“Thus, it should be understood that when pro-US figures use the term, 'rules-based international order,' they are not referring to anything analogous to the rule of law. Quite the opposite, they are using Orwellian language to describe a system in which essentially no rules can be established and/or observed, given that the dominant state has the prerogative to violate and/or rewrite “rules” at its whim.” Aaron Good, American Exception
19 January 2012
SP 500 and NDX Futures Daily Charts
Google missed after the bell taking some of the air out of big tech. Intel and IBM beat. Microsoft beat earnings and missed revenue.