A Toxic Mix for Auto Sales in America by Wolf Richter • Aug 2, 2014 • 3 Comments Neither a mad scramble into subprime loans nor the highest incentives since crisis-year 2010 could move the iron.
What The Heck Is Wrong with Big Tech? by Wolf Richter • Aug 2, 2014 • 10 Comments Tech companies are on a white-hot acquisition binge, swallowing anything that isn’t nailed down. But layoffs have started soaring. And it’s getting worse.
Germany U-Turns, Torpedoes Corporate Sovereignty Charter in Trade Agreements With US and Canada, Resistance Grows by Don Quijones • Aug 1, 2014 • 1 Comment Germany has learned a lesson: it’s being hounded by a foreign corporation over its nuclear energy policy
This Market Is a Titanic in Search of an Iceberg by Bill Bonner • Aug 1, 2014 • Comments Off on This Market Is a Titanic in Search of an Iceberg What was that sound? Did you feel a little bump? Nah… don’t worry about it. Go back to your cabin and have a good sleep.
An Insufferable Beer Crisis Hits California by Wolf Richter • Jul 31, 2014 • 9 Comments American craft brewers are kicking butt as the world watches with rapt attention. But #1 craft-beer state California has a problem: no water, no beer.
“Reverse Bailout”: Private Banks to Argentina’s Rescue? by Bianca Fernet • Jul 30, 2014 • 4 Comments Deus Ex Machina. But why the heck would the banks want to bail out Argentina? And at what price?
Yen-Dollar Trading in Tokyo Totally Collapses by Wolf Richter • Jul 30, 2014 • 1 Comment Japan, under the regime of Abenomics, has, let’s say, some issues.
Where Money Goes to Die: How Fracking Blows Up Balance Sheets of Oil and Gas Companies by Wolf Richter • Jul 30, 2014 • 10 Comments It always starts with a toxic mix.
Argentina Default: Is Paul Singer Playing Both Sides? by Bianca Fernet • Jul 30, 2014 • Comments Off on Argentina Default: Is Paul Singer Playing Both Sides? Life is rarely win-win. Unless….
Big Trouble in Catalonia, As Godfather of Independence Movement Confesses to Tax Evasion by Don Quijones • Jul 29, 2014 • Comments Off on Big Trouble in Catalonia, As Godfather of Independence Movement Confesses to Tax Evasion Just 103 days remain before Catalonia’s scheduled and already explosive referendum on independence from Spain, and now this.
