Tag Archives: european

Five reasons why European Central Bank’s QE won’t save continent’s dying economies

01/22/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
The European Central Bank has just announced a €60 billion ($69 billion) monthly government bond buying program—Quantitative Easing—but that won’t do much for the moribund continental economy. Central banks can print money to purchase government bonds to push up prices…

People are flipping for AcroYoga

01/21/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
Trust is a key component in AcroYoga, as with this bow pose which had me high off the ground. (Mimi Towle) Tired of hatha or hot yoga? ; A new kind of partner-based practice perches yogis on one another, sending…

Economist: Why I expect US job growth to slow in 2015

01/08/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
Friday the Labor Department is expected to report the economy added 245,000 jobs in December. That’s down from 321,000 in November, and a slower economic growth will likely drag on jobs creation through much of 2015. After a tough winter…

Ukraine Moves Towards Aligned Status And Maybe Even NATO Membership

12/23/2014 Published on Forbes.com
Change may be afoot in Ukraine. A vote of 303 to eight in the Ukrainian parliament today showed overwhelming support for the country to renounce their non-aligned status, a position they’ve held since 2010 when Viktor Yanukovych was president. The…

Palestinians buck US, put UN resolution before Security Council demanding Israel withdraw from West Bank

12/17/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pressed the resolution despite US opposition. (AP Photo/Luis Romero) Arab nations backed Palestinians Wednesday, putting a resolution before the UN Security Council Wednesday that would demand an Israeli pullout from the West Bank and East Jerusalem…

It’s Time For President Obama To Begin Legacy Shopping On Trade Issues

10/08/2014 Published on Forbes.com
Without question, President Obama’s second term will ultimately be defined on how he rallies the American people to protect our national security interests, both here at home and overseas. The rise of ISIS and other crises in the Middle East,…

Putin Strikes Back With His Own Sanctions

08/07/2014 Published on Forbes.com
It has been less than two weeks since the US and EU hit Russia with their toughest sanctions yet and Putin has responded with some sanctions of his own. Today, Dmitri Medvedev, the Russian Prime Minister, announced that Russia would…

President Obama Announces Tougher Sanctions On Russia In Press Conference

07/29/2014 Published on Forbes.com
Brace yourself European companies – you may be taking a hit. Twenty-eight European national ambassadors met this morning in Brussels to discuss the harshest sanctions yet aimed at the Kremlin. The European Union—Russia’s largest trading partner—is expected to move as…

Putin’s Plan To Keep Control Of Ukraine

06/03/2014 Published on Forbes.com
Monday’s attack on a Ukrainian border guard post by hundreds of pro-Russia rebels is the latest evidence that the situation in eastern Ukraine remains dire and extremely volatile. The democratic election of Petro Poroshenko is a good sign that Ukraine…

Putin Is Sponsoring Sectarian Violence In Ukraine

05/22/2014 Published on Forbes.com
Over the past few months much of the discussion about the crisis in Ukraine has concerned the implications of Vladimir Putin’s desire to turn Russia into a great power capable of challenging the United States and its NATO allies. To…