Jim Cramer goes wild on gold « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

Love this commentator or not he has recently got the gold bug, and his simple message is that the current weakness in gold prices is a great buying opportunity.

Tea with Greenspan a bargain at $11,000

If you've ever wanted a film role with Johnny Depp, tea with Alan Greenspan, tennis lessons from Andre Agassi, or a chace to meet Oprah backstage at her talkshow, now you can.All this and more is up for sale in an...

171 media workers killed in 2007, int'l group says

BRUSSELS, Belgium - A Sri Lankan bombing raid that killed three employees of a rebel radio station has taken the number of journalists and media workers killed to 171 this year, the worst in over a decade, the International News Safety Institute said Wednesday.

Daddy's Girl

After five marriages, a multimillionaire from Florida finally found the girl of his dreams, but despite lavishing expensive gifts and a dream wedding at Westminster Abbey upon her, they could tell no one.Because she was his daughter.

Plane carrying Shelby and Cramer fired on above Iraq

"A C-130 aircraft carrying an Alabama senator and congressman was fired on this evening as it was flying from Baghdad to Amman, Jordan. The airplane was carrying Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., and Rep. Bud Cramer,...

Chrysler Taps Nardelli

    Chrysler has tapped former Home Depot CEO Bob Nardelli as its new chief executive. The move follows the recent acquisition of Chrysler LLC by private equity firm Cerberus from German based Diamler...

Missing girl found hidden under staircase

A 15-year-old girl who had been missing for nearly a year was found Wednesday, locked in a small hidden room under a staircase in a West Hartford, Connecticut, home, police said.The discovery was unexpected, but "of great relief to investigators, who feared the worst based on...

A jury not of his peers

Conrad Black is in Chicago this week being tried by a jury of middle class mid-westerners. I worry that his defense team has misread the rhetorical and logical habits of their judges. The local team kept it...

New Anti-Terrorism Caucus Formed in U.S. House

"Today at a press conference in the U.S. Capitol, U.S. Representative Sue Myrick (R-NC), along with Representatives Bud Cramer (D-AL), Kay Granger (R-TX), and Ben Chandler (D-KY) formally announced they have formed a new bipartisan Congressional Anti-Terrorism Caucus. Myrick,...

My time machine probably won't work, says US physicist

 This is a serious story about a serious scientist who hopes to be able to send a signal to the past - so that, in effect, the signal arrives before it is sent. Dr. John Cramer is researching in the fields of...

Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: What Yahoo! Should Do

"Now that Yahoo! (YHOO - commentary - Cramer's Take) is beginning to stabilize, the Internet giant must "jump-start its growth," Jim Cramer told viewers of his "Mad Money" TV show Wednesday.Cramer, who owns the stock...

"Fast Money": Too Fast?

"General Electric's (NYSE: GE - News) CNBC is trying to keep its entertainment level high these days. Let's face it -- consumers don't want to watch financial news programming dominated by just data and charts. They want excitement, pizzazz, a Barnum-and-Bailey atmosphere....

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