Knowledge is power. And lack of knowledge is terrifying. This rather banal insight helps our readers by motivating our buys and sells.

The key reason for the victory dance is that the GOP managed to eliminate Tea Party contenders from major races, mainly by use of vast sums of money.

Waiting for Scotland and waiting for Alibaba is something like waiting for Godot. Plus stock news from Switzerland, Denmark, The Netherlands, Spain, Brazil, China, India, Ireland, Israel, and Jordan. Today's theme is internationalization.

These are cheap prices for gold bars, but remember you will have to pay insurance after taking delivery; leaving the gold with Bullion Vault (BV) means cheap insurance.

Chris Loew, our Japan correspondent, writes on the contradictions of current Japanese economic policy; plus more financial news from Canada, India, Russia, Britain, Hong Kong, Denmark, Japan, Israel, Brazil, Jordan, Australia, and South Africa, including three quarterly reports.

Buffett compares voting against excess executive pay to burping at the dinner table. You will be banned to the kitchen if you do this, he remarked at the weekend Omaha rally when criticized for backing the high and dilutive payouts at Coca Cola, where Berkshire Hathaway is a major shareholder.