Surging Freight Costs Fire Up Inflation Fears by Wolf Richter • Feb 23, 2018 • 59 Comments “Pricing power has erupted…”
Return of Enron to the Energy Sector? by Leonard Hyman and Willian Tilles • Feb 23, 2018 • 13 Comments The lure of forever-cheap money. But now rates are going up.
Brick & Mortar Meltdown Hits These Stores the Most by Wolf Richter • Feb 22, 2018 • 80 Comments They’re the primary stores at malls.
New Subsidies For Coal, Nuclear in the Federal Budget by Leonard Hyman and Willian Tilles • Feb 22, 2018 • 31 Comments Nice to know our government is generous, even rewarding corporate failure.
“Cash Must Not Be Made the Scapegoat” by Don Quijones • Feb 22, 2018 • 40 Comments In the War on Cash, a rare defense of physical money by an ECB Board Member.
What will Spiking Mortgage Rates, High Home Prices, & the New Tax Law Do to the Housing Market? by Wolf Richter • Feb 21, 2018 • 128 Comments Surging home prices have primed the housing market for this.
After Years of Crisis in Spain, Pensioners Next to Feel the Pain by Don Quijones • Feb 21, 2018 • 37 Comments Doubts emerge as to who is saving whom.
Why do Billionaires Keep Buying US Newspapers despite their “Terrible Future,” as Buffett Said? by Wolf Richter • Feb 20, 2018 • 68 Comments Today Buffett’s own newspaper conglomerate announced the 2nd round of layoffs in 10 months. Here are the billionaires that bought US papers.
How GM Is Shaking Down South Korean Taxpayers by Wolf Richter • Feb 20, 2018 • 39 Comments The threat of Carmageddon for jobs.
RBS Forgery Scandal Metastasizes Days before Crucial Earnings Report by Don Quijones • Feb 20, 2018 • 20 Comments The bailed-out megabank hasn’t had a single year in the black since 2007.