The day's insane news wire has Russian billionaire and New Jersey (soon Brooklyn) Nets owner, Mikhail Prokhorov, risking his life to challenge Vladimir Putin for the Russian Premiership. In the States, Mitt Romney challenged Perry on a $10,000 bet on the integrity of each candidate's word. Perry said he wasn't a betting man. European shares are in turmoil today as the rating agencies pour pressure down post summit failure. All the day's insane news follows, hand-selected for your enjoyment.Insane News 12-12-11
- Romney’s Daring Challenge
- Occupy Activists Shutting Down West Coast Ports
- Russian Billionaire to Challenge Putin for Presidency
- The European Divide
- Europe Cracks
- U.S. Stocks Fall on Moody’s Call (NYSE: MCO)
- Intel Lowers its Outlook (Nasdaq: INTC)
- Obama’s Take on Wall Street Prosecutions
- Tim Tebow, Making God Cool Again
- OECD Warns on Growing Global Debt Load
- Woman Leaves $13 Million to Pet Cat
- Dog Survives 50 Foot Fall on Upper West Side
- Obama Meets with Iraqi PM
- North Korea Warns Against Christmas Lights
- Massacre Could Follow Deadline in Syria
- Italy Starts Striking Against Monti’s Austerity
- Greece Works to Halve Debt Burden
- Greece’s Ill-Advised Austerity Continues to Pain Greeks
- Fed Prepares for Quantitative Yakking
- Fitch: EU Failed
- Pfizer Lifts Dividend 10% (NYSE: PFE)
- Euro Wary Investors Turn to Treasuries
- Are You Better Off than your Mom and Dad?
- IPO Fever
- The Week Ahead on the Hill
- Is Apple Vulnerable in 2012 (Nasdaq: AAPL)?
- Gold Prices Off 3%
- Committee Okays Sears (Nasdaq: SHLD) and CME Group (NYSE: CME) Deal
- FedEx (NYSE: FDX) Sees Busiest Day in History
- Diamond Foods (Nasdaq: DMND) Nuts Squeezed
- Martin Marietta (NYSE: MLM) Bids on Vulcan Materials (NYSE: VMC)
- Yahoo! Earnings Calendar
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