Money & Markets – Week of 04.13.14

Ronald McDonald Replaced by Farmer Dirk
24/7 Wall St. | 15 April 2014
Ronald McDonald, a spokesman for McDonald’s Corp., has been mothballed…

McDonald’s Foreign Workers Call it ‘Slavery’
CBCNews | 17 April 2014
Belizian temporary foreign workers docked pay for rent in corporate apartment…

Crowdfunding Spreads to Hotels as Hard Rock Sells Stakes
Bloomberg | 17 April 2014
Real estate crowdfunding is spreading to the U.S. hotel industry…

Lockheed Sees Surge in Profits After Shutdown
The Washington Times | 01 April 2014
This time a year ago, Lockheed Martin officials warned of impending layoffs…

Robert Shiller: This One Chart Shows Why The US Is Years Away From Recession
Business Insider | 08 April 2014
Nobel laureate and Yale University economist Robert Shiller is in the camp of experts who believe the odds of a recession are very low…

More Banker Suicides… And More High Octane Speculation…
Giza Death Star | 14 April 2014
The dead bodies in the banking business just keep piling up…

Small U.S. Colleges Battle Death Spiral as Enrollment Drops
Bloomberg | 14 April 2014
At a Dowling College campus on Long Island’s south shore…

World’s Highest Minimum Wage on Ballot in Switzerland
Bloomberg | 13 April 2014
Jasmin Eicher has already axed her sole full-time employee to keep afloat her shop selling cards…

April 14, 2014 – Workday – A Case Study
Financial Perspectives | 14 April 2014
About 3 weeks ago I readied a post regarding how I felt it was time to short Workday…

BLM Selling Out America-Fabian Calvo
USA Watchdog | 13 April 2014
Real estate expert Fabian Calvo thinks the recent standoff between the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Nevada cattle rancher Cliven Bundy…

TIAA-CREF to Buy Nuveen Investments for $6.25 Bln
Reuters | 14 April 2014
TIAA-CREF, a retirement services provider to non-profit organizations such as universities and hospitals…