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Poison Will Rain From Helicopters In The Greatest Rat Extermination In History
Located some 1,800 kilometers off the coast of South America, South Georgia Island has no permanent human residents – but millions of rats. The rodents first made their way to this south Atlantic...
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It Looks Like Everybody Was Shorting The Yen Going Into Today's Election
We just mentioned that Shinzo Abe, Japan's pro-inflation candidate, appears to have won a sweeping victory in today's Japanese national elections.The pressure he is expected to apply to the Bank of...
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MARK CARNEY: The 'Candy Man' Of Central Banking
Mark Carney, the Canadian central banker who was recently poached by the Bank of England, has gotten a lot of attention lately. And for the most part he's received praise for his past...
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2012 Was A Historic Year In Monetary Policy — And It Just Had The Perfect Ending
2012 has been a historic year in monetary policy.Here are the big events:The ECB came into its own. The monetary structure of the Eurozone has been flawed from the get-go, but the sovereign debt crisis...
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Adam Lanza Described As 'Very Very Bright And 'A Deeply Disturbed Kid'
This story was written and reported by Harriet Alexander, David Barrett, Laura Donnelly, Jon Swaine in Newtown, CT.Adam Lanza, the 20-year-old who killed his mother and 26 people at a primary school in...
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THE TRUTH ABOUT THE DEFICIT: It's Not Very Big, And There's Only One Way To...
"Trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see.""Hundreds of trillions in unfunded liabilities.""Washington is broke.""Only cranking up taxes, and slashing benefits can save us from leaving a...
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Stories About Some Of The 28 Children And Adults Killed In The Sandy Hook...
Portraits of Conn. shooting victims show lives at their very start, ended in hail of gunfireMost died at the very start of their young lives, tiny victims taken in a way not fit for anyone regardless...
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The Most Detailed Account Yet Of The Sandy Hook Massacre
The most detailed account yet of the Sandy Hook massacre has been written byEdmund Mahony and Dave Altimari of the Hartford Courant.A link to their story follows.The details are beyond horrific. The...
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RAIL INDICATORS: The Economy Continues To Soften
More weakness in this week’s rail traffic report. The AAR reported a -0.3% reading in intermodal. This is the second consecutive negative weekly reading. This brings the 12 week moving average down...
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Now We Know Why The Shanghai Market Had Its Best Day In 3 Years On Friday
The Shanghai Composite had its best day in over 3 years on Friday, as the key stock market index surged over 4%.The source of the move seemed unclear at the time. Some were attributing it to the HSBC...
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CHUCK SCHUMER: 'The Public Will Not Accept This New Normal' Of A Mass...
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday called for a three-step plan on stricter gun control laws at the federal level, saying "the public will not accept this new normal" of frequent mass...
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Top Conservatives Are Blown Away By John Boehner's Fiscal Cliff Offer: 'This...
The conservative group Club For Growth derided Speaker John Boehner Monday over his latest fiscal cliff offer, attacking the House Republican leader for offering concessions on raising tax rates and...
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12 Cool Lessons From Political Stats Guru Nate Silver
Political stats guru Nate Silver had a pretty great run this year. His blog at the New York Timesexploded in popularity, he's up for a new contract next year, and his predictions for the election...
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An In-Depth Look At The Most Impressive People of 2012
Felix BaumgartnerChris ChristieHillary ClintonR.A. DickeyGabrielle DouglasMario DraghiLena DunhamTony HsiehLeBron JamesJoe LhotaMars Curiosity RoverMarissa MayerJim MessinaElon MuskPussy RiotJohn...
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PRESENTING: The New American Dream Home — Where Multiple Generations Of One...
The bottom of the U.S. housing market seems to be behind us and mortgage rates are at record lows.However, Americans are reluctant to buy a home due to shaky labor market conditions, weak wages, and...
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Stocks That Lots Of People Are Shorting Are Surging Today (MCO, STX, F, MTB,...
Stocks are off to a nice start this week as the S&P 500 is up around 0.8 percent at lunchtime in the United States.Once again, some of the market's most heavily-shorted stocks are leading indices...
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WALL STREET JOURNAL: Now Is Not The Time For Gun Control Debates
The Wall Street Journal editorial board is urging restraint in discussing new measures to curb gun violence in the wake of Friday's massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School that killed 20 children and...
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The 20 Most Impressive People Of The Year
What a year it's been.In 2012, the United States saw Hurricane Sandy ravage the East Coast and a divisive presidential election that kept President Obama in office. London hosted the 2012 Summer...
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Tech Execs Are Just As Guilty Of Creating Inequality As Wall Street, But No...
Last week, DealBook hosted a fabulous conference where the heads of the most important investment banks in the world spoke, along with some big names in the tech and economics.One thing that stood out...
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Gun Stocks Are Getting Slammed (SWHC, RGR)
Markets are surging right now with the S&P 500 up a solid 1 percent.However, gun stocks are big losers today.Smith & Wesson is down 3 percent.Sturm Ruger is down 2 percent.In the wake of...
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