Economics and Investing:

Trivest, a private equity firm headquartered in Florida, has wisely acquired Wise Foods, a maker of long-term storage foods.

I found this over at Gold-Eagle: Unraveling Why A Fed President Just Suggested Doubling QE3

GammaRei sent: The Five Most Surreal Financial Apocalypses from History (Warning: Foul language.)

Rich businessmen pulling out of France as tax-hit looms. (A hat tip to K.A.F. for the link.)

Items from The Economatrix:

The Real Unemployment Rate

Faber Warns “Everything Will Collapse”

Money Printing Trumps Fundamentals

Stock Exodus Continues As Investors Yank $5.1 Billion Out