Stronger Tapering Sense Leads Global Markets Down; On Deck in Financial Malfeasance Lineup: Aluminum Price Fixing; Peak Soda: Have Americans Hit the Top of Pop?

Stronger Tapering Sense Leads Global Markets Down (Reuters) The closer we get to the end of the summer,...

Eagle Eye Opener August 7, 2013

Two Years after the S&P Downgrade; Fast-Food Workers Want to SuperSize Wages

Two Years after the S&P Downgrade (Yahoo! Finance) It was just two years ago today that the...

Eagle Eye Opener August 5, 2013

English Potash Mega-Deal Averted; Department of Justice Has Bank of America in its Sights; Handicapping the Three Fed Finalists

England???s first new potash mine in 40 years is drawing a ton of attention

Eagle Eye Opener August 2, 2013

Fed is Repeating Itself; Beef Prices to Rise; EU Banks Creeping Up

Getting to Love ???The Same Ole??? Same Ole??? (YahooFinance) For the last couple of months, U.S. Federal...

Eagle Eye Opener August 1, 2013

Serving Up Apple on Fine China; Great Rotation, Take Two; Red Light, Green Light -- Global Markets Play the Game Ahead of Fed

Apple, Inc.???s second-quarter revenue from Greater China (Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong) shriveled by...

Eagle Eye Opener July 31, 2013

Barclay???s Share Transactions Enough to Make Your Head Spin; Aetna???s Q2 Earnings Up 17 Percent; Clash of the Communications Titans

Barclay???s Share Transactions Enough to Make Your Head Spin (Bloomberg) Barclay???s Plc, Great...

Eagle Eye Opener July 30, 2013

Google One ups Apple; Zynga Doesn???t Gamble??? And Loses; Post-Bankruptcy GM Offers Hope for Detroit

Google One ups Apple (YahooFinance) Will Apple, Inc., have to get used to playing second fiddle, now that...

Eagle Eye Opener July 26, 2013

Facebook Finally Figures It out; Newest English Royal Already Setting Country Right; SAC Left Holding the Bag

Facebook Finally Figures It out (Reuters) Shares of the social media monster are set to jump 17 percent...

Eagle Eye Opener July 25, 2013

Good Data Propels Europe; Home Sales Hit Five-Year High

Good Data Propels Europe (CNBC) Better-than-expected purchasing managers' index (PMI) data for the euro...

Eagle Eye Opener July 24, 2013

World Shares near Five-Year Highs on Chinese Rail Action; ???Suburban Flight??? -- Time for Investors to Move on from Housing; Hilton Turning on the Lights in Dark Continent

World Shares near Five-Year Highs on Chinese Rail Action (Reuters) China is looking into governmental...

Eagle Eye Opener July 23, 2013

Consumers Spending like U.S. Economy???s Recovering Nicely; Detroit is Not Alone in Dire Straits; Japanese Vote to Push Ahead with Economic Reforms

Consumers Spending like U.S. Economy???s Recovering Nicely??? This Week (Bloomberg) Investors hear a...

Eagle Eye Opener July 22, 2013

Chinese Debt to Stumble After 16-Year Run; Global Indexes Go Their Own Way; Bubble Me Once, Shame On You??? Bubble Me Twice

Chinese Debt to Stumble After 16-Year Run??? (Bloomberg) Investors in Chinese corporate debt have just...

Eagle Eye Opener July 19, 2013

Commodities to Continue Swoon thru 2013; BlackRock, Inc. Boosts Revenue 32 Percent in Second Quarter; Company Serving 'Misfit Borrowers' to Create 'Misfit Investments?'

Commodities to Continue Swoon thru 2013 (CNBC) Commodities investors hoping for a turnaround in the second...

Eagle Eye Opener July 18, 2013

Pimco???s Gross Likes Bonds... Again; China Increases Treasury Holdings to Record High While World Sells

Pimco???s Gross Likes Bonds... Again (YahooFinance) Anticipating no major U.S. policy changes until 2016,...

Eagle Eye Opener July 17, 2013