The Big Picture

A perfect cartoon for a Friday afternoon, from the Abstruse Goose: > Hat tip Mike S

Bill Moyers sits down with veteran regulator William K. Black, who says Wall Street is already been breaking current rules. > click...

At right is the front page of Today’s Handelsblatt (April 29), a business newspaper in Germany of about 150,000. It competes with the...

This is a terrific chart (via Invictus) showing the past two — really three — asset bubble tops. 1. Tech/Dot.com bubble 1990s...

The April Chicago PMI was a better than expected 63.8 vs the estimate of 60. It’s up from 58.8 in March and at the highest since...

The New Yorker-like photo caption contest from earlier this week was a big success — over 400 entries in about 8 hours. Many of the...

This is the way to start a Friday: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c

Commerce Dept: The increase in real GDP in the first quarter primarily reflected positive contributions from personal consumption...

There is no change to the belief that by the end of the weekend Greece will have its debt obligations satisfied for the next 3 years with...

I made a few tweaks to the earlier draft of this — its now tighter and more specific: > The screen is dark. There is a soft...