Human Error and Protocol May Have Exacerbated Japan’s Reactor Problems

Essentially pressure was allowed to climb to high before releasing it. The facility could not handle this and may have caused more problems than necessary.

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60% of $ managers polled are bullish.

60% expect a correction of 10% or more before year end.

Some favor more earnings upside and like big cap value……

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CEO of THC Trevor Fetter: $3.3 Billion grossly under values the company…..

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Truckers idling rigs.

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A hint into QE2 and what the Fed may do…

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“The standard way of thinking about the eurozone is this: Germany is strong, France is a bit less strong, and everyone else mooches off their strength.

Certainly that’s how it’s appeared lately, post-crisis, but that’s thinking way too small.

Floyd Norris at NYT sheds some light on what’s actually been the case, going back to the creation of the Euro: Germany is the biggest beneficiary around, and everyone else has been losers.”

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Chavez must think he is Robin Hood….

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Apparently now that some paper wealth is to be had people are parting with their coin.

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At least 75 killed, due to Syrian police firing live rounds into unarmed protesters, making today’s death toll the worst to date.

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President Obama experienced push back on his visit to the West Coast, as citizens voiced disappointment with the economic recovery and lack of jobs. While plenty understood that deficit reduction is imperative to the long term stability of the country, many also wanted to know what was being done to help spur the economy on to job growth.

An audience member at Obama’s town hall meeting Wednesday at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., summarized how the increased attention on red ink looks to the public.

“At the beginning of your term you spent a lot of time talking about job creation and the road to economic recovery,” the questioner told the president. “Since then, we’ve seen the conversation shift from that of job creation and economic recovery to that of spending cuts and the deficit.”

Malcontent was also voiced on the state of the housing market and its persistence.

The extra $50 billion (4 trillion yen) the Cabinet approved is expected to be only the first installment of reconstruction funding. About $15 billion (1.2 trillion yen) will go to fixing roads and ports and more than $8.5 billion (700 billion yen) will go to build temporary homes and clearing rubble.

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. said it is suing Apple Inc. for patent rights violations, only days after Apple sued Samsung for the same reason.

Samsung is accusing Apple of violating its rights to 10 smartphone and computer patents. The company filed lawsuits Thursday in Seoul, Tokyo and Mannheim, Germany.

The lawsuits come only days after Apple sued Samsung in a California court. Apple alleges Samsung’s Galaxy line of smartphones and tablet computers copy Apple’s popular iPad and iPhone.

TOKYO (AP) — Toyota’s global car production, disrupted by parts shortages from Japan’s earthquake and tsunami, won’t return to normal until November or December — imperiling its spot as the world’s top-selling automaker.

President Akio Toyoda apologized to customers for the delays due to the March 11 disasters that damaged suppliers in northeastern Japan, affecting automakers around the world.

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The strike rages on for a third day; causing potential export problems and giving strength to a unpublicized revolution in China.

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