Topic: Isle of Man

Company promises flights to the moon aboard recycled Soviet space station

The moon may soon be a tourist destination for millionaires with Excalibur Almaz, a British spaceflight firm, preparing to sell $150,000 tickets aboard a 1970s Soviet space station retrofitted with new thrusters

Which countries have a higher credit rating than the US?

When Standard & Poor's downgraded the US from its AAA status to AA+ on Aug. 5, it knocked just one country off a lengthy list. Now, there are 18 nations with AAA credit ratings. Calculations of GDP and government gross debt are from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for 2010. The US had a GDP of about $14.6 trillion in 2010, the IMF estimates. Its debt, of about $13 trillion, is roughly 92 percent of its GDP. Data were not available for the small, AAA-rated sovereignties of Lichtenstein, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man. And missing from the list? Some of the US's top economic competitors.

US debt deal kicks spending problems down the ... cul-de-sac

Debt deal includes no meaningful spending reductions, which signals beginning of the end for US as the world's sole economic superpower.

What President Obama can learn from Ireland

Mr. Obama's visit to Ireland last month offered the chance to absorb three lessons. Did he learn them?

World Space Week launches today on Sputnik anniversary

World Space Week: This week, organizations across the globe celebrate the 11th annual World Space Week, which highlights the contributions of space science and technology to life on Earth.

Commonwealth Games 2010: Spotlight turns to sports

Commonwealth Games 2010: Swimming was the first sport to get going in New Delhi on Monday, the morning after the games officially opened with a spectacular ceremony at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

Tour de France Stage 5: Cavendish redeemed; Lance Armstrong still 18th

British cyclist Mark Cavendish won Stage 5 – his first stage win – of this year's Tour de France after a bumpy start to the 2010 season. Lance Armstrong stands 18th, two minutes and 30 seconds behind the leader after 613 miles of racing.

A private space industry is born

Human spaceflight today may be where the satellite business was early on: Governments initially handled everything, but eventually companies took over the business.

Music piracy: A perfect topic for me, a musician moonlighting as a journalist

Across Irish Sea: two bold tactics against music piracy

Isle of Man considers unlimited downloads as Ireland pulls plugs.

Tax havens in U.S. cross hairs

With $345 billion in lost revenue, tolerance for off-shore avoidance fades.