Posted by e-dollars team on 03 10th, 2010

Posted by olal28 on Mar 28, 2010 Rush Limbaugh is courted by political kings and queens and leads a fawning army of more than 13.5 million followers. As the country’s most listened-to radio host, he has an eight-year contract worth an estimated $400 million. Speaking engagements and a highly-trafficked Web site have earned the conservative host millions more. So it’s no surprise he’d be on our...

Posted by olal28 on Mar 28, 2010 A string of early upsets has the NCAA men’s basketball tournament in uncomfortable territory. The Sweet 16 field is dotted with weak brands like Northern Iowa, St. Mary’s and Xavier. If television ratings suffer during the upcoming rounds, it could complicate two options the NCAA is considering for next season: an expansion of the tournament to 96 teams from 64, and...

Posted by olal28 on Mar 28, 2010 Stepping into his new job as Major League Baseball Commissioner in 1985, one of Peter Ueberroth’s first orders of business was to chastise the owners for their poor fiscal acumen. Revenues were up over the prior decade, Ueberroth pointed out, but player costs were up a lot more. One way to help fix the imbalance: pay more attention to spring training, a potential gold mine...

Posted by posludioss_69 on Mar 26, 2010 Something is developing in China which will have a major impact on the value of the US dollar and the price of gold. The difficulty is in trying to figure out what is going to happen. It is extremely rare for China to reveal its policies directly. Typically, such announcements are gleaned from the statements made by minor officials, former officials, or researchers. In such...

Posted by posludioss_69 on Mar 26, 2010 It was the morning after the night before and I was riding an elevator to the 13th floor in the European Commission. Two men smiled at each other and one said “I hear Greece has been saved”. “Couldn’t be better,” beamed the other, before disappearing into the vastness of bureaucracy. It felt like news shared from a distant front: “Bastogne has...

Posted by posludioss_69 on Mar 26, 2010 Ryuzo Miyao, who is an academic and expert on monetary policy and the new board member of The Bank of Japan, said that as the price was falling and deflation was being expected, the central bank should keep the monetary policy very easy. On the launch of central bank’s funding operation in December, Miyao declined to comment on its effectiveness but he said that even though...