Reuters Columnist Zachary Karabell talks to Mideast expert Richard Bulliett about the future for the Egyptian revolution
Read moreBonds are not safe
The old stock market cliché "sell in May, and go away" had so far proved untrue this year. Instead, it is the bond market, so often perceived as steady, low risk and dependable, that has bitten investors.
Read moreThe Upside: The Reasons Europe Still Haunts the World Economy
Egypt is getting the attention right now but Europe remains a serious concern for the global economy, in part because of high unemployment among the young, says Reuters columnist Zachary Karabell.
Read moreThe Upside: Why Markets Are Out of Touch
Reuters columnist Zachary Karabell explains why Americans are not freaking out over the recent big swings in stocks and bonds.
Read moreStormy markets, smooth seas
It came and went like a summer thunderstorm, but unlike meteorological events that inflict actual harm, the sharp gyrations of financial markets exist in their own never-never land of self-fulfilling prophecies and conventional wisdom.
Read moreCOLUMN - Stormy markets, smooth seas
You could be forgiven for missing the latest installment of market panic over the past ten days. It came and went like a summer thunderstorm, passing over the global financial landscape quickly and violently. But unlike meteorological events that inflict actual harm, the sharp gyrations of financial markets have increasingly less relationship to real-world economies and exist in their own never-never land of self-fulfilling prophecies and conventional wisdom.
Read moreThe Upside: Hey, It's Time to Stop Beating Up the Fed!
Forget the NSA's spying program! What really will shape our future is the Fed, according to Reuters Columnist Zachary Karabell. He speaks to former Treasury official David Malpass.
Read moreThe Upside: The Real Threat to Your Online Privacy
Reuters Columnist Zachary Karabell has the latest on what you should really fear when it comes to other organizations using your data.
Read moreObama and Xi's weekend getaway
This weekend, President Obama and China's new leader Xi Jinping will meet at a retreat outside of Los Angeles. The two men are scheduled to spend six to seven hours covering a range of issues that confront the two countries, from the increasingly fraught issue of hacking and cybersecurity to what to do about an evermore unpredictable and rogue North Korea.
Read moreThe Upside: Forget the Fed, it's all about the China Summit!
Don't get distracted by whether the Fed will wind down bond buying, according to Reuters Columnist Zachary Karabell. Instead focus on the U.S.- China summit.
Read moreThe Upside: Forget DC Scandals, Focus on the Tech Boom
Reuters Columnist Zachary Karabell on why you should be investing in the tech revolution and not be distracted by recent political scandals in DC.
Read moreCOLUMN - Building a better economic yardstick: the new US GDP
This week the U.S. government released yet another revision of 2013 first-quarter economic growth showing that the economy grew a little less than initially reported - 2.4 percent rather than 2.5 percent on an annualized basis.
Read moreWhy high corporate profits aren't so bad
Google, Amazon, eBay, Apple, Honeywell, United Technologies, Netflix, Target and on and on have thrived. And they're not thriving at the expense of society, whatever the rhetoric about inequality would suggest.
Read moreAfter Boston, a new, more balanced outrage
Events unfolded rapidly in Boston this week, from the bombing on Monday to release of photos of the suspects on Thursday to the citywide manhunt for one brother and the killing of the other. While we now know that the two young men are ethnic Chechens who spent time in Kyrgyzstan, we know nothing as yet about why they did what they did.
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