Author: Vivian Lewis

Dear rss free blog, Don’t worry, Israel. Australia stands besides you! The Reserve Bank of Australia today raised interest rates to 3.25% from 3%. It became the first OECD country to tighten monetary policy, although...

Dear rss free blog, How clever I was to study Portuguese now that Rio de Janeiro was designated for the Olympics in 2016! All those years wrestling with the complex grammar at the Fundação Gulbenkian can pay off...

Dear rss free blog, The latest IMF data should not lead people to throw shoes at its head, M. Strauss-Kahn, as a Turk did yesterday. The Fund says the developing world is powering the recovery and boosting its share of world...

Dear rss free blog, A kiss on the hand may be quite Continental A kiss may be grand but it won’t pay the rental So diamonds are a girl’s best friend. Such bad timing of the Cullinan miners, to discover a 507 karat...

Dear rss free blog, Normally at this time of year I start to worry about the tax consequences of new-buys of closed end funds. Your earnings distribution can trigger a short term gain. Now with so much tax-loss carryforwards...

Dear rss free blog, Oops. The President’s wife who dispossessed white farmers in Zimbabwe was Grace Mugabe, not Grace Mobutu. Wrong kleptocrat, right global dairy firm, Nestle. You would think the Swiss food co. would have...

Dear rss free blog, Queens reader MG added more insight into the debate over the origins of British intellectuals’ support for a Jewish State in the 19th century. He thinks it is related to what young Britons were taught...

Dear rss free blog,     There will be no issue Monday, Yom Kippur. The Day of Atonement) is the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. when God seals our fate for the coming year. On Rosh Hashanah (New Year) it...

Dear rss free blog, Boppy pillows for breastfeeding mothers and Blackberries to keep in touch with the world have little in common. Yet the vendors of both products need more Americans to work for them. Maybe we need a WPA or...

Dear rss free blog, .  New additions were announced following the quarterly review of the exchange-traded NASDAQ OMX European Government Relief Index (EUGR.Q) which became effective today. It added Heidelberger...