US wanted Canada to help finance oil shipments to North Korea in 2008 …Vancouver SunOTTAWA — The United States looked to Canada to help finance a controversial deal that provided heavy fuel oil to North Korea in exchange for it dismantling its nucl…
Los Angeles TimesInside PoliticsWashington TimesBy THE WASHINGTON TIMES The No. 2 House Democrat chastised the chamber's controlling Republicans for scheduling a “charade” vote Tuesday on raising the nation's debt ceiling and advised his pa…
The brittle politics of Greece's rescueFinancial TimesIn Greece, too, the politics is becoming harder. The country has made extraordinary efforts to cut spending but tax collection has not improved as it should. Athens promises large-scale privatis…
New York TimesGluten-Free: Flavor-Free No MoreNew York TimesA FEW years ago, tough and tasteless baked goods were just one of the unpleasant things you had to put up with if you had a gluten sensitivity. Flash forward less than a decade, and it's a…
A roundup of finance newsNinemsnNEW YORK – Americans are losing faith that the economy will keep improving, according to a monthly survey. WASHINGTON – An index of home prices in big metro areas has reached its lowest level since 2002, driven down by f…
!WAR.: Fighting the Politics of Exclusion by Documenting a History of Women's …Huffington Post (blog)Lynn Hershman Leeson's sweeping new documentary, !Women Art Revolution (!WAR), reaches beyond the boundaries of cinema thanks to its "li…
DailyTechApple still trying to land films, TV shows for iCloudCNETIn the past several weeks, Apple executives have stepped up their attempts to convince some of the major Hollywood film studios to issue licenses that would enable Apple to store its cus…
Judge requests briefs on campaign-finance rulingWall Street JournalCritics accused Cacheris of overestimating the impact of last year's Citizens United case, a landmark campaign-finance ruling from the Supreme Court. On Tuesday the judge ordered pr…
New York Daily NewsPalin v. Bachmann: Why certain stars should never dabble in politicsWashington Post (blog)According to the platform, civil unions (New Jersey) or domestic partnerships (California) wouldn't be acceptable, either. That's neith…
New Energy Finance's Gadomski on German Nuclear PowerWashington PostMay 31 (Bloomberg) — Chris Gadomski, an analyst for Bloomberg New Energy Finance, discusses Germany's plans to shut its nuclear-power plants by 2022. Gadomski speaks with Deir…
