Lastest Stories by Mike Sauter

Wikimedia commons / Stefan KühnThe political unity of the European Union is an ongoing work in progress, but fissures are appearing on the issues of nuclear power. Germany and Luxembourg are now...
By Richard Kogan Federal spending has been above the historical average in the past few years and is expected to stay above average after the economy recovers. Does this mean we are witnessing a...
When will market uncertainty be a thing of the past?  Investors keep asking this simple question, almost rhetorically, but no easy answer has been forthcoming as tension continues to mount in our...
Wikimedia, public domainAs home prices continue to slide, more and more homeowners find themselves owing more on their homes than those houses are worth. The slowing level of foreclosure activity...
by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica, March 2, 2012, 8 a.m. In early November 2010, as the Federal Reserve began to weigh whether the nation’s biggest financial firms were healthy enough to return money...
Africa is not referred to as the “Dark Continent” for nothing. According to the World Bank’s Africa Energy Unit (AFTEG), for most of Africa’s population the availability of reliable and...
Wikimedia commons - public DomainOn March 8th, Peyton Manning is set to make $28 million from the Indianapolis Colts, the highest amount ever paid to an NFL athlete, despite missing all of last year...
Overall union membership in the U.S. increased last year — the first time it did not decline since 2007. The story gets slightly complicated when comparing union membership in the private sector...
wikimedia commonsFive major U.S. banks accused of foreclosure abuses have agreed to a $26 billion settlement with the government, the largest payout from banks arising from the financial crisis. The...
The prosperity of former republics of the USSR, which collapsed in December 1991, has primarily been driven by the development of energy resources in the post-Soviet era, notably around the Caspian....
The global recession officially ended in 2010. Since then many countries have begun experiencing economic growth again. However, North American and Western European nations are recovering at a much...
Just because you’re retired doesn’t mean you don’t have to work. As of the end of last year, 7.3% of Americans 75 and older were employed — the highest level since 1966, according to The Wall...
Flickr, Images of MoneyHow much residents of each state owe on their mortgages is an interesting statistic. For the most part, residents of the states with the highest average mortgage debt are not...
Robert Murray http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1449653Depressed stock prices are always attractive to investors willing to take risks. And many Canadian energy firms’ stocks are in the doldrums,...
Each year, the U.S. Patent Office and Trademark Office awards hundreds of thousands of patents to American and global companies. Last week, IFI Claims Patent Services, a producer of patent...