Friday Aug 31

Fear-of-China Syndrome  PAUL KRUGMAN
{http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/30/fear-of-china-syndrome/}

[China myths] The rapid march towards urbanisation
{http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/08/30/1127791/the-rapid-march-towards-urbanisation/}

World food prices jumped 10 percent in July: World Bank
{http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/30/us-worldbank-food-prices-idUSBRE87T18P20120830}

Get the Popcorn Ready for 9/17 – Occupy’s Next ‘Day of Chaos’
{http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2012/08/29/get-the-popcorn-ready-for-917-occupys-next-day-of-chaos/}

Bubbles and buildings: time to be afraid
{http://blogs.ft.com/ft-long-short/2012/08/30/bubbles-and-buildings-time-to-be-afraid/#axzz252W5vYAT}

Romney Running Mate Ryan
More Dangerous than Sarah Palin
{http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/paul-ryan-represents-the-conservative-wing-of-a-conservative-party-a-853015.html}

Thursday 30th August

Money is always and everywhere a hot potato
{http://worthwhile.typepad.com/worthwhile_canadian_initi/2012/08/money-is-always-and-everywhere-a-hot-potato.html#more}

China is Okay
{http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/china-is-okay-by-stephen-s--roach}

China in Revolt. The Chinese working class plays a Janus-like role in the political imaginary of neoliberalism
{http://jacobinmag.com/2012/08/china-in-revolt/}

The Hottest Meme In The Global Economy: Everyone Is Slamming Australia
{http://www.businessinsider.com/australian-economic-slowdown-2012-8}

Russia’s Corrupt Crackdown on Corruption
{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-29/russia-s-corrupt-crackdown-on-corruption.html}

Wednesday 29th

Alexander Stille: The Heirs of Inequality
{http://www.straitstimes.com/microsites/global-perspectives/story/alexander-stille-the-heirs-inequality-20120829}

China’s bad-debt nightmare
{http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/08/28/1134361/chinas-bad-debt-nightmare/}

World War II Bomb Detonated in Heart of Munich
{http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/bomb-from-world-war-ii-detonated-in-munich-a-852669.html}

Tuesday 28th August

What’s driving gold higher of late?
{http://soberlook.com/2012/08/big-inflows-into-gold-etps-generates.html}

QE3: Shut up, you have no idea.
{http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2012/08/27/qe3-shut-up-you-have-no-idea/}

The Sharapova Effect
{http://www.freakonomics.com/2012/08/27/the-sharapova-effect/}

REVEALED: Here Are The Odds That You'll Win A Toy Playing The "Claw" Arcade Game
{http://www.businessinsider.com/revealed-here-are-the-odds-that-youll-win-a-toy-playing-the-claw-arcade-game-2012-8}

Monday 27th. Back.

China launches 'triangle debt' probe
{http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2012-08/25/content_15705327.htm}

What China Could Be Building
{http://marginalrevolution.com/}

What's the price of corn in your meat? Less than you think.
{http://greedgreengrains.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/whats-price-of-corn-in-your-meat-less.html}

'Global Warming Has a Fairly Simple and Cheap Technical Solution'
{http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2012/08/global-warming-has-a-fairly-simple-and-cheap-technical-solution.html}

Derviş & Solana: Europe’s 4% Solution
{http://www.straitstimes.com/microsites/global-perspectives/story/dervi%C5%9F-solana-europe%E2%80%99s-4-solution-20120827}

What Caused the Crisis?
{http://alephblog.com/2012/08/22/what-caused-the-crisis/?}

Sell US, buy China
{http://www.businessinsider.com/the-sp-is-at-new-highs-shanghai-is-at-new-lows--jeff-gundlach-explains-whats-going-on-2012-8}

Merkel Vows to Help Greeks Stay in Euro Zone
{http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/25/business/global/german-chancellor-pledges-support-for-greece.html}

Ron Paul Just Made The Last Speech Of His Political Career
{http://www.businessinsider.com/ron-paul-rally-republican-national-convention-2012-8}

