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If you sold every share of every company in the U.S. and used the money to buy up all the factories, machines and inventory, you’d have some cash left over. That, in a nutshell, is the math behind a bear case on equities that says prices have outrun reality. The concept is embodied in a measure known as the Q ratio developed by James Tobin, a Nobel Prize-winning economist at Yale University who died in 2002. According to Tobin’s Q, equities in the U.S. are valued about 10 percent above the cost of replacing their underlying assets -- higher than any time other than the Internet bubble and the 1929 peak.
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Mayor wants to BAN Islam 'to solve the country's problems'
Robert Chardon, mayor of Venelles, a town in the south of France, tweeted: "We must ban the Muslim faith in France." He called for the country to removal a secularism law dating back to 1905 – and instead "promote the practice of the Christian faith".
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Contested Iraqi city of Ramadi falls to Islamic State group
Islamic State militants seized control of the strategic city of Ramadi on Sunday as Iraqi forces abandoned their weapons and armored vehicles to flee the provincial capital in a major loss despite intensified U.S.-led airstrikes to try to save the city.
Nine killed in Texas biker gang shooting
A shooting involving rival biker gangs at a Central Texas restaurant has left nine people dead and some others injured. Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton says eight people died at the scene of the shooting at Twin Peaks restaurant about noon today and another person died at a hospital.
Marshall Chesrown, bankrupt developer, faces new financial fights
A trustee wants to recoup more than $2 million that bankrupted real estate developer Marshall Chesrown gave to family and friends as his fortunes were collapsing.
Spectators brave downpour for 77th Lilac Parade
A torrential downpour early Saturday evening sent parade floats under the cover of a nearby overpass, but the rain ended in time for the 77th annual Armed Forces Torchlight Parade.
A torrential downpour early Saturday evening sent parade floats under the cover of a nearby overpass, but the rain ended in time for the 77th annual Armed Forces Torchlight Parade.
Surge in PTSD cases has Army overhauling mental health services
The Army is overhauling mental health services after years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, aiming to end an era of experimentation in which nearly 200 programs were tried on different bases.
The Army is overhauling mental health services after years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, aiming to end an era of experimentation in which nearly 200 programs were tried on different bases.
You can use an onion to flavor your stir fry or keep an avocado from turning brown. Now, according to a new study, you can also use it to make an artificial muscle.
All bodies recovered from Nepal helicopter crash
The bodies of six Marines and two Nepalese soldiers who were aboard a U.S. Marine helicopter that crashed during a relief mission in earthquake-hit Nepal have been recovered, Nepal’s army said.
U.S. forces kill IS ‘emir of oil and gas’
In a rare ground attack deep into Syria, U.S. Army commandos killed a man described as the Islamic State’s head of oil operations, captured his wife and rescued a woman whom American officials said was enslaved.
In a rare ground attack deep into Syria, U.S. Army commandos killed a man described as the Islamic State’s head of oil operations, captured his wife and rescued a woman whom American officials said was enslaved.
Islamic State fighters have pushed into the Syrian town of Palmyra, home to famed 2,000-year-old ruins, and are clashing with government troops in residential areas.
Quakes shake Kilauea slopes
A series of earthquakes and shifting ground on the slopes of Kilauea have scientists wondering what will happen next at one of the world’s most active volcanos.
Ex-Egyptian president gets death sentence
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced deposed President Mohammed Morsi and more than 100 others to death for orchestrating a prison escape during the 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak. The convicts include senior leaders of Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood.
Myanmar denies blame for exodus
Fleeing migrants are overwhelming nearby countries
Myanmar refused to shoulder the blame for an escalating migrant crisis on Saturday, and cast doubts on whether it will attend a meeting to be hosted by Thailand later this month aimed at easing an emergency that has left boatloads of refugees stranded at sea.
Fleeing migrants are overwhelming nearby countries
Myanmar refused to shoulder the blame for an escalating migrant crisis on Saturday, and cast doubts on whether it will attend a meeting to be hosted by Thailand later this month aimed at easing an emergency that has left boatloads of refugees stranded at sea.
China on Saturday defended its land reclamation and construction activities on disputed islets in the South China Sea as “fully within the scope” of its national sovereignty, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Beijing to “reduce tensions and increase the prospect of a diplomatic solution.”
Tornadoes hit U.S. midsection, damaging homes, power lines
Strong storms, including some tornadoes, were churning across the nation’s midsection Saturday. Authorities in Oklahoma said there were reports of damage to homes and businesses and significant damage to power lines. Rain and winds were also moving across parts of Texas, Kansas, Nebraska and Minnesota, where there were reports of tornadoes.
