Archive for January, 2012:

Greece Prime Minister Calls "Crisis Meeting" Attacks EU, IMF; Does Germany Want a Deal?

{ Posted on Jan 31 2012 by Mike "Mish" Shedlock }
Categories : All, Globaleconomicanalysis
Things are going so well in Greece (just one step away from a deal for weeks on end), that Greek officials attack EU and IMF as debt talks stall Greek officials launched a vociferous behind the scenes attack on European Union ...Read More »

Ironies Never Cease: Great Moments In Libertarian History

{ Posted on Jan 31 2012 by Steve Roth }
Categories : All, Angry Bear, Steve Roth
Why have I never posted about Yasha Levine over at The Exiled? They’re the ones that first broke this story about Koch luring Hayek to America with Social Security, and I make a point to put down my coffee when ...Read More »

Kooky Tax Protestors!

{ Posted on Jan 31 2012 by Dan Crawford (Rdan) }
Categories : All, Angry Bear
by Linda Beale Kooky Tax Protestors! Anybody who has read much of my blog probably has realized that I don't think much of "tax protestor" movements like the one Wesley Snipe got involved with. There are websites and books and information available ...Read More »

Guest post: The Obama Record after 3 years – Jobs and GDP

{ Posted on Jan 31 2012 by Dan Crawford (Rdan) }
by Jon Hammond at Econographia Guest post:  The Obama Record after 3 years - Jobs and GDP The performance of the economy over President Obama’s tenure to date has been much discussed in light of the severe contraction that began in December ...Read More »

Unisys’ 4Q profit, revenue decline

{ Posted on Jan 31 2012 by Earnings News and Information on Yahoo! Finance }
Information technology service provider Unisys Corp. reported a smaller fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday, as a sharp drop in federal government business led to a decline in revenue.The company said net ... Read More »

Broadcom 4Q profit down

{ Posted on Jan 31 2012 by Earnings News and Information on Yahoo! Finance }
Broadcom Corp. said Tuesday that its fourth-quarter net income fell nearly 4 percent but its profit beat market expectationsThe semiconductor company said that its net income for the three months that ... Read More »

Cameron Announces "Open Door" Policy Welcoming French Banks if France Start Tobin Tax

{ Posted on Jan 31 2012 by Mike "Mish" Shedlock }
Categories : All, Globaleconomicanalysis
In a move sure to raise the ire of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister David Cameron says French banks would come to Britain to avoid tax. In comments aimed squarely at Nicolas Sarkozy after the French president reportedly criticised ...Read More »

Disk maker Seagate 2Q earnings more than triple

{ Posted on Jan 31 2012 by Earnings News and Information on Yahoo! Finance }
Shares of computer hard drive maker Seagate Technology plc rose nearly 6 percent after the markets closed Tuesday when the company announced that its fiscal second-quarter net income more than tripled ... Read More »

Amazon spending threatens 1st-quarter profit

{ Posted on Jan 31 2012 by Earnings News and Information on Yahoo! Finance }
Amazon.com Inc warned of a possible operating loss in the first quarter following a sharp drop in fourth-quarter profit, a sign that the online retailer will keep spending heavily on expansion at the expense ... Read More »

Countries with highly demanded raw materials are driving hard bargains to get the highest prices possible on the global market.

{ Posted on Jan 31 2012 by TOEICJapan (Jerry Martin) }
Countries with highly demanded raw materials are driving hard bargains to get the highest prices possible on the global market. Read More »