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Iran Talks Fail, Another Meeting Scheduled

Posted: May 25, 2012 at 8:09 am

Negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 -- the US, the UK, France, China, Russia, and Germany -- ended in failure yesterday. The six-nation team sought an end to Iran’s nuclear ...
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CME Group OKs 5-for-1 Stock Split (CME, ICE)

Posted: May 25, 2012 at 7:31 am

After markets closed last night, CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) announced a 5-for-1 stock split which will be accomplished as a 400% stock dividend. The dividend will be paid on ...
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US Carbon Emissions Falling on Natural Gas Boom

Posted: May 24, 2012 at 7:35 am

The rise in US natural gas production from shale has cut the use of coal as a power generation fuel by about 20%. Natural gas, which emits about half the ...
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Germany Loses Its Footing as Confidence Craters

Posted: May 24, 2012 at 6:21 am

Early this morning, HSBC said its China Purchasing Managers’ Index in May slipped to 48.7, lower than expected. Later in the day, there was evidence of a sharp slowdown in the ...
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China PMI Slides as World Economy Cools

Posted: May 24, 2012 at 3:31 am

China’s PMI is not a bad marker for global economic activity. That being said, a key measure of it, issued by HSBC, showed a rapid contraction in May. The HSBC Purchasing ...
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Bracing For The Euro Without Greece… Other PIIGS Too (EWG, EWQ, FXE, EWI, IRE, IRL, NBG, GREK, EWP, STD, BBVA, VGK, FEZ)

Posted: May 23, 2012 at 12:20 pm

So much for any great help from the ECB, France, Germany, and any other entity being able to help the Euro stay together.  Rumors have been out that nations have ...
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World Bank Downgrades China Growth

Posted: May 23, 2012 at 6:23 am

The World Bank's new "East Asia and Pacific Economic Update" forecasts that China's GDP growth will only be 8.2% in 2012 which is a substantial come down for a nation ...
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Nuclear Agency Deal with Iran Cuts Crude Price

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 7:26 am

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the government of Iran have agreed to a new inspection plan that gives the IAEA access to previously closed Iranian nuclear development facilities. ...
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IMF Warns On UK Economy

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 6:15 am

The new IMF report on the UK  ("United Kingdom—2012 Article IV Consultation Concluding Statement of the Mission") has a pessimistic tone. But, the agency believe that the country can help ...
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International Labor Office Warns On Employment

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 6:09 am

The International Labor Office of the United Nations released its new "Global Unemployment Trends For Youth 2012" It is one more forecast of a "lost generation" of productive workers. As ...
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Are Bank Guarantees Coming For Europe? (NBG, IRE, STD, BBVA, DB, BCS, UBS)

Posted: May 21, 2012 at 2:30 pm

It is never a good thing to see a run on the banks.  That is what the fears were recently indicating in Greece.  The problem is that Spain is a ...
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Manufacturers Return to the US (GE, CAT)

Posted: May 21, 2012 at 1:11 pm

Until now, the evidence that manufacturing is moving back to the US from offshore -- a process sometimes called ‘re-shoring’ -- has been largely anecdotal. Manufacturing jobs have been growing ...
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Saudis Reclaim Top Ranking for Oil Production, US Number 3

Posted: May 21, 2012 at 7:31 am

For the past six years, the country that has produced the most oil (and liquids) has been Russia. Saudi Arabia has been second, until this past March according to data ...
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Merkel Will Turn Her Back on G8

Posted: May 20, 2012 at 8:53 am

It is one thing to agree to something while under duress. It is quite another to do so from necessity. Angela Merkel of Germany relented a bit on her stance ...
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Spain Bank Downgrade Kills Markets Worldwide

Posted: May 18, 2012 at 3:31 am

A Moody’s downgrade of several banks in Spain smashed markets in Asia and Europe. The concerns that problems in Greece could spread to a much larger economy increased. Even with the ...
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