BMW Smacks Down Elon Musk’s Tesla Collaboration Hype by Wolf Richter • Nov 28, 2014 • 28 Comments BMW insiders: Tesla CEO Elon Musk “is using us for PR purposes.” Stung by Daimler’s and Toyota’s exit, he wants to “decorate” himself with the name BMW.
Junk Bond Carnage, One Company at a Time by Wolf Richter • Nov 27, 2014 • 4 Comments The money is drying up. Bondholders grapple with the sordid meaning of “junk.”
Global Business Outlook: “Darkest Picture since Financial Crisis.” US Deterioration “of Greatest Concern” by Wolf Richter • Nov 24, 2014 • 5 Comments Despite incessant hype, businesses depict a troubled global economy.
This Is a Sign the Startup Bubble Is Totally Maxed Out: It Resorts to (um, Sexy) Junk Mail to Disrupt by Wolf Richter • Nov 21, 2014 • 7 Comments Big money is gushing in all directions.
The Wrath of Draghi: Biggest German Banks Impose “Negative Interest Rates” by Wolf Richter • Nov 20, 2014 • 13 Comments “Punishment Interest” Germans call it with Teutonic precision. Bank: “Just stop saving.”
It’s Official: Party Now, Apocalypse Later by Wolf Richter • Nov 19, 2014 • 13 Comments That’s the new thinking about the markets in a crummy global economy where everything is overvalued.
Warren Buffett Is Dumping Stocks out the Backdoor by Wolf Richter • Nov 17, 2014 • 13 Comments His impeccable sense of timing appears to have kicked in.
Fiddling the Figures by Contributor • Nov 15, 2014 • 5 Comments If you’re in and out fast, you can make money just by stock arbitrage. Smart players know that. Corporations that work to please them know it too.
Why the Pentagon Dreads the “Sale” of IBM’s Chip Business by Wolf Richter • Nov 12, 2014 • 5 Comments Undetectable “kill switches” built into semiconductors.
Layoffs Explode In America’s Big Old Tech Companies by Wolf Richter • Nov 7, 2014 • 11 Comments Job cut announcements in tech doubled from a year ago. Worst year since 2009.