Strong storms, including some tornadoes, were churning across the nation’s midsection Saturday. Authorities in Oklahoma said there were reports of damage to homes and businesses and significant damage to power lines. Rain and winds were also moving across parts of Texas, Kansas, Nebraska and Minnesota, where there were reports of tornadoes.
Guatemalans call for president’s exit
Guatemalans jammed onto the capital’s streets Saturday to voice anger over corruption that permeates the government, demanding jail time for the guilty and calling for President Otto Perez Molina to resign.
Guatemalans jammed onto the capital’s streets Saturday to voice anger over corruption that permeates the government, demanding jail time for the guilty and calling for President Otto Perez Molina to resign.
For a few hours on Saturday morning, a convention center near Disneyland became the hub of opposition to President Barack Obama’s authority to negotiate a trans-Pacific trade deal. Outside the Anaheim Convention Center, union members demonstrated against the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership. Inside, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., rallied California Democratic Party activists with a speech that criticized the trade deal as a gift to corporations.
Macedonia plunges into political crises amid wiretap scandal, deadly gunbattle
Macedonia’s short history of independence has been a troubled one – and its political turmoil appears to be getting worse. The government in this Balkan nation of about 2 million people is reeling from a massive wiretap scandal and a gunbattle between police and ethnic Albanian gunmen that left 18 dead in a border town a week ago. In a region with a long and bloody history of ethnic conflicts and political instability, the developments have caused consternation both domestically and abroad.
Vital U.S. rail route in dire straits
Heavily traveled Northeast Corridor needs billions in repairs, upgrades
The trains that link global centers of learning, finance and power on the East Coast lumber through tunnels dug just after the Civil War, and cross century-old bridges that sometimes jam when they swing open to let tugboats pass. Hundreds of miles of overhead wires that deliver power to locomotives were hung during the Great Depression.
Russian rocket breaks down after launch
A Russian rocket carrying a Mexican satellite malfunctioned Saturday shortly after its launch – the latest mishap to hit Russia’s troubled space industry.
On Armed Services Day – and a day the Obama administration reported killing a senior Islamic State leader in Syria – most of the nearly dozen GOP presidential prospects at a state party dinner called for a more confrontational stance toward Iran. Those who spoke at the Des Moines event, which roughly 1,300 Iowa Republicans attended, were former Sen. Rick Santorum, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former business executive Carly Fiorina, former surgeon Ben Carson, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, former New York Gov. George Pataki, businessman Donald Trump and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
Coeur d’Alene School Board election: Terri Seymour versus Tambra Pickford
Crews delayed en route to May 7 plane crash at train crossings
It’s no secret to the pilots who regularly use Felts Field that the airport sometimes is blocked by trains. Lyndon Amestoy is one of many who worried that the Union Pacific track just south of Felts Field could one day inhibit rescuers from reaching pilots in need. Amestoy and Richard Runyon died May 7 when their plane crashed into the Spokane River. Some emergency crews were delayed more than five minutes in getting to the scene by trains along the Union Pacific track. Although autopsies indicated that the men likely died as a result of injuries suffered on impact, the incident has highlighted a vulnerability at Felts.
Washington budget talks likely to take second special session
Legislators reached a key milestone in the special session over the budgets, but unfortunately it was not the milestone of having a negotiated agreement that would allow them to finish their work by May 28, the 30th and final day of the session. Rather, it was the milestone at which they offer tantalizing tidbits about each other’s proposals, but decline to go into specifics because “we don’t negotiate in the media.”
A two-alarm fire gutted a Spokane Valley apartment this afternoon but no one was injured and crews were able to contain the blaze to one unit. Crews were called to the scene about 4:25 p.m., and when firefighters arrived at the Whimsical Pig Apartments, 13303 E. Mission, they discovered fire coming out the door of a third-floor unit.
Texas man arrested on sex charges
A Texas man wanted on child sex charges for the past 13 years was arrested in Spokane by U.S. marshals on Friday.
Woman charged in rape accusation
A Spokane Valley woman is in the Spokane County Jail facing a charge of malicious prosecution after police say she falsely accused a man she had just met of raping her.
Firefighters save cat in home blaze
Spokane firefighters rescued a cat from a basement fire in a home at Kiernan Avenue and Monroe Street on Friday afternoon. The fire at 1003 W. Kiernan Ave. was reported at 2:30 p.m. Fire trucks blocked southbound traffic on Monroe while fighting the fire. Damage is estimated at $7,000, and the family was able to return to the home.
Woman guilty in labor scheme
A Spokane woman who helped operate a motel and apartment while claiming she was too injured to work has pleaded guilty in a disability case. Washington state labor officials said Mistie Crosby, 52, pleaded guilty Friday to three counts of third-degree theft. She agreed to pay $98,623 to the state in restitution. The money will be returned to the state workers’ compensation fund.
