Wall Street JournalBy JEANNETTE NEUMANN Standard & Poor's President Deven Sharma is leaving the credit-rating firm at the end of the year, the company said Monday night. Mr. Sharma will step down as president on Sept. 12 and be succeeded by… more »

Conservative RefocusBy Barry Secrest It would now, almost posthumously, appear that America has had about all of the "Hope and Change" that She can ill-afford for the next good little while. As a large number of nations have now met in order to reach… more »

Washington Times  Bill Kelly's Truth Squad by William Kelly Chicago, August 11, 2011 – This week U.S. Senator Dick Durbin held a press conference with members of the mainstream media to talk about the downgrade crisis. But the Senator’s scripted stor… more »

By Francesco Guerrera It is a parallel that is seducing Wall Street bankers and investors: 2011 as a repeat of 2008, the history of financial turmoil playing in one endless loop. As a big fund manager muttered darkly this past weekend while heading i… more »

S&P has admitted that a large component of their decision to downgrade was political in nature, and focused on "gridlock"rendering their validity in classfying investment risk pretty much moot. Remember also, S&P emanates from New York, which i… more »