The death toll continues to rise in the aftermath of the Texas plant explosion… Death Toll Rises to 14 With 200 Injured After Texas Explosion Fourteen people have now been confirmed dead with 200 people injured after...

 GunsSaveLives From WFSB.com, Following a debate that lasted several hours, the Connecticut Senate passed the toughest gun control laws in the country, and now the package heads to the House. On Monday, a bipartisan agreement on gun control...

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The last couple of weeks have seen stock markets bounce around inexplicably and reach new highs, all in the midst of an economy that is, once again, about to buckle. Likewise, during this time period we’ve seen...

NBCBayArea Click here to view the embedded video. Did you see it? On a day that had a lot of people talking about meteorites and asteroids, a fireball of some sort was seen streaking across the Bay...

Everyone’s talking about it: The Italian election polls. In two separate notes we’re reading this weekend, analysts are putting the spotlight on the closing gap between Silvio Berlusconi’s conservative party and the mainstream left party headed by...

Diversification during times of uncertainty and instability means different things to different people. For most of us looking to keep our eggs in different baskets, hard asset are a primary investment vehicle. As more dollars are printed...

UPDATE: Now Spain is up 1.9%   ORIGINAL POST: Spain is up 1.36% today. Nothing’s really going on, but there seems to be more hope that Spain is getting closer to asking for a bailout, allowing Europe...

The Olympics is now over, so there will be plenty of time to examine the medals table later, but wow, hats off to Goldman on predicting Great Britain’s medal count. As we noted in this post, Goldman...

Want to know what’s going to happen in the stock market (and by extension the Presidential election)? Just keep your eye on weekly initial jobless claims. The recent improvement in claims perfectly mirrors the recent improvement in...