One-Man Company Now Controls US “Live Events” AND Ticketing


Irving Azoff is arguably the most powerful man in the history of American pop music.

On January 25, the Justice Department blessed a merger between Ticketmaster, the ticketing giant led by Mr. Azoff since 2008, and Live Nation, the world’s largest concert promotion company.

American Expatriats Renouncing Citizenship in Greater Numbers


Amid mounting frustration over taxation and banking problems, small but growing numbers of overseas Americans are taking the weighty step of renouncing their citizenship.

Amid mounting frustration over taxation and banking problems, small but growing numbers of overseas Americans are taking the weighty step of renouncing their citizenship.

Korea in Ongoing Uproar Over Book on Samsung


Samsung is the most sacrosanct — and yet often mistrusted — company in South Korea.

Thus it’s hardly surprising that life has been a roller coaster for Kim Yong-chul since he began talking about Samsung Electronics two and a half years ago.

Samsung is the most sacrosanct — and yet often mistrusted — company in South Korea.

US Now IN-Sourcing Counterfeiting of $100 Bills ;-)


The rise of digital money, where the wealth sits in charged ions along the strip of a bank card, has not meant the demise of the counterfeit bill.

According to one expert on counterfeits, through the late 1990s, Treasury Department officials estimated that about $20,000 in phony bills was passed in New York City each week.

Syria Claims It’s Now Completely Free of Foreign Debt


Syrian Finance Minister Mohammad al-Hussein announced that Syria has settled all of its foreign debt.

The Syrian state news agency says Syria and Bulgaria have signed a deal to write off most of Damascus’ outstanding debt to the European nation.[br]

Syrian Finance Minister Mohammad al-Hussein announced that Syria has settled all of its foreign debt.

North Dakota: Lots of Jobs but Far Too Few Places to Live


For quite a while now, we’ve argued one of the main problems confronting the US and global economy as a whole, as well as several of its major players, like China and India,

For quite a while now, we’ve argued one of the main problems confronting the US and global economy as a whole, as well as several of its major players, like China and India,

Federal Reserve Made $47.4 Billion in 2009


The Federal Reserve transferred $47.4 billion, a record sum, to the Treasury Department last year, a result of the central bank’s actions to support the fragile housing market.

The transfer to the public coffers rose roughly 50 percent, or $15.7 billion, from $31.7 billion transferred in 2008,

India: Toxic Radiation Found in Scrap Metal Raises Fatal Concerns


For years, India and other developing countries, particularly China, have imported different categories of waste from developed countries as a lucrative, if controversial, business.

Critics have blamed the importing of discarded computer equipment, known as toxic e-waste, for long-term chronic health problems among workers in scrapyards, as well as environmental damage.

Govt / Wall Street Revolving Door: High Ex-Obama Aide To Defend GS v SEC – EN ESPANOL ;-) !!!


Well, things are definitely moving along in Rosario, Argentina, where our friend / colleague / and clearly devoted reader Sr. Dr. Claudio Pairoba lives,

Well, things are definitely moving along in Rosario, Argentina, where our friend / colleague / and clearly devoted reader Sr. Dr. Claudio Pairoba lives,

Chinese Naval Expansion Changing Look of Global, East Asian Waters


The Chinese military is seeking to project naval power well beyond the Chinese coast,

from the oil ports of the Middle East to the shipping lanes of the Pacific, where the United States Navy has long reigned as the dominant force, military officials and analysts say.