29 JAN

China set for “major crisis” within the next decade
{http://www.trustnet.com/News/396304/china-set-for-major-crisis-within-the-next-decade/}

Solar: It's about to be a whole new world.
{http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/solar-its-about-to-be-whole-new-world.html}

Iranian Space Monkey Looks So Unhappy
{http://www.businessinsider.com/iranian-astronaut-monkey-2013-1}

Monday 28th Jan

China,A Place That Makes New York Real Estate Look Cheap
{http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/25/a-place-that-makes-new-york-real-estate-look-cheap/?smid=tw-nytimeseconomix&seid=auto&utm_source=buffer&buffer_share=48bad}

Australia’s $20 trillion oil find
{http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2013/01/24/1355182/australias-20-trillion-oil-find/}

Overbought (Mexico) and Oversold Markets (Korea)
{http://macromon.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/overbought-and-oversold-markets-january-25/}

Chinese Communist Party Publication Says Capitalism Is Approaching Its End And The World Has 'Marxist Fever'
{http://www.businessinsider.com/chinese-paper-capitalism-out-marxisim-in-2013-1}

Lose Fat Faster Before Breakfast
{http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130124091425.htm}

Thursday Jan 24

Selfish, ignorant, dangerous: Europe's verdict on Cameron speech
{http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/23/us-britain-europe-reaction-idUSBRE90M0MY20130123}

Cameron in Limbo-land
{http://www.breakingviews.com/hugo-dixon-uk-faces-five-years-of-limbo-land/21064511.article}

China Economic Paradigm Nearing End Game
{http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/01/china-nearing-paradigm-end-game.html}

Wednesday 23rd Jan

Predicting the Next Recession
{http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2013/01/predicting-next-recession.html}

China Equities Turn Inside Out
{http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324624404578253480029481100.html?mod=ITP_moneyandinvesting_1}

Economic perfect storm: The four trends that killed Western growth
{http://www.cityam.com/forum/economic-perfect-storm-the-four-trends-killed-western-growth}

Jonty Hurwitz's sculptures reveal themselves in a cylindrical mirror

Tuesday 22 Jan

learn how to cook an egg properly
{http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-poach-an-egg-2013-1#the-egg-is-ready-for-eggs-benedict-or-any-other-dish-you-can-think-up-bon-appetit-14}

Harvard Professor Seeks Woman Willing To Have A Neanderthal Baby
{http://www.businessinsider.com/harvard-professor-seeks-woman-willing-to-have-a-neaderthal-baby-2013-1}

Gold price in 2013: watch out for risk of bubble burst
{http://www.emergingmarkets.org/Article/3143955/Gold-price-in-2013-watch-out-for-risk-of-bubble-burst.html}


The fraudster who fooled a whole nation: Portuguese media pundit exposed as conman
{http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-fraudster-who-fooled-a-whole-nation-portuguese-media-pundit-exposed-as-conman-8459249.html}

Foolproof card trick your kids will love
{http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/foolproof-card-trick-your-kids.html}

Thurs Jan 17

5 Reasons to Remain Cyclically Bullish
{http://pragcap.com/5-reasons-to-remain-cyclically-bullish}

6 Downside Market Risks
{http://pragcap.com/6-downside-market-risks}

How Much Caffeine Before I End Up in the E.R.?
{http://www.theatlantic.com/health/print/2013/01/how-much-caffeine-before-i-end-up-in-the-er/267129/}

Iron
Iron ore posts biggest slide in 14 months
{http://www.theage.com.au/business/iron-ore-posts-biggest-slide-in-14-months-20130117-2cube.html}
Shanghai steel, iron ore extend drop as China demand thins
{http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/01/16/markets-ironore-idINL4N0AL4B720130116}

14 wonderful words with no English equivalent
{http://theweek.com/article/index/238751/14-wonderful-words-with-no-english-equivalent}

Classic pictures here
{http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattbellassai/45-people-you-wont-believe-actually-exist-6z51}

