British oil giant BP PLC (NYSE: BP) has finally entered Brazil’s vaunted deepwater oil market with a $7 billion purchase of Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE: DVN) assets. BP yesterday (Thursday)...

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U.S. banks, drunk with greed, drove the nation's economy to the brink of financial Armageddon. To save U.S. banks from losing their license to dangle the nation's economy over a cliff, the...

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In the quarter century stretching from the late-1880s to the First World War, there was a mad rush by the world's leading powers to occupy and annex African territory. Now, 100 years later, the...

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U.S. mortgage foreclosure filings dropped for the second straight month in February and posted the smallest annual increase in four years as government housing-rescue efforts and poor weather...

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The recent month of February was quite interesting for U.S. stocks, because while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2.6%, it didn't exactly take a direct route to those gains: There were eight...

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Has bailout mania finally reached Europe? The 16 nations that make up the Eurozone are seriously exploring the creation of a "European Monetary Fund," a bailout fund that would help euro-member...

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With the Standard & Poor's 500 Index up nearly 70% from the post-financial-crash low it set on March 9, 2009, U.S. stocks on Tuesday recorded their second-strongest showing ever for the first 12...

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China exports in February rose for the third month in a row, beating forecasts and putting added pressure on government officials to rein in stimulus spending and loosen currency policies. Exports...

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The bidding war for Terra Industries Inc. (NYSE: TRA) heated up yesterday (Wednesday) when the fertilizer company said it preferred a takeover bid from CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CF) to be a...

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China's rigid stance to not appreciate its currency continues to cause problems with "hot money" and foreign trade relations. A report from Yi Gang, China's director of the State...

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If you're a U.S. investor, you can't be happy about the prospects for your portfolio. After all, you're mostly trapped in an economy with a gigantic and dangerous financial-services sector, a central...

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Outside of the earthquake rescue efforts in Chile and the Greek-rescue efforts in Brussels, the big news in the world economy last week occurred in currencies. As you can see in the chart below,...

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Dubai World may ask banks to take a so-called 20% "haircut" from the face values on their loans and stretch out loan maturities when it presents a restructuring plan this month. The banks...

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Okay, I am going to state the obvious… all branches (executive, legislative, and judicial) of our government and all of our representatives from State level up to the top of the pyramid, whether it...

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There's nothing like scarcity and supply disruptions to fuel violent price spikes. And there's nothing like the basic human needs for food and water to light that fuse. Today's world food ...

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Oil companies Royal Dutch Shell PLC (NYSE ADR: RDS.A) and PetroChina Co. Ltd. (NYSE ADR: PTR) yesterday (Monday) made a joint offer for Australian energy producer Arrow Energy Ltd. in yet another...

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Last week the Money Map team got together at the Baltimore Marriott and had a two-day conclave to discuss the market and what we can do to better serve you. We had many productive exchanges about...

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American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) today (Monday) agreed to sell its American Life Insurance Co. unit, better known as Alico, to MetLife Inc. (NYSE: MET) for $15.5 billion, taking yet...

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday pledged to maintain economic growth of at least 8% in 2010, while gradually drawing down government spending and taking measures to guard against inflation and...

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It's been a tough time for income investors lately. Ten-year Treasuries pay less than 4%. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index yields just over 2%. Money market fund returns are microscopic,...

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