China’s sovereign wealth fund is looking at buying stakes in a Mongolian iron-ore company and a U.S.

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China may buy into U.S. firm, Mongolia miner: WSJ

You have to go back to March 2001, some 8½ years ago, to find a time when the editor of the average bond timing newsletter was more bullish now than he or she is today. And that’s bad news for bonds.

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Mark Hulbert: Bond timers at most bullish since 2001

There are no easy answers even though the media, the government and Wall Street itself have been trying to wring lessons from the biggest bankruptcy in U.S.

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David Weidner’s Writing on the Wall: Searching for clues a year after Lehman’s fall

The defection of a key executive from Intel Corp. to EMC Corp

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Therese Poletti’s Tech Tales: Ultimate Cage Fighting for Intel, EMC posts

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The U.S.

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The Stockpickers: Gabelli analysts expect stock market to stumble

Let’s follow this lead … imagine Paul Krugman meets with Dr.

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Paul B. Farrell: Paul Krugman, meet Dr. Sigmund Freud

Minutes from the Reserve Bank of Australia’s last meeting show policy makers weighing the benefits against the pitfalls of tightening policy, holding off from action until the central bank is convinced the current recovery is sustainable.

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RBA remains on tightening track: minutes

Coming off this year’s highs, steel-maker shares in Asia are unlikely to revisit their peak levels from 2007 anytime soon, with steel output in China at a record pace and prices for the metal on the decline.

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Asia Markets: Steel shares to fall as China output hits record

The retailer, stepping away from its usual strategy, will sell toys at more than 80 mall-based sites across the country for the upcoming holiday-shopping season.

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Toys ‘R’ Us heads to the mall, filling a void

Japan’s prime minister-designate taps fiscal conservative Hirohisa Fujii to serve as finance minister in his administration.

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Fujii tapped to be Japan finance minister