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Nokia Launches $100 Million Fund For Smart Car Development
Article By:
Shelly Palmer
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Monday, May 5, 2014 12:43 PM EDT
With its handset business in Microsoft’s pocket, Nokia is looking for its next big business opportunity — and it may have found it in connected cars.
The Four Biggest Right-Wing Lies About Inequality
Article By:
Robert Reich
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Monday, May 5, 2014 12:33 PM EDT
Even though French economist Thomas Piketty has made an air-tight case that we’re heading toward levels of inequality not seen since the days of the nineteenth-century robber barons, right-wing conservatives haven’t stopped lying about what’s happening and what to do about it.
The Part-Time Employment Ratio: Slight Improvement In April
Article By:
Doug Short
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Monday, May 5, 2014 12:07 PM EDT
Buried near the bottom of Table A-9 of the government's Employment Situation Summary are the numbers for Full- and Part-Time Workers, with 35-or-more hours as the arbitrary divide between the two categories.
Time To Admit That Gold Peaked In 2011?
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Casey Research
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Monday, May 5, 2014 11:45 AM EDT
Have you seen this “real price of gold” chart that’s been making waves? Among other things, it purports to show the gold price adjusted for inflation over the past 223 years. Notice the 1980 vs. 2011 levels.
ISM Services Jumps To 8-Month High But Employment Tumbles
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Monday, May 5, 2014 11:33 AM EDT
At 51.3, the employment sub-index of the ISM Services data is at its lowest since May 2013 (ex February's "weather" impacted plunge).
April 2014 Conference Board Employment Index Again Strengthens
Article By:
Steven Hansen
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Monday, May 5, 2014 11:20 AM EDT
The Conference Board’s Employment Trends Index for April 2014 – which forecasts employment for the next 6 months – strengthened. The rate of year-over-year growth improved, and this was the second month in a row of improvement in the three month rolling average rate of growth.
10Y Yield Hits 7-Month Lows As Gold Surges
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Monday, May 5, 2014 10:29 AM EDT
With Japan out and Europe quiet, markets are without their normal random Nikkei headline or ECB quote of the day to juice JPY (unable to break back above 102) and stocks (for now)... and of course, it's not Tuesday.
In this article: GLD
The Civilian Labor Force, Unemployment Claims And Recession Risk
Article By:
Doug Short
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Monday, May 5, 2014 9:46 AM EDT
Every week I post an update on new unemployment claims shortly after the BLS report is made available. My focus is the four-week moving average of this rather volatile indicator.
The Coming Week’s Must-Know Lessons: State Of Markets, US Jobs, Ukraine, Etc.
Article By:
Cliff Wachtel
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Monday, May 5, 2014 9:34 AM EDT
Both our technical and fundamental analysis of global market drivers shows that bullish and bearish considerations remain in equilibrium.
Target Chairman & CEO Resigns
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Monday, May 5, 2014 9:25 AM EDT
It seems being ultimately responsible for the largest data breach is US history has its consequences for the bucks-stops-here CEO and Chairman of Target:
In this article: TGT
Philly Fed: Causes Of Decline In Labor Participation
Article By:
John Lounsbury
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Monday, May 5, 2014 8:00 AM EDT
Econintersect: The labor participation rate (percentage of working age Americans in the labor force) peaked around 2000. The decline accelerated after the Great Recession.
China Manufacturing PMI Misses 6th Month In A Row As Home Sales Collapse 47% YoY
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Tyler Durden
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Monday, May 5, 2014 7:31 AM EDT
For the 6th month in a row, China HSBC Manufacturing PMI missed expectations. With a 48.1 print for April (vs 48.3 flash) this is a very modest rise from March's 48.0 but is the 4th month in a row of contraction for the broader-based HSBC-version of the PMI
The Coming Week’s Likely Must-Know Top Market Movers
Article By:
Cliff Wachtel
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Monday, May 5, 2014 7:19 AM EDT
Chart Don’t Lie: Dramatic headlines and dominant news themes don’t necessarily move markets. Price action is critical for understanding what events and developments are, and are not, actually driving markets.
In this article: SPY