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1.Slate Reviews Hank Paulson's New Memoir from Inside the Crisis (www.slate.com)
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2.Dow Closes Below 10,000 On Euro Zone Debt Woes (www.reuters.com)
Will there be buyers here? Or, do you expect more weakness?
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3.The Looming De-Leveraging Challenge (www.mckinseyquarterly.com)
Several major economies are likely to face imminent and painful de-leveraging. From McKinsey Quarterly
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4.The Birth of BRIC (seekingalpha.com)
How it came to be, and a few other countries worth considering as investment options.
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5.Does George Soros Think Gold is an Asset Bubble? (www.slate.com)
Slate reports from Davos that he does ...
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6.Apple's Giant Pile Of Cash In Context (www.businessinsider.com)
Great chart. To me, it will be an early indicator of recovery when companies start deploying the cash again.
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7.Google Revenues Reach $1.34 Million Per Employee (www.businessinsider.com)
That is an inspiring number.
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Will the recovery continue without Stimulus?
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9.Taleb: "Every Single Human Being" Should Short Treasuries (www.businessinsider.com)
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10.Money Market Funds Can Now Prevent Redemptions (moneynews.com)
Interesting development. Does this bother you? Near cash isn't as liquid as before.
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11.How the Big Banks Rigged the Market (www.ft.com)
interesting piece from FT
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12.AT&T Reports 2.7 Million New Wireless Users (www.forbes.com)
1 MM of them are Kindle-like devices. Also, Steve Jobs revealed that AT&T would be the sole U.S. data carrier for the iPad.
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13.Fed Strove To Keep America In Dark On AIG (www.forbes.com)
As more light is shed on the process, I suspect we will like it less. Here's an article from Forbes.
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14.Geithner Stands His Ground on A.I.G. Bailout Role (www.nytimes.com)
Will he stay, or will he go? In either case, he's in an uncomfortable position.
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15.What They're Really Doing in Davos (www.wallstreetandtech.com)
A look at the meeting and what it could mean for financial reforms. From Wall Street & Technology magazine
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16.IMF Sharply Raises Global Economic Growth Forecast (www.reuters.com)
casting developing countries in a leading role, while rich nations struggle with high unemployment & government debt.
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17.Oracle's Ellison Sets New Course (online.wsj.com)
Ambitious plans for hiring and going after the high-end market.
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18.Obama to Propose 3-Year Freeze on Some Spending to Trim Deficit (www.nytimes.com)
Is this a way to cut stimulus without calling it that?
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19.Warren Buffett Predicts Chaos If Bernanke Is Not Re-Confirmed (blogs.wsj.com)
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20.Intelligent Machines are about to Revolutionize the World (www.post-gazette.com)
This article projects that AI will start to have an economic impact on par with the emergence of India and China.
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21.Rep. Barney Frank calls for abolishing Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac (www.usatoday.com)
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22.Obama's Power Outage On the Edge of the Abyss (www.thedailybeast.com)
interesting op-ed piece. You don't normally see stuff like this is in bull markets.
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23.Bernanke's Burn Notice -- Why Now? (www.elliottwave.com)
Time's 2009 Man-of-the-Year may not be reappointed for a 2nd four-year term.
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24.Jobless Rates Rose in 42 States in November (www.nytimes.com)
The economy is recovering at too weak a pace to generate consistent job creation.
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25.Sign of the Times (www.nytimes.com)
Harley-Davidson Has Its First Loss in 16 Years.
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