Chinese exports surged 14.1 percent year-over-year (YoY) in December, beating expectations for a 5 percent rise (via Michael McDonough). Meanwhile, imports increased six percent YoY, ahead of expectations of a 3.5 percent rise. Trade balance widened to...

This morning we learned that Dan Loeb is long nutritional supplement company Herbalife, and now we know why. Loeb hashed out his thesis in his latest letter to investors — his hedge fund, Third Point is up...

How much of an effect do high gasoline prices have upon the rate of layoffs in the U.S. economy? Today, following the initial confirmation of our hypothesis that they do have a significant effect as measured by the number...

A crucial week of economic data ended on a high note. First the scoreboard: Dow: 13,096, +217.3, +1.6%S&P 500: 1,390, +25.9, +1.9%NASDAQ: 2,967, +58.1, +2.0% And now the top stories: U.S. companies added 163k jobs in July,...

Wow! In a totally over-the-top new note, Jefferies’ David Zervos declares that the world is seeing a repeat of the famous Committee To Save The World. You remember that, right? That was the famous 1998 Time Magazine...

The drought in the American Midwest has sent corn prices soaring. And this is a very worrisome sign for Chinese pork prices. Societe Generale analysts Michel Martinez, Wei Yao, and Jaroslaw Janecki write that nearly 90 percent...

If the weather stays hot and dry this summer, this is going to mushroom into a huge story. First, the drought is horrible. It’s being called the worst since 1988t in almost no part. Here’s the latest...

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The markets were on a big losing streak going into today, but they have broken it in decisive fashion. First, the scoreboard: Dow: +203.82 +1.62%NASDAQ: 42.28 +1.48%S&P 500: 22.02 +1.65% And now, the top stories… The “day”...