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During the past month, AIG stock fell nearly 10% drop after an announcement that the government would sell some of its stake in the insurance giant. The Treasury's ownership in the company has declined from 92% to 77%, but the prospect of its future sell-offs are holding the stock down.

Why deal with one crisis when you can have two! As the forecast calls for even wilder weather--thanks to global warming meeting "El Nino" head on -- the economic storm for us continues right here at home. Just a quick scan of the latest headlines brings back the sad news of unemployment reaching...

Here's a growth industry through the year 2100: Building sea walls in California. A study released by the Pacific Institute this week estimates that California will lose 41 square miles of coastline by 2100 and that about 1,100 miles of new sea walls and other flood protections are needed at an...

The recent upward surge in commodities prices has left no corner of the globe untouched. That includes the bastions of the beer drinkers. Changes in global climate, a decline in hops growers and a recent fire in a hops storage facility have worked in concert to reduce the world supply of that most...

I try not to be too much of a global warming preacher. In my personal life, I recycle, walk a lot, take public transportation, and generally do everything in my power to reduce my energy usage. However, there are few things that annoy me more than holier-than-thou eco-Nazis, and I decided a long...

Earlier today, reported CNN and a slew of other media outlets, a giant slab of ice in Antarctica collapsed -- and by giant, we're talking a piece of ice that's nine times the size of Manhattan.But fear not, there is some promising business news to be had from a situation like this, if we assume...