Almost daily we read about Robert Mugabe whinging about the targeted travel sanctions in place against him, his family and members of his administration. There are also restrictions in place that prevent international companies from dealing with...

With just four days to Christmas, the old spectre of cash flow problems has risen once again in Zimbabwe, And when this was highlighted, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor, Gideon Gono, says that the problem lies with the treasury. Given that...

North Korea Friday hailed efforts to build a strong socialist economy but kept silent about its shock currency revaluation which has reportedly sparked fury and frustration. “Today the Korean people, showing their mental power of...

It may as well be. The Labor government in the United Kingdom is seeking to enact a 50% - it needs to be belabored: 50% - income tax on all those earning GBP150,000. Prior to Margaret Thatcher, Great Britain was suffering chronic high...

The question was a plausible one Monday when it was announced that the Pontiac Silverdome — once home to the NFL’s Detroit Lions — was sold for $583,000, or about 1 percent of the $55.7 million it took to build in 1975. The Silverdome,...

This post includes information drawn from Shlomo Maital who wrote an article entitled The Palestinian (Almost) State. As politicians busy themselves with endless debates; business people, both Palestinian and Israeli, are creating...

In the free world, we manage to live quite easily from one day to the next. We also have a little bit of money that allows us to enjoy life a little more, whilst we live in houses that have all the amenities that we would expect. We have...

The sixth session of the Forum for the Future held in Morocco on November 2 and 3 under the co-chairmanship of Morocco and Italy. This ministerial meeting discussed a number of issues like the financial crisis, the economies of the...

Visitors can smell this village long before they see it. More than 100 dump trucks piled high with garbage line the narrow road leading to Zhanglidong, waiting to empty their loads in a landfill as big as 20 football fields. In less than...

As noticed in many articles, Lebanon was fought by a writer for reasons I don’t understand, probably he doesn’t either. The real truth of Lebanon started out when it gained its independence from France in 1943. It quickly boomed,...