Freight Rail Traffic Plunges: Haunting Pictures of Transportation Recession by Wolf Richter • May 4, 2016 • 108 Comments Majestic sight: 292 Union Pacific engines idled in Arizona Desert.
R.I.P. TTIP? by Don Quijones • May 4, 2016 • 59 Comments Holy Grail US-EU trade deal is “probably doomed.”
This is Why No One Should Bail Out the “Smart Money” Stuck in Brick-and-Mortar Retailers: Let them Shed their Own Tears by Wolf Richter • May 3, 2016 • 74 Comments Another bankruptcy. Toxic Safeway-Albertsons combo waiting in the wings.
Google Growing on Fumes: Something Is Rotten in the State of Online Advertising by Contributor • May 3, 2016 • 54 Comments “Google Bubble” getting ready to deflate?
US Manufacturing Sinks Deeper into Mire, Sep. 2009 evoked by Wolf Richter • May 2, 2016 • 18 Comments Markit and ISM add to the gloom.
Why China Is Really Dictating the Oil Supply Glut by Oilprice.com • May 2, 2016 • 36 Comments A record buying spree.
China’s Furious Stimulus-and-Debt Binge Backfires by Wolf Richter • May 1, 2016 • 61 Comments Fabled transition to a service economy? Forget it.
What the Heck is Going on With the Dollar and “Fear?” by Wolf Richter • May 1, 2016 • 76 Comments “Speculators are losing faith.”