Archive for March 7th, 2010
Second Life’s virtual money can become real-life cash
Dana Moore sells rain. He sells a lot of it, for about a buck per reusable storm.
U.S. reportedly gives billions to firms doing business with Iran
The U.S. government, while pushing for tougher sanctions against Tehran, has given $107 billion in the past 10 years to U.S. and foreign companies doing business in Iran, much of it in the energy sector, the New York Times reported in its Sunday editions.
Key vacancies give Obama a chance to steer financial reform
President Obama has the chance during his first term to appoint leaders for each of the federal agencies that oversee banks, an important opportunity to reshape the government's approach to regulation even as the White House struggles to push structural reforms through the Senate.
