Sudan, S. Sudan resume oil, border talks hoping to strike deal: Minister

September 4, 2012 (TSR) - Sudan and South Sudan Tuesday resumed oil and border talks in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, hoping to reach a resolution that will pave the...

Santos no longer interested in buying Tullow Oil’s Bangladesh and Pakistan assets

September 4, 2012 (TSR) - Australian exploration and production company Santos has lost interest in acquiring UK-based Tullow Oil's assets in Bangladesh, a Santos official said Tuesday. "We are no...

Poor Eurozone: Unilever to treat Europe as Emerging Market like Asia

August 30, 2012 (TSR) - For all the negativity in Europe these days, the terms used in the euro-crisis debate have been surprisingly optimistic. Across the common currency zone,...

Why Venture Capital No Longer Defines Innovation: A Reality Check

by Michael Tchong August 26, 2012 (TSR) - Today’s venture capital deal flow to innovative new companies looks a lot like a fat man trying to squeeze into a slim...

Citi pulls funds from Multi-Billionaire John Paulson’s Already Bleeding Hedge Fund

August 24, 2012 (TSR) - The blows keep coming for multi-billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson, with Citi Private Bank deciding it will withdraw $410 million from his Paulson & Co hedge...

‘Rookie Judge’ to Apple’s Legal Titans on Samsung Dispute: ‘Are you smoking crack? Sit...

by Lady Michelle-Jennifer Santos, Founder & Publisher August 21, 2012 (TSR) - Apple and Samsung ongoing patent dispute has been a fruitless drama. Apple CEO Tim Cook and Samsung CEO Kwon...

MF Global and Jon Corzine Ponzi Scheme: No Criminal Charges to be Expected from...

by Azam Ahmed and Ben Protess, Dealbook Publisher's Note: MF Global and Ex-CEO Jon Corzine – the former $ trillion taxpayer-funded Goldman Sachs bailout Chief and cronies, the largest Wall Street Crime since...

Argentina’s YPF to seek Chinese partners for shale E&P

August 2, 2012 (TSR) - Argentina's state-run oil company YPF plans to seek Chinese partners for developing large shale resources in the southwest of the country, a government official said...

Dump it like it’s Rot: Users Unlike, Start Ups Flee and Investors Cautious over...

August 2, 2012 (TSR) - Facebook has again made investors pull long faces as they saw another record low for the company’s stock on Tuesday. Shares are losing 1.6% in...

Africa Losing Billions: Multinationals Perpetuate Continent’s Economic Dependence on Other Regions

by James Tasamba August 1, 2012 (TSR) -  Multinational corporations operating in Africa are involved in illicit transfer of most of the $ 1.5 trillion they make in Africa each...

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, The Persistent: Audit the Fed won U.S. House; Nevada Democrat...

July 25, 2012 (TSR) - After a long and lonely journey, U.S. Congressman Ron Paul has indeed something to be excited about when he posted a photo on his Facebook page. After years of uphill...

Barclays and the Limits of Financial Reform

by Alexander Cockburn, Irish-American Journalist, Author and Co-Founding Co-Editor of Counterpunch This is Alexander Cockburn's last commentary published in The Nation (July 11, 2012) before he transformed and journeyed onto...