As far as the global economy goes, 2016 did not start off on the best foot. Beginning with additional stock market instability in China, the past two months this year has seen highly unstable markets throughout the major economies, an American financial community bracing for another interest rate hike from the Fed, and up north […]
Chris Ragland Of Noble Capital To Speak At The 2015 Ivy Family Office Trends Seminar In Austin, Texas, On March 12, 2015
1888 PressRelease – Chris Ragland of Noble Capital will be a featured panelist on the Real Asset Investment Panel for the Family Office Network Event at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Austin, Texas, on Thursday, March 12. Austin-San Marcos, TX – Chris Ragland, the Chief Operating Officer of Noble Capital, will be a panelist on […]
West Africa Single Currency: The Lesson To Learn From European Single Currency By Dr. Mehenou Amouzou
(1888 PressRelease) Before talking about a single currency or economic association between the states members, we need to examine the current political structure that allows a single faction to confiscate power for twenty years or more. Western Africa states which are represented by Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a commission comprised of countries […]
January 2014 is National Radon Month in the United States. National Radon Month aims to raise awareness of radon gas in homes
1888PressRelease – Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States and National Radon Month aims to educate the public and reduce the number of people that are actually effected by radon. With one in fifteen homes having elevated radon levels, educating people about the importance of testing their homes for […]
G8 and Nigeria’s Oil Wealth: Corruption and Wealth of a Nation
http://afripol.org It is all over the news that G-8 leadership gathering in Northern Ireland in June will discuss the issue of corruption in the management of Nigeria’s oil wealth. The problem of corruption in Nigeria and indeed Africa is an old and tiring story not because it has lost its importance but for the fact […]
Why Authorities Haven’t Stopped the Foreclosure ‘Rescue’ Boom
This story is a collaboration with Steve Henn of American Public Media’s Marketplace [1]. It was co-published with Salon [2]. During the go-go years of the real estate bubble, shady mortgage brokers [3] thrived, thanks to the sluggish response of regulators and law enforcement agencies. Amid the ruins of the crash, there’s a new boom […]