chair. Lord knows what's next.
Rachel is WAY better then Obama's girl. A practical call to action on how we can win Iowa for Ron Paul. They have hatched a plan to call all of the likely republican voters in Iowa on the behalf of Ron Paul. Rachel, I love you! In a revolution
This letter written when running for congress. Things haven changed much have they? The other day, I made a huge "gaffe" on national TV: I told the truth about the crimes of the U.S. government. As you can imagine, the ceiling fell in,
Predicting sanctions will ultimately fail to stop Teheran's nuclear program, Brig.-Gen. Yossi Kuperwasser, former head of Military Intelligence's Research Division, said the time to launch an effective military strike against Iran's nucle
The euro hit a record high of 1.3740 dollars amid worries about the US economy, underscoring a debate among European leaders about how much control should be maintained over the single currency. The British pound also hit a 26-year high of 2.0275 dol
Last weekend, Kent Couch settled down in his lawn chair with some snacks -- and a parachute. Attached to his lawn chair were 105 large helium balloons. Destination: Idaho.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said he had a "gut feeling" about a new period of increased risk.
He based his assessment on earlier patterns of terrorists in Europe and intelligence he would not disclose.
The U.S. command in Baghdad this week ballyhooed the killing of a key al Qaeda leader but later admitted that the military had declared him dead a year ago.
German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble drew flak for considering a security policy that would allow the indefinite detention and "targeted killing" of terror suspects.
Congress and the families of the murdered private security contractors have been demanding answers: Why did the lightly armed and undermanned team go through the heart of one of Iraq's most hostile cities? Why did the two teams sent out that day
Forty years ago this week, I was asked to investigate the heaviest attack on an American ship since World War II. As senior legal counsel to the Navy Court of Inquiry, it was my job to help uncover the truth regarding Israel's June 8, 1967, bombi
Neighborhood outposts the U.S. military launched with great fanfare in Baghdad this year were supposed to put more American patrols on the streets and make residents feel safer. Soldiers stationed at the posts and Iraqis who live nearby say they are
The effect of Entebbe on world opinion, especially within the U.S. and Britain, was to increase sympathy for the Israelis and paint a portrait of the Palestinians as violent brutes. That may have been the motive behind the operation, according to sec
AS domestic support for the war in Iraq continues to melt away, President Bush and the United States military in Baghdad are increasingly pointing to a single villain on the battlefield: Al Qaeda.
"During the tuberculosis story in June, [CBS News' Katie] Couric got angry with news editor Jerry Cipriano for using a word she detested— 'sputum' —and the staff grew tense when she began slapping him 'over and over and over agai
The United States could deploy a system to protect an area ranging from Washington to Boston from sea-based cruise-missile attacks within 14 months at a cost of "several billion dollars," a top Lockheed Martin Corp. executive said.
The US economy is now being powered by educators, healthcare workers, front-desk clerks at hotels, and anyone who can ask, "May I help you?"
Demand for workers in the service sector is hard to sate. Online job postings are full of ads lo
The U.S. Army, strained by wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, missed its recruiting goal for the second straight month in June, indicating a trend that some defense officials called worrying.
Senior Iraqi politicians, with possible tacit backing from US Vice President Richard Cheney, are planning to ask soon for a no-confidence parliamentary vote against Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki as a step toward bringing him down, CBS News reported.
How dumb can Teddy Kennedy prove himself? How could even one senator vote for S.1639 for amnesty that burned in flames two weeks ago? Had they succeeded, we would have lost America in the abyss of a multicultural nightmare and "Human Katrina**
Sheehan, a Californian, officially announced that she intends to run as an independent against Pelosi in 2008 if the San Francisco congresswoman doesn't move to impeach Bush by July 23, the day she expects to reach Washington.
After the recent revelations about all those military contractors working in Iraq and inside the CIA, maybe it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to learn that Pentagon's office for beating improvised bombs is packed with outsiders-for-hire