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Stocks edge lower on Wall Street amid budget concern; Apple extends decline

Via The Washington Post Stocks opened lower on Wall Street as concerns about the government’s finances intensified, offsetting a report that retail sales rose...

Treasury yields fall to lowest since last year

Via Marketwatch Treasury prices rose on Tuesday, pushing long-term yields down to their lowest levels of the year, aided by concerns about the coming U.S. fiscal...

Investors most bullish on U.S. Treasuries in 2 months

Via Reuters The number of investors who are bullish on U.S. Treasuries rose to the highest level in two months due to worries about a protracted fight in Washington...

Retail Sales Get Auto Boost; Inflation Remains Tame

Via CNBC Retail sales rose more than expected in December as Americans shrugged off the threat of higher taxes and bought automobiles and a range of other goods,...

Wal-Mart says it will buy more U.S. goods, add veterans’ jobs

Via The Chicago Tribune Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said on Tuesday it will buy an additional $50 billion in U.S.-made products over the next decade in such areas as sporting...

Wall Street opens lower on debt limit concern

Via Reuters Stocks opened lower on Tuesday as investors fretted over the debate brewing in Washington over raising the U.S. borrowing limit as well as what is expected...

Fitch warns it may downgrade US over debt standoff

Via Chron The United States could lose its top credit rating for the second time from a leading agency if there’s a delay in raising the country’s debt...

Boeing to cut 40 percent jobs at El Paso plant

Via Reuters Boeing Co (BA.N) said it will cut a little more than 40 percent of jobs, or 160 positions, at its El Paso plant as it looks to reduce the impact of planned...

Fed hawks worry about threat of inflation

Via Reuters Two top Federal Reserve policymakers expressed discomfort on Thursday with the U.S. central bank’s easy monetary policy, in comments suggesting...

Chesapeake’s McClendon will not receive 2012 bonus

Via Reuters Chesapeake Energy Corp (CHK.N), the U.S. oil and gas company battling a governance crisis and financial strain, said on Monday its chief executive officer,...

Japan Sushi Chain Pays Record $1.76 Million for Tuna at Auction

Via Reuters Kiyomura K.K., a Tokyo-based sushi chain, paid a record 155.4 million yen ($1.76 million), almost triple last year’s amount, to outbid an affiliate...

Housing data points to slowdown in sales

Article via Reuters By Supantha Mukherjee Signed contracts for the sale of existing U.S. homes retreated from a 1-1/2-year high in December and demand for home loans...

The Triple Hex in Unemployment

By Phin Upham To paraphrase Tolstoy, All employed people are employed for different reasons, but all unemployed people are unemployed for only one reason: a bad...

Caveman Investing

A gold coin invested at 3% above inflation at the time of Christ would be worth today as much as a sphere of gold four times larger than the world. This implies...

Intentions and Commitments

Analyzing the statement “I intend to do X, although it is a mistake from every point of view” we can establish the relationship between reasons and intentions...

Financial Times

Asian shares rally ahead of Bernanke testimony May 22, 2013
Japan stocks lead rally, with investors waiting for Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke’s testimony before Congress later in the day […]
Dimon victory despite investor backlash May 21, 2013
Investors targeted their disapproval at the bank’s independent directors in an unusually large vote against the re-election of Ellen Futter, David Cote and James Crown […]
Apple chief defends tax practices May 21, 2013
Tim Cook, Apple chief executive, defended the technology group’s tax practices and denied it was engaged in massive tax avoidance schemes […]