Aug 16 2010

Icahn Pushes Ahead With Energy Investments

The filings are out and it looks like the billionaire investor Carl C. Icahn has set his sights on four energy companies, two of which are heavily involved in exploration and production: Anadarko Petroleum and Chesapeake Energy. Mr. Icahn’s stakes in these companies could mean that he is thinking about a major shakeup in their [...]


Jul 19 2010

Obama Pushes Congress to Pass Unemployment Benefits Extension

In a sharp, scolding tone, President Obama on Monday castigated the “partisan minority” who have held the workers of America “hostage to politics” by delaying the extension of unemployment benefits. The president called for Congress to pass the extension, which will come up for vote tomorrow, saying it was “time to do what’s right — [...]