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is QLogic’s drop meaningful? Or just another movement?

Via ConvergEx’s Nick Colas,

We’re always interested in alternative economic frameworks that can help address the sizable gaps left open by classical approaches. Behavioral economics can fill part of that void, of course, as it describes some basic shortfalls in the assumption that we’re all superhuman welfare maximizing individuals. One step beyond that is evolutionary economics, which borrows from biology rather than psychology to form models about economic behavior.

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Merck’s Q2 results topped Wall Street’s expectations, but its headline figures don’t tell the full story.

Chevron earnings fell well below expectations, raising questions about returns at a time when oil prices are sliding.

Bully Bullard with some comments from Dow Jones cited by CNBC
– US in good shape for Sep hike
– 25bp rise still leaves rates highly accommodative
– 25bp rise likely to be a non-event for the economy
I’m trying to find the link to the article so am just picking up the pieces as they come out

Now that U.S. Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen has made it clear she’s looking out for “some” improvement in the job market before voting for the first Fed interest rate rise in nearly a decade, so is everyone else. The challenge is that the U.S. economy is generating very little inflation – not to mention disinflation coming from China and nearly no inflation in Europe – leaving many questioning whether the Fed even should be considering a rate rise.

Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) is freezing 2015 cash bonuses for its executive board as it examines whether some managers could have done a better job at avoiding problems that led to expensive litigation, a person familiar with the matter said. The bonus freeze hits all members of the management board except Deutsche Bank’s new Chief Executive John Cryan, new Chief Financial Officer Marcus Schenck and new retail bank head Christian Sewing, the person said.

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