Analysis of CUSIP requests shows corporate bond issuance is expected to accelerate, getting an extra push from the volatility of the low rate environment.

blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2013/05/17/cusip-requests-hit-highest-level-in-year-as-bond-issuers-move-to-beat-higher-rates/

sugarcaneblog

blogs.marketwatch.com/energy-ticker/2013/05/20/u-s-ethanol-production-in-the-doldrums/

Sony teased a more revealing look at its PlayStation 4 on Monday -- 24 hours ahead of the expected unveiling of the next Xbox.

blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2013/05/20/sony-teases-playstation-4-ahead-of-xbox-reveal/

Gaming

FindAPilot

blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2013/05/20/boeing-dreamliner-returns-in-the-u-s-after-123-days-grounding/

Tokyo Stock ExchangeThe Nikkei Stock Average [wsj-quote ticker="JP:NIK" name="NIKKEI 225 Index" realTimeChannel="" channel="/quotes/zigman/5986735" id="quote_4185587"] added a figurative feather to its cap

blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2013/05/20/nikkei-tops-dow-jones-but-is-japan-out-of-gas/

World

A big rock headed through space has an ominous name.

blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2013/05/17/huge-asteroid-on-near-collision-course-with-earth-is-called-qe2/

The multi-state lotterry

blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2013/05/17/what-time-is-the-600-million-powerball-lottery-drawing/

A big rock headed through space has an ominous name.

blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2013/05/17/huge-asteroid-on-near-collision-course-with-earth-is-called-qe2/?link=sfmw

Facebook is in the middle of the pack compared with other social-media stocks' first-year performance.

blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2013/05/17/how-facebook-stacks-up-against-other-social-ipos/?link=sfmw

The biggest hedge funds poured money into Boeing during the first quarter. Boeing shares are the third-best percentage gainer on the Dow Jones Industrial Average so far this year.

blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2013/05/17/hedge-funds-bet-1-6-billion-on-boeing-in-first-quarter-google-replaces-apple-as-tech-favorite/?link=sfmw

Technology

Shorting a raging bull market can be bad for your fiscal health, as Andrew Wilkinson at Miller Tabak points out.

blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2013/05/16/the-most-shorted-stocks-are-outperforming-the-sp-500/?link=sfmw

Google Inc. has yet to ship the first of commercial version its much-awaited Google Glass. But the company’s big push into the realm of wearable computers is already attracting attention from Washington.

blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2013/05/17/google-glass-draws-congressional-scrutiny-over-privacy-issues/

Technology

The Obama administration wants to save $155 billion in government-run health programs over the next 10 years with much of that savings coming from lining up Medicare with Medicaid drug reimbursements for the poor.

blogs.marketwatch.com/health-exchange/2013/05/17/plans-for-equal-medicare-medicaid-drug-payments-saves-billions-cbo/

On Friday, retail trade group National Retail Federation hosted a call with reporters, again seeking to defend U.S. retailers' position on why most of them didn't sign the Europe-led Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh.Bill Thorne, a senior v

blogs.marketwatch.com/behindthestorefront/2013/05/17/u-s-retailers-say-to-launch-their-own-bangladesh-safety-initiative/?link=sfmw

After Abercrombie & Fitch's CEO Mike Jeffries' controversial remarks regarding the kind of customers it wants in its stores in a 2006 Salon article recently resurfaced and ignited a firestorm of backlash against it -- from calls of boycotts to calls o

blogs.marketwatch.com/behindthestorefront/2013/05/17/abercrombies-ceo-apologizes-but-did-it-work/

Religious leaders in Saudi Arabia are warning against used of Twitter and other social media, according to a report.

blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2013/05/16/saudi-religious-police-warn-against-using-twitter-bbc/

Dell will report earnings on Thursday afternoon -- three days earlier than planned -- as investors look for how the results might affect the battle over taking the PC maker private.

blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2013/05/16/dell-results-on-deck-will-an-earnings-miss-affect-deal-talks/

Little-noticed biotechnology firm Halozyme Therapeutics Inc. makes a splash on Wall Street as shares jump more than 18% on positive tests for a drug to treat pancreatic cancer.

blogs.marketwatch.com/health-exchange/2013/05/16/little-noticed-firm-makes-a-splash-with-pancreatic-cancer-treatment/

Social media giants join the Google Glass fad.

blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2013/05/16/facebook-and-twitter-join-google-glass-craze/?mod=e2tw

Technology

A crossover celebrity, Beckham won championships with three different teams.

blogs.marketwatch.com/encore/2013/05/16/soccer-great-beckham-to-retire-at-38/