1. The Ever-Sensational Looming Global Economic CollapseThe word came down hard and fast late Wednesday evening "Société Générale has advised clients to be ready for a possible 'global economic collapse' over the next two years mapping a strategy of defensive investments to avoid wealth destruction." The headline was a bit more direct "Société Générale tells clients how to prepare for  'global collapse'." Later it was revised to include the word "potential " forming a more modest warning. But really the cat was already out of the bag. From there it took little time for mainstream US media outlets to ...

Investors react to Dell's weak earnings and a move to scoop up the dollar and move away from riskier investments.

Shares of online broker E-Trade Financial Corp. rise more than 4% at the start of Friday’s session, amidst heavy talk of a possible takeover bid by TD Ameritrade Holdings Corp.

U.S. stock futures on Friday pointed to a weaker start, hurt in part by Dell's worse-than-forecast profit drop as traders moved toward safer securities like bonds. See Indications.

D.R. Horton Inc., one of the nation’s largest home builders, says its quarterly loss narrowed from the year-ago period as net sales orders rose 26%.

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