Week in Review

Crisis in Ukraine, scores dead, but potential peace deal is reached. The West awaits Putin's reaction following end of Sochi Games. Kremlin is not happy. Syria debacle continues with no end in sight. Data on U.S. housing market not exactly great.

Janet Yellen's first testimony to Congress...a debt-ceiling crisis is averted...the eurozone's fourth-quarter GDP figures...Italy has another change in government...Syria, Iran, Lebanon...the Sochi Olympics and Vladimir Putin

Another poor jobs report, market volatility, the Congressional Budget Office's latest update, the projected impact on ObamaCare. The mess in Syria, negotiating with Iran, Russia and Sochi.

The State of the Union is pathetic...the U.S. economy and Bernanke's legacy...Europe and China...earnings reports from the tech kings...nothing gained from peace talks on Syria...Iran...Ukraine, Russia...Chris Christie...presidential politics...Pete Seeger

My tale of woe in China and a particular stock I have a large position in...adventure in Fuzhou...Stocks suffer worst declines in a long time...Iran's ongoing charm offensive...peace talks on Syria commence...the weather.

Better outlook for global economy...the latest budget deficit picture...earnings begin to roll in...the Iranian nuclear deal begins to be implemented and the sanctions bill gains support in the Senate...Syria.

The U.S. economy...Europe's fitful recovery, eurozone unemployment...the rise of Europe's far-right and the potential impact on the European Parliament elections in May...potential nuclear agreement with Iran...Syria's three-way war spills further into Iraq...Gov. Chris Christie's GWB scandal...Robert Gates disses the president...

2013 and a look at 2014...more on ObamaCare, Europe and Asia...Iran, Syria's war spills over in a big way into Lebanon and Iraq...China and Japan, Xi and Abe...crime in America, the legacy of Ray Kelly and Michael Bloomberg...

Where we will finish 2014...why Obama's approval rating will improve...stocks continue to soar...Twitter's wild ride...Turkey's crisis...Syria...Egypt...Japan's prime minister visits Yasukuni...the NSA and Edward Snowden...

The Federal Reserve begins to taper...the U.S. economy is improving...Obama and the ACA...Still no agreement with Iran on implementation of interim nuke agreement...Obama's legacy in Syria...Max Baucus nominated to be ambassador to China...Pope Francis...