by leon | May 15, 2016 | Blogs
The Boston Globe reports that Clinton will consider putting another woman on the ticket. For sure, there are Democrats who think Hillary Clinton is creating a dream team if she picks Elisabeth Warren as her running mate. They say it would generate energy and attract...
by leon | May 14, 2016 | Blogs
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Germany was exerting its influence as a new and growing political and military power. The result was the First World War. We could be seeing the same thing happening with China now. Beijing is setting itself up to be...
by leon | May 8, 2016 | Blogs
The rise of Sadiq Khan, the son of a bus driver and seamstress who grew up on a public housing estate and who has just been elected mayor of London – and who happens to be Muslim – is nothing short of extraordinary. But it might also tell the Labour Party how it could...
by leon | May 6, 2016 | Blogs
So Greece received something like 128 billion Euros in all those bailouts. But a new study by the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT).has found that most of the money went to the banks. “Most of the money was used to actually transfer risks from...
by leon | May 1, 2016 | Blogs
On April 19, cattle-ranch empire S. Kidman & Co., the largest landholder in Australia, agreed to a sale to a mostly Chinese consortium for A$370.7 million (US$289 million). Then, 10 days later on Friday to be precise with an election looming Australian treasurer...
by leon | Apr 30, 2016 | Blogs
Last month we had the news that Brussels suicide bombers had planted hidden cameras at the home of the top Belgian nuclear officials, now we learn the Belgian government has really stepped up safeguards. According to the New York Post, Brussels suicide bombers Ibrahim...
by leon | Apr 24, 2016 | Blogs
The Saudi government has spent millions of dollars on US law, lobby and public relations firms to raise the country’s visibility in the United States and before the United Nations at a crucial time. Five lobby and PR firms were hired in 2015 alone to co-ordinate...
by leon | Apr 23, 2016 | Blogs
The big story last week was Hillary Clinton had won New York big time. Exit polls showed that Clinton drew support from demographic groups that helped her in past races. She won 66 per cent of voters 45 and older, while Sanders was the favourite among younger voters,...
by leon | Apr 19, 2016 | Blogs
Corporate borrowers across the world have defaulted on $50 billion of debt so far this year as the number of delinquent companies accelerates at its fastest pace since the financial crisis in 2009. According to Standard & Poor’s nearly half of the defaults have...
by leon | Apr 17, 2016 | Blogs
Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been the big winner out of Europe’s refugee crisis. Last month, he secured billions of euros in foreign aid. The deal also included visa-free EU entry for Turkish citizens. And, significantly, the EU in its desperation to...
