Wages have not risen, monetary debasement, & social security benefits have stayed constant for a while….
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General Mills To Buy a 50% Stake in Yoplait for $1 Billion
Nike to Raise Prices on Higher Input Costs
Government maintains there is no inflation, but prices on everything we buy are going higher….
Comments »Japan May Have to Seal Off Plant With Sand and Concrete
Petro China Will Step Up Oil and Gas Asset Acquisitions
U.K. Consumer Confidence Hits The Skids
China New Home Prices Defy Curbs
Canadian Markets Plus The Loonie Gain On Strong Economic Data and Commodity Rise
German Bonds Rise on Flight To Safety
Oil Surges On “Imminent Air Strikes” On Libya
Food Commodities Resume Their Upside After a Brief Respite
World demand and export from the U.S. increase after a brief moment of price slack…..
Comments »U.N. Declares Force is Necessary For Libya
Given Unprecedented World Intervention is QE3 In the Works ?
Will Japan Have Banking Failures ?
Asian Markets Hold Their Rallies, Europe Opens Higher, and U.S. Futures Are Green on G7 Yen Intervention
Flash: Norway and France to Participate in Military Operations Against Libya
Watch oil
Update: A French spokesman was quoted saying operations could commence “within hours.”
Comments »Apple Faces Significant Supply Shortages
Post Japanese quake, Apple is having a difficult time procuring NAND and DRAM memory chips, as well as glass for its iPad 2.
Toshiba, #2 global supplier of NAND flash, said their factories in Japan would be closed for at least 1 month. Since then, spot prices for both NAND and DRAM have soared.
Because of these difficult headwinds, there is a distinct chance Apple’s margins will be hampered in Q2.
Comments »Flash: Power to be Restored at Fukushima by March 20th
It’s being reported that an operator at working on reactors 3 & 4 said power would likey resume by 3/20.
Comments »The NIKKEI Soars
As minor progress or lack of outright disaster in Japan permeates the dog brains of investors, shares in Asia are being bid up fanatically, with the NIKKEI posting a 3% move. Other markets are up, but nothing as exceptional as Japan.
US futures are ripping higher by 1%. And commodities are up across the board.
In other words: risk on.
Comments »I Hope Beer Has Not Ruined My Tweeting Career
It has caused me to misspell, have grammatic errors, and strongly consider this….
Definitely my last tweet/post of the night
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