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Larry Ellison finally shows up at Oracle Now that Ellison's team has won the America's Cup in a thrilling comeback, it's back to business for the head of the enterprise software giant.
COMMODITIES
Commodity supercycle ‘alive and well’
Ignore the recent commodity price slides, McKinsey & Co. analysts argue.
• Oil futures return to the red
Investing
Gundlach: Taper will wait
Recap of webcast: It's only been two weeks since bond guru's last presentation, and a lot has changed since then.
• Arends: Invest in the markets Wall Street hates
SPORTS BUSINESS
NFL teams with the priciest tickets
Winning football teams attract more fans and drive up ticket prices. Only one of the 10 most recent Super Bowl champions is not on this list.
• Ticket scams: A risky game to play
• Selig to retire as MLB commissioner in 2015
• Europe stocks waver ahead of euro-zone data
• U.K. consumer confidence hits pre-crisis high
• J.C. Penney plans stock sale
• Boehner: No debt-ceiling deal without cuts
• Dow, S&P; snap losing streak
• Arrest notice issued for British ‘White Widow’
• Asian stocks move up; Sydney stands out
• Twitter rage: Jimmy Kimmel vs. Kanye West
• Bill Gross doesn’t trust Moody’s to rate U.S
Commentary Spotlight
Koo: ‘Vicious cycle’ as Fed faces ‘QE trap’
Fed will have a hard time unwinding quantitative easing, argues Nomura's chief economist.
• Fed’s Stein, Kocherlakota reflect taper discord
• Fed's George: Delaying taper hurts credibility
washington
Who's afraid of a shutdown?
There's 'relatively little' fear of a shutdown in Washington priced into the options market, says Goldman Sachs.
• SEC chair signals bigger enforcement fines
• Plan to speed up Senate budget vote killed
RETIREMENT
High earners may feel poor after retiring
Study: Households with six-figure earnings before retirement saw income fall by an average of 50% after age 65.
• Longevity fuels creativity, and vice versa
• Bring back mandatory retirement?
INSECT ATTACK
Giant hornets kill dozens
Central China has seen a surge in attacks by 2 -inch-long hornets that have left more than 20 dead.
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Latest data reveal two housing markets: One seeing healthy growth in sales and prices, the other still crippled by distressed homes.
BANKS
Jamie Dimon and the $11 bln shrug
“Literally nobody cares,” one bank analyst says of investor reaction to prospect of multibillion-dollar fine against J.P. Morgan over mortgage practices.
• SEC chairman signals bigger enforcement fines
• First Take: Stop the bleeding, Jamie Dimon
• Jamie Dimon meeting with Eric Holder: reports
Tech
Samsung may have a trick up its sleeve
It's tough to make a new smartphone stand out from the crowd. Samsung's answer? Ditch the flat screen.
• Apple may feel margin heat from new Kindle
• Nokia eyeing Alcatel-Lucent tie-up
• Blackberry pulled from T-Mobile shelves
• A black anniversary for BlackBerry
• BlackBerry earnings Friday, but no call
Food
Five healthy fast-food failures
Burger King is betting its new “Satisfries” will do better than these infamous low-calorie flops
• 10 retro foods that are making a comeback
WASHINGTON
Would shutdown devastate Republicans?
Some words of caution for Democrats salivating at the prospect of Republicans getting blamed by the public for a shutdown.
Revisit those critical days between Aug. 4 and Oct. 6 of 2008 via MarketWatch interactive time line.
• Some Lehman creditors fared very well
• Funds erase financial crisis from history
• Wrong lesson to take from the financial crisis
• Why you’re a sucker to believe Wall Street
• Wall Street then and now (Minyanville)
• Complete coverage of crisis anniversary »
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Ireland: Retire in the green
It doesn't take much paperwork to escape to an Emerald Isle retirement. Plus, there's so much history and heritage. But there are some economic issues you should think about.
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