links 09/30/2011

• Amazon Kindle Fire Just Hijacked Android

  tags: Amazon android tablets

• Wall Street Journal Changes Privacy Policy To Track Users’ Browsing Data Without Consent – The Consumerist

  tags: privacy

• Stop asking Germany to pay, and you might save the euro – Telegraph

  tags: Europe sovereign debt crisis

• BofA to Add Monthly Fee to Some Debit Users – Bloomberg

  tags: bank fees banks

• Apple vs. Samsung is about ecosystems, not tablets or patents | 9to5Mac | Apple Intelligence

  tags: Apple patents mobile Samsung

• FT Alphaville » Buiter: Euro area recession likely to begin in Q4

  tags: Willem Buiter Europe economy

• The Perils of Ignoring History – WSJ.com

  tags: history depression politics economy

• S&P raises GM credit rating by two notches | Transportation | Financial Post

  Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s raised its corporate credit rating on General Motors Co by two notches on Thursday, saying the automaker’s new labor contract would allow for continued profitability and cash generation in North America.

  tags: ratings agencies cars

• US fixed mortgage rates at record lows – with further dip expected | Business | guardian.co.uk

  Average on a 30-year fixed mortgage falls to 4.01% – the lowest rate since Freddie Mac began keeping records in 1971

  tags: mortgages interest rates

• Citibank Jacks Up Monthly Fees On Checking Accounts – The Consumerist

  tags: bank fees banks

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