AK Steel increases prices on carbon steel products
AK Steel (AKS) is increasing prices yet again. Effective today and starting with new orders,…
November 2010
Dr. Duru Now showing – higher prices at Netflix
Netflix (NFLX) is increasing the price it charges for its 1-DVD and 2-DVDs out at…
China continues to lose its fight against inflation
We have chronicled on these pages China’s struggles with inflation. It appears the pressures are…
Wal-Mart’s “Always Low” prices starting to edge up.
Patrick McKeever of MKM Partners says prices at Wal-Mart have edged higher in recent months:…
writejesse Inflation hidden in higher unit costs
Thanks to Tim Ianoco for posting a link to this article from Fortune: “Why your…
What is going on in Silicon Valley?
Consider: Tired of defections to Facebook and elsewhere, Google is offering all of its employees…
As inflation expectations continue to rise, long bond continues to sag
Prices of long-dated treasuries continue to fall, meaning yields are rising. Below is the chart…
Hong Kong braces itself for Fed-induced money flows
Bloomberg reports that Norman Chan, the head of Hong Kong’s central bank, is preparing to…
Inflation may loom as material costs pressure earnings
In “Business Earnings Climb Despite Rising Costs“, the WSJ reports that companies reporting third quarter…
Brace for higher clothes prices
In “Unable to Stretch Further, Apparel Makers Raise Prices“, the WSJ notes that surging prices…