How to Read Faster: Bill Cosby’s Three Proven Strategies
{http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/01/16/how-to-read-faster-bill-cosby/}

Tuesday, January 15th

Has the ideas machine broken down?
{http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21569381-idea-innovation-and-new-technology-have-stopped-driving-growth-getting-increasing}

China Mobile needs Apple more than Apple needs China Mobile
{http://emergingmoney.com/china/apple-china-mobile-deal/}

No easy path in sight for China's economic future
{http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90778/8055940.html}

11 Must-Read Books for Beginning Traders
{http://www.minyanville.com/business-news/editors-pick/articles/trading-book-Reminiscence-of-a-Stock/1/14/2013/id/47283?refresh=1}

Redistribution in the age of robots
{http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/new-atlantic-column-redistribution-in.html}

Robbers Bore Into Bank Through Parking Garage
{http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/berlin-bank-robbers-dig-tunnel-to-get-at-bank-riches-a-877500.html}

Jan 14th, Monday

The Next Oil?: Rare Earth Metals
{http://thediplomat.com/2013/01/10/the-new-prize-china-and-indias-rare-earth-scramble/?all=true}

What are the 100 Top (Anglo-Saxon) Finance Blogs
{http://suitpossum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/the-100-top-anglo-saxon-finance-blogs.html}

The 15-hour working week predicted by Keynes may soon be within our grasp – but are we ready for freedom from toil?
{http://www.aeonmagazine.com/living-together/john-quiggin-keynesian-utopiav1/}

The purpose of this site
{http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2013/01/13/the-purpose-of-this-site/}

The Science Behind Persuading People
{http://professional.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324669104578203461416235022.html?mg=reno64-wsj}

Friday 11th January

Porn for China uber bulls
{https://www.research.hsbc.com/midas/Res/RDV?ao=20&key=UCJAP0bGkB&n=355738.PDF}

Coal is King. The mixed fortunes of a fuel
{http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21569037-why-worlds-most-harmful-fossil-fuel-being-burned-less-america-and-more-europe}

America’s staggering defense budget, in charts
{http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/01/07/everything-chuck-hagel-needs-to-know-about-the-defense-budget-in-charts/}

Boing Boing • Our favorite posts of 2012
{http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/top-posts-of-2012.html}

Thursday

End of the road for China’s ‘B’ market
{http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/254b3b6e-5a2a-11e2-a02e-00144feab49a.html#axzz2HU82ZbJg}

The Myth of Africa's Rise
{http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/01/04/the_myth_of_africa_s_rise?page=0,0}

6 Chinese Policies Just Came Into Effect And Will Boost Investor Confidence
{http://www.businessinsider.com/6-new-chinese-policies-help-investors-2013-1}

Why do people think economists are charlatans?
{http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/why-do-people-think-economists-are.html}


Introducing iPoor "iPoor is the real iPhone Killer."
{http://ipoor.org/}

Wednesday 9th

The Trends to Watch in 2013
{http://www.peakprosperity.com/blog/80431/trends-watch-2013}

Belkin: Top 10 Reasons to be Bullish in 2013
{http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/01/top-10-reasons-to-be-bullish-in-2013/}

According To The Bretton Woods Calculation, Gold Is Worth $20,000 Per Ounce
{http://www.businessinsider.com/the-path-to-20000-gold-2013-1}

The Chas London Triathlon. March 2nd

Saturday, 2 March 2013 at 09:20

Oasis Sports Centre 32 Endell St, London Borough of Camden, WC2H 9AG

 I need some help training, anyone fancy a steady friendly unofficial Triathlon on March 2nd?
1k Swim, 10k Run, 30k Cycle. Will be very steady , more about time on feet than rushing. Give you lazy people something to train for and fitter people a stretch.

Probably based around central London in pool (Oasis), then a jog down the river, and a cycle something like this to finish.

