As of October 11, there have been nearly 400,000 confirmed cases of pandemic H1N1 worldwide and more than 4,735 deaths reported to the World Health Organization, which estimates that the case count i

  There’s just one problem with corn-based ethanol: It takes 29% more fossil energy to produce a gallon of ethanol than the ethanol release when burned as fuel. The disparity betwee

Big-time college athletics departments are like little fiefdoms, with budgets between $50 and $200 million. At schools like the University of North Carolina or Ohio State, more than $100,00

Editor's Note: The following article was written by Raymond James Chief Investment Strategist Jeff Saut. It has been reproduced with permission for the benefit of the Minyanville community.In order t

Washington promised cash, in due time, but cities need help - now. Reeling from rising unemployment and the shuttering of local businesses, municipalities are enacting mini-stimulus packages of their

Why does the Apple (AAPL) iPod enjoy a 71% share of the MP3 player market while Microsoft’s (MSFT) Zune limp along with a paltry 4%? The fellows from Cupertino unload about a quarter of a milli

Editor's Note: James Quinn is a senior director of strategic planning for a major university. James has held high level financial positions with a retailer, homebuilder and a university in his 22-yea

As the Philadelphia Phillies and Tampa Bay Rays prepare to do battle in the 2008 World Series, Minyanville reflects on a season full of surprises (like the Rays' presence in the Series), soul-crushin

Editor's Note: The following is an op-ed by reader Minyan Alex.As the specter of bailouts upon bailouts looms, it's become clear that the US government may be pushing us -- wittingly or unwittingly -

Hurricanes Ike and Gustav blew through a weakening economy, sending new claims for unemployment benefits to a 7-year high.The US Labor Department says new requests for unemployment benefits for the w