Eagle Eye Opener
BMW & Mercedes Forego Summer Breaks to Fill Orders; Market Run up ≠ Buying Spree; ECB Keeps Rates at .5 Percent
Investors in Daimler AG (DAI) and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) can add counting profits to their list of summer activities.
‘Chinese Google’ Looking for $8 Billion in Handouts; Speaking of the FaceBook Face-Plant; End of the 30-Year Bond Rally?
Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd is China’s biggest e-commerce company, and it is currently going door-to-door on Wall Street looking for handouts.
Who’s Really behind the Home-Price Boom?; The Weaker the Better for World Markets: Dwindling Domestic Opportunities Push Spanish Business Worldwide
For many “savvy” investors, it’s no secret that the Federal Reserve is the real force keeping the U.S. economy afloat, not a genuine rebirth in consumer spending.
World Markets Lose Ground to Open Week; Bonds Set to Enter Global Bear?; Chinese Production Falters for First Time in Seven Months
According to Bloomberg, last month’s losses in the world’s bond market were the steepest since 2004.
European Economic Scene Worsens Yet Again; Inflation Uptick Good News for Japan; Three Retailers Chasing the White Whale and Losing
Investors looking for signs that the European Union (EU) is battling back from its economic pit can keep looking.
Smithfield Foods’ Pork Business May Gain Chinese Flavor; Canada’s Largest Bank also Booking Large Profits; Berkshire’s Abel to Grow Energy Holdings
Smithfield Foods, the largest U.S.-owned hog producer and pork processor, soon may be merely the largest U.S. asset held by the world’s biggest meat processing company, China’s Henan Shuanghui.