President Barack Obama today will announce grants ranging from $400,000 to $200 million for equipment designed to boost the efficiency of the nation’s electrical transmission grid.These “

Japan has gone through two lost decades, in and out of deflation, with nothing to show for it but increasing debt to GDP and a stock market still 70% below its peak.Now, Richard Koo of Nomura Researc

"Gerber baby" is synonymous with “cute, all-American child.” Just one thing: Gerber is part of Nestle (NSRGY), the Swiss conglomerate best known for chocolate. Few shoppers j

There's a picture that's been floating around the web for the last two years. A satirical mock-up that strikes fear in the heart of every heavy Internet user like the videotape in The Ring. It forete

It’s never been hard to find a small group of Cassandras, so-called “doomers” who see the apocalypse foreshadowed in Mayan calendars, Nostradamus writings, and the Terminator movies

Editor's Note: Minyanville is excited to introduce Gerry Sweeney as the newest contributor to our community. Gerry has been involved in the water space for nearly ten years. Currently, he's the Portf

State and county fairs were pared back or canceled entirely this summer. Thousands of local and state workers have been furloughed or laid off. Litter is strewn beside neglected highways and rural ro

Editor's Note: This is part 3 in a multi-part series. Part 1 can be found here. Part 2 can be found here.On the day last week when the Dow crept into positive territory for the year (then up by

I've just returned from a 2-week trip to China arranged by my longtime travel agent, wife, and traveling companion, Nicole. We visited Hong Kong, Beijng, and the Xi'an and Chungching “resettlem

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