Tuesday 25 September 2012

Tuesday 25 Sept



The talk of stimulus continues in China
{http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2012/09/more-massive-mythical-stimulus-for-china/}

The Roots of Chinese/Japanese Rivalry
{http://www.straitstimes.com/microsites/global-perspectives/story/liah-greenfeld-the-roots-chinesejapanese-rivalry-20120925}

Hard Truths About Global Growth
{http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/hard-truths-about-global-growth-by-michael-spence}

Fear vs Greed, Greed is winning
{http://www.alhambrapartners.com/2012/09/23/fear-vs-greed-greed-is-winning/}

The best analogy for traders? They are hackers
{http://blogmaverick.com/2012/09/21/what-business-is-wall-street-in-3/}

Masters of Money: Friedrich Hayek - Flanders, BBC
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19706272}

How a broker spent $520m in a drunken stupor and moved the global oil price
{http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/7862246/How-a-broker-spent-520m-in-a-drunken-stupor-and-moved-the-global-oil-price.html}

100 Twitter accounts every journalism student should follow
{http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/100-twitter-accounts-every-journalism-student-should-follow/s2/a550471/}

Temasek reconsiders StanChart stake
{http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a27e3094-0671-11e2-bd29-00144feabdc0.html#axzz27SfUJcVa}

Japan fires water cannon to turn away Taiwan boats
{http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/25/us-china-japan-taiwan-idUSBRE88O02C20120925}

Why Does A Market Exist?
{http://pointsandfigures.com/2012/09/23/why-does-a-market-exist/}

US- Quick, Buy That House Before Rates Rise! NOT!
{http://pragcap.com/quick-buy-that-house-before-rates-rise-not}

Gangnam Style dance-off escalates into gang shootout in Bangkok
{http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/21/gangnam-style-danceoff-shootout-bangkok?CMP=twt_gu}

and for your info, {http://www.businessinsider.com/gangnam-style-translation-2012-9}
and How to ,
{http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZmkU5Pg1sw}

Cardboard bike
{http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670753/this-9-cardboard-bike-can-support-riders-up-to-485lbs}

Tuesday 18 September 2012

Tuesday 18th


What happens if America falls off the fiscal cliff?
{http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/17/america-falls-off-fiscal-cliff}

Masters of money: John Maynard Keynes
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19620971}

China protests: Shares of affected Japanese firms fall
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19632047}

A tale of two (China vs US) stimuli
{http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/NI15Ad02.html}

The summer Davos blues
Global movers and shakers are worried about China
{http://www.economist.com/node/21562909}

Ghost warehouse stocks haunt China's steel sector
{http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/16/us-china-steel-warehouse-idUSBRE88F0EJ20120916}

The real crisis in Germany.
{http://climateerinvest.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/damit-ist-eine-katastrophe.html}

What adventures are actually left?
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19621341}

Tuesday 11 September 2012

Tuesday 11th September

Communist Leader’s Absence Sets Off Rumor Mills in China
{http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/world/asia/xi-jinping-chinas-presumptive-new-leader-mysteriously-absent.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all}

The myths and reality of Chinese stimulus

{http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2012/09/the-myths-and-reality-of-chinese-stimulus/}

The Ten Grave Problems Facing China
{http://www.thechinastory.org/2012/09/the-ten-grave-problems-facing-china/}

New cradles to graves
The welfare state is flowering in Asia. Will it free the continent from squalor? Or sink it in debt?
{http://www.economist.com/node/21562210}

Is US economic growth over? Faltering innovation confronts the six {http://www.voxeu.org/article/us-economic-growth-over}

East Asia’s Nationalist Fantasy Islands
{http://www.straitstimes.com/microsites/global-perspectives/story/ian-buruma-east-asia%E2%80%99s-nationalist-fantasy-islands-20120910}

If the Mars rover finds water, it could be H2 ... uh oh!
{http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mars-contaminate-20120910,0,365701.story}

Difference Engine: The PC all over again?
{http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2012/09/3d-printing}
AND
How technology is killing the Asian growth miracle
{http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/09/10/1152171/how-technology-is-killing-the-asian-growth-miracle/}

Hooters CEO Thinks Dark Wood Paneling Is The Reason You Don’t Bring Your Wife, Female Colleagues, HR Around
{http://dealbreaker.com/2012/09/hooters-ceo-thinks-dark-wood-paneling-is-the-reason-you-dont-bring-your-wife-female-colleagues-around/}

Wednesday 5 September 2012

Wednesday 5th of September


US Candidates Unabashed in Stretching the Truth (Spiegel.de)
{http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/a-campaign-of-lies-us-candidates-unabashed-in-truth-stretching-a-853925.html}

Teenage angst
The implications of China’s slowdown (The Economist)
{http://www.economist.com/node/21560890}

How bad is China’s cash crunch? (FT)
{http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2012/08/31/how-bad-is-chinas-cash-crunch/#axzz25ZdY1Ghy}

Fool’s gold standard (Marketwatch WSJ)
Commentary: Can the gold standard bring back balance to trade?
{http://www.marketwatch.com/Story/story/print?guid=19F56BEC-F385-11E1-9007-002128049AD6}