What is going on in Silicon Valley?
Consider: Tired of defections to Facebook and elsewhere, Google is offering all of its employees…
writejesse 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…
Dr. Duru 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…
Reserve Bank of Australia tightens proactively to fight unwanted inflation
The economy in Australia continues to perform extremely well…so well, that the Reserve Bank of…
Agflation set to continue into 2011
In “Food Inflation Rising as Cooking Oil Poised to Catch Grain Gains“, Bloomberg describes a…
DuPont benefits from pricing power
E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co, or DuPont, (DD) reported strong earnings results on Tuesday.…
Steel companies squeezed by lower product prices and higher input costs
A common theme has connected the earnings reports of most steel companies: lower prices for…
Party like it’s 1999!
If Google wants to provide free servants to its employees, that’s fine by me. (Hey,…