Apple decisively wins Samsung trial: what it means
{http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/24/3266571/apple-decisively-wins-samsung-trial-what-it-means}

Monday the 20th

**More from the Web**

What US Candidates Need to Know About China
{http://chovanec.wordpress.com/2012/08/19/what-us-candidates-need-to-know-about-china/#comments}

Who gained the most from the euro?
{http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2012/08/sentences-to-inflame.html}

Where did all the volume go? The decline of “real money” trading
{http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/08/17/1123821/the-decline-of-real-money-trading/}

The Panic Over Fukushima
{http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444772404577589270444059332.html}

Why Is the Price of Gold Falling?
{http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/08/why-is-the-price-of-gold-falling/261273/}

Eat squirrel
{http://www.chicagoreader.com/gyrobase/why-eating-squirrels-makes-sense/Content?oid=7215952&showFullText=true}

16 AUG

NASSIM TALEB WARNS: Stay Out Of The Investment Industry
{http://www.businessinsider.com/nassim-taleb-investment-industry-2012-8}

Has the Chinese economy averted a hard landing already?
{http://emergingmoney.com/china/chinese-economy-growth-fxi-hao-spy/}

Zero Solution to plugging US debt
{http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2012/08/15/zero-solutions/}

China H2 Trade Outlook Severe, Inward Investment Slows
{http://www.cnbc.com/id/48684394}

China's Thirst For Coal Could Soon Land It In A Water Shortage
{http://www.businessinsider.com/greenpeace-report-on-chinese-coal-production-2012-8}

Here's the Robot that Foxconn Will Use to Build Their Million-strong "Robot Kingdom" {http://climateerinvest.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/heres-robot-that-foxconn-will-use-to.html}

Spanish mayor robs supermarkets
{http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0815/breaking14.html?via=mr}

The Health of the Oceans in a Single Number {http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/08/the-health-of-the-oceans-in-a-si.html}

Lifeboats kill more people than they save
{http://www.microkhan.com/2012/08/15/deathboats/}

Wednesday 15th August

Beijing Firm That Guarantees 3 Billion Yuan Worth Of Loans Is On The Verge Of Collapse
{http://www.businessinsider.com/zhongdan-bankruptcy-raises-risk-of-chinese-financial-crisis-2012-8}

Drinking at work
The boredom of boozeless business
{http://www.economist.com/node/21560265?fsrc=scn/tw_ec/the_boredom_of_boozeless_business}

World shipping crisis threatens German dominance as Greeks win long game. The irony of prudent Greeks cleaning up after a reckless debt spree by the Germans is lost on nobody.
{http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport/9473476/World-shipping-crisis-threatens-German-dominance-as-Greeks-win-long-game.html}


China's ghost towns and phantom malls
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19049254}
& The Miss World 2012 Competition Is Being Held In China's Most Famous Ghost City {http://www.businessinsider.com/ordos-photo-miss-world-2012-2012-8}

14th August

London's Lesson for Romney and Ryan: Government Works - New Yorker
{http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/2012/08/the-real-lesson-of-the-olympics-government-can-work.html}

Forget Paul Ryan's Budget: His Scariest Idea Is About the Federal Reserve
{http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/08/forget-paul-ryans-budget-his-scariest-idea-is-about-the-federal-reserve/261066/}

The Vixen Index; additional signs that the economy is not in the greatest position
{http://www.investmentpostcards.com/2012/08/09/laugh-out-loud-the-vixen-index/#ixzz23InO1HsQ}

Shutting down China's IPO machine and other government actions to stem declines
{http://soberlook.com/2012/08/shutting-down-chinas-ipo-machine-and.html}

Mashable Weekend Recap: 73 Stories You Might Have Missed
{http://mashable.com/2012/08/13/mashable-weekend-recap-73-stories-you-might-have-missed/}

Historical Echoes: Zola’s L’Argent: A Portrait of a Corrupt Financial World, in 1891 {http://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2012/08/historical-echoes-zolas-largent-a-portrait-of-a-corrupt-financial-world.html}

Investors Prepare for Euro Collapse {http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/investors-preparing-for-collapse-of-the-euro-a-849747.html}

