Price of personal computers to rise for first time in six years
Financial Times reporter Robin Kwong says that PC prices will increase this year due to…
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Because, you know, everyone loooves baggage fees: The higher fees take effect Tuesday for Delta…
Precious metals shine
Gold is at a 5-week high; silver and platinum are approaching 52-week highs. Charts for…
Kraft has been “raising prices across its portfolio”
So says a recent Morningstar report, according to this Forbes article about the Kraft/Cadbury merger…
Washington DC the latest to hike fees for parking meters
Roz Plater of Fox 5 News reports that DC drivers will be socked with hefty…
State Farm seeks to increase Louisiana homeowners’ premiums 19.1%
Looks like Louisiana homeowners could soon be socked with a massive increase in their homeowners’…
TIP still outperforming TLT
Inflation-protected treasury bonds continue to outperform standard (non-inflation-adjusted) long-dated treasuries. Click on the chart to…
Oil prices near 15-month high
Oil futures are now trading above $80 a barrel. The WSJ explains: “A combination of…
Great news for deflationists: health care costs continue to skyrocket
This story will come as a surprise to no one except maybe the increasingly small…
Housing bears see signs of calamity in boring Case Shiller report
Yesterday’s release of the latest S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index showed that house prices are holding…