Author: Dian Chu

By Dian L. Chu, EconForecast James Bullard, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis was on CNBC Monday, December 20, 2010 mostly defending the Fed’s controversial $600 billion Treasury purchasing program (QE2)...

By Dian L. Chu, EconForecast It has been a literal power struggle between Dynegy, Inc. (DNY) — the third-largest U.S. independent power producer–and its investors. With weak natural gas prices dragging down power...

By Dian L. Chu, EconForecast The Getty Oil takeover battle between Texaco and Pennzoil was probably one of the ugliest in Wall Street’s history.  In 1984, Texaco swooped in at the last...

  By Dian L. Chu, EconForecast It has been a literal power struggle between Dynegy, Inc. (DNY) — the third-largest U.S. independent power producer–and its investors. With weak natural gas prices dragging down...

By Dian L. Chu, EconForecast While most of the recent economic data seem to demonstrate a steady, albeit slow recovery in the United States, the November employment figures from the Labor Dept. threw a curve ball into the mix as...

By Dian L. Chu, EconForecastWhen a corporate partnership deal turns sour, it has every bit of the drama as a high profile Hollywood celebrity divorce. The verbal clashes between Starbucks (SBUX) and Kraft (KFT) have been...

By Dian L. Chu, EconForecast Have you noticed the price of oil lately? It’s $90 a barrel in a dismal economy with unemployment hovering around 10%. The problem with Fed chairman Bernanke`s latest QE 2...

By Dian L. Chu, EconForecast Natural gas has long been touted as a cleaner alternative because natural gas releases about half as much of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide as coal does. Although the natural gas market is in the...