Paying Yourself First
{http://www.roguetraderette.com/2012/08/12/paying-yourself-first-in-life/}

13th August

Fears of global economic slowdown weigh on emerging markets
{http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/economics-blog/2012/aug/12/fears-global-economic-slowdown-markets}

Outlook for eurozone strugglers darkens
{http://www.athensnews.gr/portal/11/57608}

How long can Japanese bond prices defy gravity?
{http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2012/08/how_long_can_ja.html}

Germany Considers Holding EU Referendum
{http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/germany-considers-holding-eu-referendum-a-849441.html}

Friday the 10th

With Rates Low, Banks Increase Mortgage Profit
{http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/with-rate-twist-banks-increase-mortgage-profit/?smid=tw-share}

19 incredible Apple secrets revealed in court
{http://money.cnn.com/gallery/technology/2012/08/09/apple-trial.fortune/index.html}

"The Beijing Conference": See How China Quietly Took Over Africa
{http://www.zerohedge.com/news/beijing-conference-see-how-china-quietly-took-over-africa}

UPDATE 2-Potential grows for food crisis as prices surge-UN
{http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/08/09/food-fao-idINL6E8J951T20120809}

Thursday's the Day to Go All the Way for Civic Duty in Singapor
{http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443545504577567052477900124.html?mod=WSJ_Ahed_LEADTop}

Thursday 9th August

The ruins of empire: Asia's emergence from western imperialism
{http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jul/27/ruins-of-empire-pankaj-mishra}

BoP until you drop
For the first time since 1998 more money leaves China than enters it
{http://www.economist.com/node/21559949}

Bonds for $105 Million to Cost School Over $1 Billion
{http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-08-06/payments-on-105-million-school-bond-will-top-1-billion}

THE TOP TEN TRADING MOVIES……YEAH, DON’T THINK SO!
{http://bclund.com/2012/08/07/the-top-ten-trading-movies/}

Wednesday 8th

Rice Hoard Offers World Respite As Food Costs Surge: Commodities
{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-06/rice-hoard-offers-world-respite-as-food-costs-surge-commodities.html}

Gross to Investors: Stay Away From Europe
{http://www.cnbc.com/id/48541875/Gross_to_Investors_Stay_Away_From_Europe}

Negative interest rates spell final defeat for beleaguered savers
{http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/jeremy-warner/9456634/Negative-interest-rates-spell-final-defeat-for-beleaguered-savers.html}

Knight Capital: The Ideal Way To Screw Up On Wall Street
{http://www.forbes.com/sites/halahtouryalai/2012/08/06/knight-capital-the-ideal-way-to-screw-up-on-wall-street/}

Monday 6th August

Indonesian market reflects a growing economy
With GDP of $1.1 trillion, Indonesia is the 15th-largest economy in the world. This growth is tracked by the Jakarta Composite Index, the benchmark equity index for the Indonesian market.
{http://emergingmoney.com/stocks/indonesian-market-tlk-iit-eido-idx-idxj/}

China slams US over South China Sea criticism
Senior US diplomat told US criticism of new military base in South China Sea was not conducive to regional peace.
{http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/08/20128555939327304.html}

Iran's leadership is now openly admitting that the nation is facing an economic crisis. Of course the cause according to them is a "temporary" form of economic "soft war" waged by the US.
{http://soberlook.com/2012/08/irans-economic-crisis-escalates.html}

Money for nothing
Companies are taking advantage of cheap borrowing
{http://www.economist.com/node/21559966}

Pussy Riot: will Vladimir Putin regret taking on Russia's cool women punks?
{http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/29/pussy-riot-protest-vladimir-putin-russia?}

5 WAYS YOU CAN COMBAT HIGH FREQUENCY AND ALGORITHMIC TRADING
{http://bclund.com/2012/08/02/5-ways-to-combat-high-frequency-and-algorithmic-trading/}

Four Signs Your Awesome Investment May Actually Be A Ponzi Scheme
{http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/07/30/157606305/four-signs-your-awesome-investment-may-actually-be-a-ponzi-scheme}