Links: 2010-05-11 The euro crisis and more
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Euro crisis
- PIMCO: Greek Woes Will Keep Spilling Over | Company Comment | Commentary | News | Hemscott
- Europe’s Finance Firms Hold $78 Billion Greek, Portuguese Bonds – Bloomberg.com
- Christine Lagarde : Le plan de soutien, « un tournant historique » – POLITIQUE ECONOMIQUE EMPRUNT
- Greek Lessons for the World Economy – Dani Rodrik – Project Syndicate
- Europe’s Web of Debt – Graphic – NYTimes.com
- FT.com – Greek debt restructuring to avoid euro tragedy could become script
- Europe’s Debt Crisis: Your Questions Answered – Economix Blog – NYTimes.com
- ECB risks its reputation and a German backlash over mass bond purchases – Telegraph
- FT Alphaville » ‘It’s the beginning of the endgame for…’ Belgium?
- Roach Says Debt Crisis Raises Risk of ‘Double Dip’ Recession – BusinessWeek
- Schmidt: Merkel und Sarkozy sind schuld -MMNews
- Staatsanleihen: EZB knickt ein – und druckt Geld gegen die Krise – Nachrichten Finanzen – WELT ONLINE
- Währung in der Krise: Wie geht es nun in der Eurozone weiter? – Nachrichten Wirtschaft – WELT ONLINE
- 750 Milliarden Euro: Woher kommt das ganze Geld für das Auffangnetz? – Nachrichten Wirtschaft – WELT ONLINE
- Alemania ve insuficiente el ajuste del déficit anunciado por Salgado – Expansión.com
- Debt crisis Q&A: How the EU bailout will work | Business | The Guardian
- Europe’s TARP, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Other news
- Yelp Security Hole Puts Facebook User Data At Risk, Underscores Problems With ‘Instant Personalization’
- Reject the Consensus: ‘V’ Means Vulnerable – Andy Xie – English Caixin
- Obama Approval Continues to Show Party, Age, Race Gaps
- Banks failing to lend is not the problem | Dean Baker | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
- The HuffPost’s Business Reporting Shows the Site Maturing : Ryan Chittum – CJR
- JPMorgan Matches Goldman’s Mighty Trading Quarter – DealBook Blog – NYTimes.com
- BBC News – China’s inflation accelerates as house prices soar
- Industrial production shows strongest growth for almost a decade | Business | guardian.co.uk
- INFOGRAPHIC: The History Of Facebook’s Default Privacy Settings
- Buiter on the U.S.’s AAA Credit Rating Outlook
- China’s April Trade Surplus Shrinks 87% on Imports – BusinessWeek
- Is it all “Supply & Demand”? | Steve Keen’s Debtwatch
- Confirmed: Apple and AT&T signed five-year iPhone exclusivity deal — but is it still valid? — Engadget
- FT.com / UK – Resignation seen as potential masterstroke
- Deep cuts likely in updated state budget
- BBC News – Brown quits: The political career of Gordon Brown
- Exchanges Agree in Principle on New Trading Rules – NYTimes.com
- Pope Accepts Resignation: First Bishop Accused Of Sexual Abuse In Germany – SPIEGEL ONLINE
- BBC News – Latvia ‘edges out of recession’
- Android Surpasses The iPhone In The United States | Android Phone Fans
- Housing starts pass 200,000 – The Globe and Mail
Looks like the Germans are voting yellow, with the gold price rocketing because they (and other Europeans) don’t like the Euro version of QE
Ed,
Can you explain to me how these big Wall St HFT operations are minting money with no daily losses? Is this Enron accounting? How are these results even possible? I guess the casino analogy has some merits where the house doesn’t lose.