ICO Global Communications is a space bound company operating medium orbit based satellites. The company aims to provide wireless voice, video and internet services in the United States. While the company has an exciting business model it is important to note that ICO filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2009.

International restaurant companies are rapidly expanding into untapped markets all over the world. For US based companies, McDonalds (NYSE:MCD) and Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) foreign markets represent a fresh place to grow. Lower taxes, labors rates and regulations make expansion into heavily populated countries like China and India imperative.

Peter Schiff, of Euro Pacific Capital uses illustrations, humor and storytelling to explain economic and monetary concepts in his book, How and Economy Grows and Why it Crashes. The book uses parody and analogy to compare our current global economy with a small island economy based on fishing.

Most books and financial advisers out there do a great job of pretending to predict future events after the fact. This isn’t the case for controversial market forecaster,  Peter Schiff of Euro Pacific Capital. In his book, Crash Proof 2.0: How to Profit From the Economic Collapse, the real estate and stock market crashes were [...]

After a strong first quarter earnings report in 2009 McDonald’s future looks promising. A weakening US Dollar coupled with overseas growth will make the company a winner going forward. A consistent dividend of 3.30% also rewards shareholders in it for the long haul.