Insurance Stocks Rise After Obama Speech: Remember President Obama’s reference during his health care address to “Wall Street’s relentless profit expectations”? Well, those expectations were apparently met by that same address. Insurance company stocks got a boost from the speech, which foreshadowed the death of the public option and promised to deliver millions of currently “irresponsible” customers.
Insiders sell like there's no tomorrow: Corporate officers and directors were buying stock when the market hit bottom. What does it say that they're selling now?
Poverty hits 1 in 8 Americans: About 2.5 million Americans slipped below the poverty line as recession and layoffs hammered the economy last year, driving poverty to its highest level since 1998, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday.
EU to warn Honduras of further sanctions over coup - "Until a peaceful settlement is found, the EU will stand ready to take further restrictive measures, including targeting those members of the de facto government who are seen to be blocking progress on a negotiated solution," the statement, seen by Reuters, said.
How the Irish Can Save Civilization (Again): Just say no to the Lisbon Treaty. Again
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