Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez reportedly exploded in an early February meeting with aides, barking insults and threats after hearing that privately commissioned polls show he is falling behind in a referendum he needs to continue running for future terms as president, according to a reliable source.
Washington's examination of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner focused mostly on his apparent inability to put form 1099 income in the right box on a tax return.
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Jeffrey Gundlach leans back in his chair, and rolls what seems to be a puff of smoke around in his mouth. Actually he's not smoking a cigar, but Gundlach -- the chief investment officer of Trust Company of the West, and one of the best money-management brains on the planet -- often seems to be savoring the words that are about to emerge.
