Water is a key issue in many areas, but in the Southwest United Sates, it's critical. The ability to find new sources and transfer water is key. Over the past few years, a couple of high-profile tran

Americans love Prada, Gucci, and stylish Italian suits, but will they trust Italian engineering and buy a Chrysler with a Fiat engine?The Detroit Free Press reported Tuesday that Chrysler is betting

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

Unlike sudden epidemics, such as swine flu or bird flu, which receive extensive coverage for their novelty and surprise, malaria has been around a long time and remains a widespread and deadly pandem

1. The Debt Crisis is SimpleAwash as we are in a sea of Federal Reserve- and Treasury Department-sponsored financial acronyms, it would be easy to assume the complexity of the debt crisis is beyond t

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 “

Welcome to Minyanville’s quotes of the week, served up with some quotable historical context for your Friday enjoyment. “Anybody making $100 million a year is engaged in excessive risk.&r

The Federal Communications Commission is expected to vote Thursday to draft “net neutrality” rules that would prohibit Internet service providers from slowing or blocking content on their

The S&P 500 has gained about 2% this year, but a handful of winners have more than doubled in value. The downside: Some of the stocks were beaten down and benefited from a dead-cat bounce, while

I don’t want to belittle the risk at the moment or the suffering of victims, but there's been some research recently published that explains a lot about how the flu spreads. A paper published i