Wednesday, May 7, 2014

AROUND THE WEB

The Putin ploy and his strategy for manipulated rebellion may be spiraling out of control..
 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/08/opinion/amid-tensions-a-gesture-from-putin.html?_r=0

As we've noted before it's hard to look in just about any direction these days without spotting tension. Here's one more example, China and Vietnam and the Philippines.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles

 Fast food workers' pay demands go global and the demanding price is $15 per hour.
 http://247wallst.com/consumer-products/2014/05/07/fast-food-pay-demands-going-global/

Investors will be watching with close attention the European Central Bank's meeting Thursday and what impact it could have on the euro should there be any surprise changes.
 http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/08/us-markets-forex-idUSBREA330R620140508

Goldman Sachs weak on copper owing to weakness in Chinese real estate and slowing economy.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/goldman-weak-china-property-refinforces-bearish-copper-view-2014-05-08?dist=tcountdown

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