The program, supposedly designed to target "fugitive aliens," has resulted in the indiscriminate round up of over 13,000 undocumented migrants in cities throughout the United States. A recent Bank of Mexico business survey projected 615,000 new jobs this year, representing a drop of 300,000 compared to last year and far short of the estimated one-million-plus jobs needed to absorb the number of Mexicans who enter the labor market every year. It also ignores the central role that...

With wholesale beef prices declining this week and with cash prices at a significant premium to the June Live Cattle contract, there was plenty of pressure for this week s cash decline. Cash fed cattle prices moved slightly higher last week, adding to slight gain the week before. Early in the week, the market was focused on the weekly Crop Progress figures and, more notably, the first weekly assessment of crop condition for the year. Cash fed cattle prices in Nebraska on Wednesday were...

Dave Jansen from Canada writes: When do we finally pull the plug on imports from china? First it was baby-chew-toys with mercury, then tainted pet-food, now this - and these are the ones that make the news - I refuse to buy anything food-wise that comes from this place - sure the naysayers will argue that they have laws - the problem is that no one enforces them. Dave Jansen from Canada writes: When do we finally pull the plug on imports from china? First it was baby-chew-toys with...

Schmidt, a lifelong resident of Greensburg, spent most of his life - except for serving in the Korean War - on a farm, growing crops and raising cattle. Harold Eugene Schmidt, 77, was a retired farmer who taught his children to work hard and never give up - qualities he displayed for 10 days after the storm as he lay in a Pratt hospital room. Mike Schmidt, Harold's son, said his father's last hours were spent surrounded by family, his grandchildren and great-grandchildren leaning up...

Today, the increased correlation of hedge fund returns has been driven by an overall decline in the volatility of returns in financial markets, the economist added. Hedge fund returns have become much more correlated of late, meaning managers are generating similar gains and losses in similar market conditions, according to a study by Tobias Adrian, an economist at the bank. And as LTCM collapsed, hedge fund return correlations declined sharply as some managers profited from the crisis and...

The Roc-A-Fella and Bad Boy dynasties created their own lane by having incredible producers with top notch production to include deep rosters of young multi-talented artists who could shine and move units on their own. It would seem like the death of a near dynasty is finally upon us, so I took some time out of my busy schedule of fighting the war on terrorism to review what they did right and what they did wrong. As far as our next rap super group it looks like the clock has been...