Sentence delayed in police porn case
A judge has postponed the sentencing of a longtime Lynden police officer who pleaded guilty to having pornography of a teenage girl on his work phone. The Bellingham Herald reported Donald Merle Glunt agreed to a plea deal in March that offered 45 days of house arrest instead of jail time.
Marijuana legalization puts extra onus on police K-9s’ human partners
For years, dogs in police K-9 units have been used to detect several illegal drugs, including marijuana, but with pot’s legalization in Washington, there has been a complication. Since the dog may be detecting a legal amount of marijuana – and can’t communicate that it is detecting another drug or a humongous amount of pot – police and sheriff’s deputies now have to document additional reasons why they believe an illegal amount of marijuana or a different controlled substance has been found. Otherwise, their search might not have probable cause and could be deemed illegal by a court.
Hundreds of activists decked out in wetsuits and life jackets took to the waters of Elliott Bay on Saturday in kayaks, canoes, paddleboards and other vessels to send the message that Royal Dutch Shell should cancel its plan to drill in the Arctic Ocean.
A man with ties to the Hells Angels motorcycle gang is back in jail, this time for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend. Ricky W. Jenks, 37, previously served time in prison for second-degree manslaughter and being a felon in possession of a firearm. In February, he was arrested on a charge of attempting to elude police and was released after posting a $10,000 bond.
A new federal lawsuit has been filed involving a 2011 accident at an eastern Idaho nuclear facility that exposed 16 workers to plutonium. The lawsuit was filed Thursday on behalf of Ralph Stanton. It follows up on a 2013 whistleblower complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Labor by Stanton and then-colleague Brian Simmons. The complaint says Battelle Energy Alliance created an unsafe work environment at the Idaho National Laboratory and retaliated after Stanton and Simmons raised health and safety concerns. The Department of Labor never took action on the complaints, leading Stanton to file this week’s lawsuit.
After Crystal Sullenger’s dog vanished four years ago, she gradually gave up hope she would ever see Star again. On May 8, Sullenger got a shock when someone from Multnomah County Animal Services emailed to inform her that Star had turned up. Police found the dog during a drug raid on a house in the St. Johns neighborhood. Star still wore her original collar with the same now-expired license.
Kathleen Parker: Jeb Bush confuses policy, family loyalty
Smart Bombs: Despite objections, Obamacare has worked
Rep. Luke Malek: Idaho should resist politics of obedience
Questions arise over Col. George Wright’s legacy
Col. George Wright came for blood. On the arid plains of the Inland Northwest, he found it: sprayed across the battlefield at Four Lakes on Sept. 1, 1858, as his soldiers fired long-range guns into charging Indians. He found it again four days later: at the Battle of the Spokane Plains, where local tribes attempted to thwart U.S. troops by lighting fire to the dry grasses and were met with the thunder of Howitzers. The battlefield ran red with Indian blood.
Textiles bring midcentury-modern style home
Have you discovered midcentury-modern style and gone hunting for a great piece of furniture from the era? Vintage pieces are pricey, and even well-made reproductions can challenge the bank account.
In the Garden: Contain tomatoes, not excitement
Local discoveries inspire Nisbet’s ‘Ancient Places’
The award-winning Spokane author, teacher and naturalist has written about explorer David Thompson and scientist David Douglas. He’s turned his sharp eyes to the Columbia River Basin and the Chewelah Valley. In his newest book, set for release Tuesday, Nisbet sets himself a grand task: to tell the “genesis stories” of the region. In “Ancient Places” ($23.95, Sasquatch Books), Nisbet tells stories human and natural, stories that are at times personal and epic. He writes about the Great Missoula Floods and the study of carpenter ants, miners and businessmen, Indian chiefs and laborers. He’ll celebrate the release of the book [7 p.m.] Tuesday night at Auntie’s Bookstore.
River of tranquility
The St. Lawrence River in Quebec is like a pastoral painting along most of its length, wild in so many places, gently settled in others – a sea of tranquility for the spirit no matter how rough the waters or dark the sky.
Clause allows businesses to ‘bully dissatisfied customers into silence’
You might not know it, but you could be giving up your right to criticize a business publicly if it has a so-called non-disparagement clause in its terms of service.
A breed apart
Sunshine Acres Arabians drive business, hobby
Wise rental owners can earn tax-free cash under 14-day rule
Obituary: Keno, Albert Peter
22 Aug 1922 - 12 May 2015 Fairfield
Obituary: Beal, John Fulton
d. 23 Apr 2015 Age 71 Spokane
Obituary: The Honorable Smithmoore P., Meyers
26 Mar 1914 - 13 May 2015 Gonzaga School of Law
www.law.gonzaga.edu/blog/2015/news/myers/
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