Headlines in the News January 29, 2016

Amazon Shares Skid After It Reports Weaker Than Expected Q4 Earnings
48.9% of Union Members Worked for Government in 2015
Caterpillar sheds 5,000 workers in three months
A Bold Warning: Financial Meltdown Eminent
Do Americans Believe Hard Work Still Matters?
Cracks in America's economy are growing
Cities Where the Middle Class Can’t Afford Rent Anymore
Oil extends rise on hopes of supply cuts to tackle glut
Two Americas? Half In US Better Off Financially Than They Were 8 Years Ago, Gallup Poll Finds
Federal Reserve releases scenarios for 2016 bank stress tests
Rickards on the case for gold as the Fed ‘tightens into recession’
Fed Chair Janet Yellen to Receive Radcliffe Medal
Six Years and $17 Billion Wasted in Afghanistan
Are the best days of the U.S. economy over?
Sweden to deport up to 80,000 asylum-seekers
‘Glimmer of Hope’ That Homeownership Rate Is on the Upswing
A “Death Spiral” for the Chinese Yuan?
Gold vs. Oil, Equities…& Lumber? - Pension Partners
Survey: More Americans worried about data privacy than income
Why Cheap Gas Might Not Be Good For The U.S. Economy
USDollar/USDX Index
DJIA
Now Among Largest Firearms Investors, Soros in Gun Control Scheme to Dump Stocks: “I’m Very Much Against Guns”
The Web Sites They Don’t Want You To Read: “A Few of These Sites May Be Run By Truly Insane People”
Report: Store Inventory Levels Reduced Nationwide: “Stock Up Now While You Can!”
FBI Video Shows Deadly Confrontation Between Finicum and Feds *Graphic Video Content*