• Cycle route http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5779679 I'm training for the big Quadratholon http://www.artemisgreatkindrochit.co.uk/ Sponsorship details here http://my.artezglobal.com/TeamPage.aspx?teamID=52492&langPref=en-CA

Tuesday 8th Jan

The first word in mangled meanings, The year in corporate bullshit, "guff, cliché, euphemism and verbal stupidity
{http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/86f0383a-54f6-11e2-89e0-00144feab49a.html#axzz2HHW4d6sX}

China B Shares Rise for 15th Day, Longest Streak: Shanghai Mover
{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-08/china-b-shares-rise-for-15th-day-longest-streak-shanghai-mover.html}

The platinum-coin meme is getting scary
{http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2013/01/mint-the-platinum-coin.html}
And
3 Huge Myths About The Trillion Dollar Coin Plan To Save The US Economy
{http://www.businessinsider.com/3-huge-myths-about-the-plan-to-save-the-economy-with-a-trillion-dollar-platinum-coin-2013-1}


From yesterday

China blazes trail for 'clean' nuclear power from thorium

{http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/9784044/China-blazes-trail-for-clean-nuclear-power-from-thorium.html}

Atoms Reach Record Temperature, Colder than Absolute Zero
{http://www.livescience.com/25959-atoms-colder-than-absolute-zero.html}

Freebook Sifter makes it easy to find over 35000 free eBooks on Amazon.com for your Kindle or eReader
{http://www.freebooksifter.com/}

Friday 4th Jan

The four business gangs that run the US

{http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-four-business-gangs-that-run-the-us-20121230-2c1e2.html#ixzz2Gtyb8KI0}

US Congress Abused at the Magazine Rack

{http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2013/01/03/us-congress-abused-at-the-magazine-rack/}

Customers criticise 'indie' image of the coffee shops part-owned by Tesco

{http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jan/02/harris-hoole-coffee-ownership-tesco}

Giles Coren on Food Writing

{http://thebrowser.com/interviews/giles-coren-on-food-writing?page=1}

or

Tyler Cowen on Information

{http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tyler-cowen-on-information}

Weekend Gadget-oneTesla: a DIY Singing Tesla Coil

{http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/onetesla/onetesla-a-diy-singing-tesla-coil?ref=NewsJan0313&utm_campaign=Jan03&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter}

US Congress Abused at the Magazine Rack

{http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2013/01/03/us-congress-abused-at-the-magazine-rack/}

Thursday 3rd

New Fears Over Fracking Groundwater Contamination
{http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/New-Fears-Over-Fracking-Groundwater-Contamination.html}

Financial Times’ experts are putting their reputations on the line by making their own predictions
{http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/481c8250-4847-11e2-a1c0-00144feab49a.html#axzz2GYDI3gr6}

The Guardian 2013: the stories to watch for
{http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/30/world-news-2013-stories}

Stories to watch for in 2013 by Tyler Cowen
{http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2012/12/stories-to-watch-for-in-2013.html}

The neuroscience of pickpockets 
{http://kottke.org/13/01/the-neuroscience-of-pickpockets}

12 Wall Street voices to tune out in 2012
{http://www.marketwatch.com/story/12-wall-street-voices-to-tune-out-in-2012-2012-01-10?mod=wsj_share_tweet}

Two-Word Investment Outlooks
{http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2013/01/02/two-word-investment-outlooks/}

Wednesday 2nd Jan

America’s Deceptive 2012 Fiscal Cliff
{http://michael-hudson.com/2012/12/americas-deceptive-2012-fiscal-cliff/}

Asian economies face regional and global challenges
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20807820}

Top 15 Twitter “Must Follows” For 2013 (upsidetrader)
{http://www.upsidetrader.com/2012/12/29/my-top-10-twitter-must-follows-for-2013/}

Insight: How Colombian drug traffickers used HSBC to launder money
{http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/01/us-hsbc-idUSBRE90002Q20130101}