Daily News Digest – Tuesday
09/20/2011
Headlines
- US stock futures rise on stimulus hopes – Market Watch
- What comes after ‘Europe’? – WSJ
- Bailout rebellion in Germany heats up – Zero Hedge
- Italy credit downgraded, French banks pressured – Reuters
- Greece: Is this the end game? – CNN Money
- Bank of China halts FX swaps with some European banks – Reuters
- How can China save Europe when it’s defaulting on its own debt? – Forbes
- Doom! Our Economic Nightmare is just beginning – TNR
- Point of no return: Will it be Japanization, monetization, or Crisis 2.0 – MGETA
- Roubini: How to prevent a depression – Project Syndicate
- 15 demands from the IMF/ECB/EU Troika which could be the Greek Default trigger – BBC Joe Lynam
- Roubini: Greece should default and abandon Euro - FT
- The European Bank Run – Credit Writedowns
- Sea Frontiers - Korea Times
Daily News Digest – Tuesday Morning
09/13/2011
Economic News
- Greece weighs on markets despite China-Italy talks – AP/Yahoo Finance
- Merkel warns on Greece, Obama voices US alarm – Reuters/Yahoo Finance
- The long slide into protectionism – FT
- Get Ready for the next crash – MSN Money
- Euro SOS – naked capitalism
- Merkel faces key choices on rescuing Euro – NYT
- G7 agree to act together on the economy but offer no action – Daily Telegraph
- Failure to tackle lessons from 2008 – FT
- Lehman Brothers: Three years of Denial – Guardian
- Plan emerges to pay for Obama’s jobs bill – Bloomberg
- Dark Side of Brazil’s Economic rise – WSJ
World News
- The Crisis of Europe and European Nationalism – Stratfor/RCW
- Europe on the verge of political breakdown – Project Syndicate
- ‘People are close to revolt’: Views from afar – Atlantic
- The Middle East is slipping backwards – Washington Post/RCP
- The woman who wants to be Egypt’s first female President – CNN World
- For Perry, being governor has perks – Politico
Daily News Digest – Monday Morning
09/12/2011
Economic News
- World at risk of second financial heart attack – Globe and Mail
- Greek default jitters hammer French banks, euro – Reuters
- Markets brace as crisis in Europe flares up again – NYT
- Eurozone bonds are necessary, but not sufficient for the eurozone’s survival – Euro Intelligence
- Capital gains tax rates benefiting wealthy feed growing gap between rich and poor – Washington Post
- 15 mind-blowing facts about inequality in America – BI
- OPEC cuts oil demand forecast on growth concerns - AP/Seeking Alpha
World News
- Egypt adrift – The Daily Star
- Egypt threatens to use live rounds in protest crackdown – Guardian
- Turkey says flotilla raid was ’cause of war’ – AP
- No radiation leak at Marcoule, says French government – RFI
- The Soviet Union was undermined by stagnation and a sense of hopelessness. Is the same thing happening again? – Economist
- Copenhagen’s novel problem: Too many cyclists – Guardian
- The Bubble Boys of Silicon Valley – NY Magazine
Daily News Digest – Saturday Morning
09/10/2011
Economic News
- ECB Stark’s resignation huge setback for Eurozone – NYT
- Europe at point where everything done is wrong – Market Watch
- The euro zone is coming apart at the seems now – Credit Writedowns
- Marseille lays bare G7 differences and lack of policy room – Reuters
- Ongoing Greek debt problems spark talk of euro exit – Raw Story
- Greece officials scramble to find more cuts – WSJ
- Germany preps bank contingencies if Greece defaults – Market Watch
- Poland: Italy contagion would destroy Eurozone – Reuters
- Germany Austerity drive risks Euro-slump – Daily Telegraph
- Another down week for stocks – CNN Money
- Pushing Jobs Bill, Obama yells at Richmond Students – Atlantic
- The imminent yuan float meme – Macro Business
- Karl Marx and the Revolution of Capitalism – BBC
- Robert Reich: The Limping Middle Class – NYT
- Pork shortage hurting Chinese economy – LA Times
World News
- Protests of Thousands in Cairo turns violent – NYT
- Egyptian protestors break into Israeli embassy – BBC
- Turkey-Egypt talks stoke Israeli fears of political isolation – Guardian
- Obama’s Angry, Direct, and Eloquent Defense of Government – TNR
- Hearing Rumors of a Plot, Cities make their security forces seen – NYT
- US Weather: La Nina returns, bringing more severe weather – Physorg
