The pharmaceutical landscape is rapidly changing as patents for some of the blockbuster drugs of the last decade near expiration and other players try to grab some of the remaining revenues before ge

Albert Einstein once said that the definition of insanity was doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Through that lens, the current course of fiscal and monetary po

1. The Economic Crisis Takes a Virulent TurnThe word credit comes from the Latin "credere" which means "to believe, or to trust." That's really all you need to know about the mode

Seeing shades of blue? On November 14, the whole globe will be seeing them, too. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) is hosting World Diabetes Day and asking that monuments around the globe b

It’s a small shot in the arm, but it could mean big money for pharmaceutical companies around the world. With flu season upon us and swine flu threatening to reach pandemic proportions, Big Pha

George Soros discusses an entirely different crossroads. I've been too cautious the last few months and I own that. I'm usually early, however, and while I certainly see both sides, my sen

The United States, long an exporter of popular culture, may be exporting obesity to Europe, Asia, and Africa thanks to strong fast-food sales led by McDonald’s (MCD).The World Health Organizati

The present contains all possible futures. But not all futures are good ones. Some can be quite cruel. The one we actually get is dictated by the choices we make. For the last few months I’ve b

Last night Bloomberg printed an article about Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE). Here are the lowlights:1. There were 2.6 million defaults on residential mortgages in the first nine months of 20

I’ve been in South America this week, speaking nine times in five days, interspersed with lots of meetings. The conversation kept coming back to the prospects for the dollar, but I was just as