Israel's election seems to have left open almost as many questions as it resolved. And yet, for investors, there was a strange clarity not present in the recent U.S. election -- in which both major parties essentially agreed on a $2 trillion plus bailout for the U.S. financial sector. In Israel Reaganomics was on the ballot.
Politics once again intruded on sports this week -- or maybe it was the other way around -- when Alex Rodriguez admitted he used steroids from 2001 to 2003.
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.