- California Gov. Jerry Brown says that “not every human problem deserves a law” – SF Chronicle
- It’s no longer Obama-land in the Hamptons – Washington Post
- Russians’ love affair with GB – BBC
- Slow Food takes on the $5 ‘value meal’ – Forbes/Zagat
- The Complete History of Restaurants featured on ‘Curb your Enthusiasm – Complex
Daily News Digest – Monday Morning
09/05/2011
Economic News
- Global stocks post steep declines – NYT
- Zero job growth latest bleak sign for US economy – NYT
- Stock markets fall again as IMF chief warns of Euro crisis – Guardian
- Germany acts alone: Self-Important approach worries Berlin’s allies – Der Spiegel
- Merkel any euro exit could cause dangerous dominoes – Reuters
- President of the European Commission Barroso says Europe will avoid return to recession – BBC
- The worse part of the Euro Crisis is yet to come – FT
- Europe’s banks face unsecured bond test – FT
- US Money Market blow for Eurozone – FT
- The Decline of Manufacturing in America: A Case Study – naked capitalism
- Rich look to escape higher tax burden – FT
- Supercommittee pits lobbying firms’ clients against one another – Bloomberg
- Lloyds in sell-off peace offer – FT
- China aims to rein in car sales – NYT
World News
- Libyan rebels focus wrath on African migrants – NYT
- UK Rioting link to deprivation revealed – FT
- State Election adds to gains by Social Democrats in Germany – NYT
- US College Students living in the lap of luxury – LA Times
- Jonathan Chait: What the Left doesn’t understand about Obama – NYT
- What Jonathan Chait doesn’t understand about Obama – FDL
Daily News Digest – Shortened Sunday Links
09/04/2011
Economic News
- More data to come on the ‘zero’ jobs market – Market Watch
- ECB treads carefully amid pressure on Greece and Italy – FT
- The road to Europe: the return of the State – Open Democracy
- Privatisation in China: Capitalism confined – Economist
- Merkel asks for Caution on Parliamentary veto for bailouts – WSJ
World News
- New Japanese PM Noda announces priorities – FPA
- Iran arrests saltwater lake protesters – BBC
- A Labor Day of Frustration for Obama supporters – Atlantic Wire
- Maureen Dowd: Obama One and Done? – NYT
- Vermont Flood Hi Res Gallery – Lars Gange & Mansfield Heliflight
- Firebrand whips up a South African storm – FT
Daily News Digest – Saturday Morning
09/03/2011
General Economic News
- Broader US unemployment rates rises to 16.2% – WSJ
- A Succinct summation of this week’s economic news – The Big Picture
- Number of the Week: Volatile August for Stocks – WSJ
- Shadow Sovereign Ratings – vox
- Roubini: How to stem bank bleeding – FT
- Regulator sues major banks over subprime bonds – Reuters
- High Asian demand may lift up Saudi crude prices – Times of Oman
- The Dog-eared paperback, newly endangered in an e-book age – NYT
European Economy
- Europe alarmed as Italy’s austerity plans unravel – NYT
- Lenders suspend Greek bailout talks – FT
- Greece to miss 2011 deficit target, privatization goals in doubt – Reuters
- Krugman: Meanwhile in Europe – NYT
- Is austerity killing Europe’s recovery? – Washington Post
- Italian town Filettino declares independence and begins printing its own banknotes – BBC
The Fed & more on Worldwide Unemployment
- How will the Fed respond to today’s bad news on employment? – Economist’s View
- Nearly out of tricks, Fed may pare longer rates – NYT
- Workers’ malaise foreshadows wider social issues – Reuters
- Gordon Brown: Give the Kids jobs – Daily Beast
World News
- India’s anti-corruption movement gains momentum, has far to go – CNN World
- Uncle Sam stays home: Are we looking at a new era of US isolationism? - The Star
- Syrian security forces kill 11; clashes at hospitals reported – LA Times
- William Hague: Syrian oil sanctions agreed – Daily Telegraph
- In the new Egypt, foreign policy not just for diplomats – Reuters
- Why is the Middle East still in thrall to 9/11 conspiracy theories – TNR
- The perilous politics of arming Taiwan – Economist
- More Chinese Dissidents appear to disappear – NYT
- Battling Couch Potatoes: Hungary introduces ‘Fat’ Tax – ABC News
- Missing Pieces: Humanitarian intervention, Egypt’s Economy, and more – CFR
- In Russia, Harsh Remedy for Addiction Gains Favor – NYT
