Daily News Digest – Friday Headlines

Economic News

• Few think Bernanke speech will signal major action – Seeking Alpha
• Europe short selling ban extended – WSJ
• Krugman: Bernanke’s Perry Problem – NYT
• As China tightens Black Market Banks boom – Asia Times
• The dead of globalisation looms – Guardian
• Will Bad Economic news discredit austerity – American Prospect

World News

• The New Epicenter of China’s discontent – Foreign Policy
• Hurricane Irene: Worst Effect on Northeast in 50 years possible – Accuweather
• Hurricane Scenarios run from bad to worse – Market Watch
• US East Coast energy firms brace for Hurricane Irene Impact – Reuters
• NY Mayor: Coastal residents should move out Friday – Reuters
• Bomb rips through UN building in Nigerian capital – VOA
• US again condemns Syria attacks, citing cartoonist – AP
• Kim Jong-il: Tactical genius – Asia Times
• Libya restive amid loyalist shelling, UK warplane strikes – CNN World
• What happens to Libyan Oil after Qaddafi – Atlantic
• South Africa sticks by Qaddafi – Global Post
• The decline and fall of the French League – New Geography