Shareholder voting hardly democratic way
Through wars, recessions, civil rights demonstrations and social upheavals, the right to vote has remained intact. In fact, it has grown. The record number of us who vote today, or...
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Taking the air out of rising deflation fears
The economy is shrinking at a remarkably fast pace. The Federal Reserve has cut rates to historic lows. A whiff of deflation is in the air. But to people who...
Exelon should play it cool in next NRG bid
If Exelon Corp. Chief Executive John Rowe were a high school boy and not CEO of a giant utility, he would be the sort of lad who asks a girl...
Ethanol group’s PBS protest may reveal industry panic
One of Sherlock Holmes' more famous deductions was about "the dog that didn't bark" -- a clue that identified a horse kidnapper, whom the dog ignored because the perpetrator was...
Chicago can’t risk losing swaps trade
For decades now, civic boosters have positioned Chicago as the "risk management capital of the world." As catch phrases go, it's not exactly "hog butcher to the world." But with...
Paulson’s demand that all banks take cash doesn’t hold water
Imagine that a person falls out of a boat. He is drowning, so someone throws him a life preserver. If he grabs the ring, he'll be safe; slightly embarrassed, but...
All but alone, Pickens soldiers on in his oil-habit quest
The stock market had opened down nearly 800 points Friday morning, then bounced back by 500, and T. Boone Pickens paused from describing his big idea for U.S. energy independence...
Short-selling ban leaves SEC with little to show
When Ric Dillon, chief executive of Diamond Hill Investment Co., saw his company's name on the list of firms protected by regulators from short sellers, he had an instinctive reaction:...
Complications arise in diagnosis, treatment of markets
Everyone is saying the world has caught a cold from the American financial crisis, but a more careful diagnosis shows the U.S. economy is suffering from congestive heart failure instead....
Salvation in smaller numbers?
There are big numbers floating around Washington these days: the $700 billion rescue plan, the $307 billion failure of Washington Mutual bank. It seems almost beyond belief, then, that a...