Category Archives: TenCount

Voters go to to the polls again this week as Wisconsin conducts its presidential primary on Tuesday, Colorado conducts its very confusing slate of district and state Republican Conventions on Friday and Saturday, and Wyoming Democrats caucus on Saturday. The House of Representatives is still on Spring Break, while Senators return to work on Monday.… Continue reading →

No debates, no primary elections, Congress is on vacation: It’s a quiet week in Lake Wobegon. Some businesses, including financial markets across Europe, will be closed for Easter Monday, when the most vigorous activity in Washington is the Easter Egg Roll at the White House. On Saturday, the Final Four gets underway in Houston. Each… Continue reading →

Argentina’s new president said he would make a priority of restoring the country’s ability to access capital markets for borrowing, and last week he took a significant step to doing so by settling a 15-year standoff with holders of defaulted Argentine debt. The deal still has to pass muster with the country’s congress, but it… Continue reading →

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the opaque division of the Treasury Department known as FinCEN, rarely backs down. But it did just that on Friday, when it rescinded a finding that Banco Privada D’Andorra was a primary money laundering concern that shouldn’t have access to U.S. financial networks. The decision was a huge victory for… Continue reading →

After months of build-up from pundits and polls, it’s time for the people to have their say. The Iowa Caucuses on Monday night will formally kick off the presidential primary season, thrusting both parties on their way to nominating conventions in July. But it’s still not certain that either party will have settled on a… Continue reading →