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How to Turn Sovereign Wealth Into Personal Wealth

We all know the U.S. government is in debt up to its eyeballs. Moody’s is already threatening to downgrade the country’s debt rating due to unfunded liabilities for Medicare and Social Security.

GE Home Appliance Unit Sale Underscores Again That Corporations and Investors Alike Must Go Global to Succeed

Since we started Money Morning last year, there’s been one key theme: The next generation of leading global companies will come from outside U.S. borders.

Global Investing Roundups: Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Dow Enacts Biggest-Ever Price Increase; South Africa Inflation Soars 10.4% in April; GE Closes the Spigot on Water Use; Dollar Tree Sprouts 14% 1Q Profit, Fed Governor Retires; Rockefeller Proposal Defeated; DHL Delivered by UPS; Deceptive Dell.

Former Oilman T. Boone Pickens Makes a $2 Billion Bet on Alternative Wind Energy

T. Boone Pickens made his fortune in oil. But now the Dallas oilman and famed former corporate raider is betting $2 billion that he can have the same success with a new source of energy - wind.

Whither Finance?

It took a sub-prime/credit/derivatives debacle to make it happen, but it’s finally starting to dawn on some people that you can’t build a whole economy on the practice of moving money around.

U.S. Shares Gain on Fresh Round of Earnings

Stocks surged today (Wednesday), on a round of earnings releases that met or exceeded Wall Street expectations.

Stocks Tumble on GE Earnings

For weeks at ContrarianProfits.com we’ve been warning that the Fed-inspired optimism on Wall Street would have to eventually have to face the reality of Corporate America’s earnings.

And today reality has bitten hard. US stocks fell with a loud thud following missed earnings from industrial behemoth General Electric, whose dismal earnings report casting a gloomy light on upcoming profit reports.

According to Dow Jones MarketWatch, the Dow Jones industrials shed 148.59 points to 12,433.39, with 25 of its 30 components trading in the red.

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