Links 08/03/2011

• The eternal pivot – Ben Smith – POLITICO.com

  tags: jobs

• When Did the American Empire Start to Decline? | Stephen M. Walt

  tags: military mideast

• Saudi Arabia plans world’s tallest tower – FT.com

  tags: Saudi Arabia architecture

• Amazon’s Appstore: You’ll Make $0 When We Give Your App Away, And You’ll Like It | TechCrunch

  tags: Amazon android mobile

• Govt. Rips Up $535 Ticket Mom Got After Daughter Saved Woodpecker – The Consumerist

  tags: animals

• Mayor Crushes Car Parked In Bike Lane With Armored Vehicle – The Consumerist

  tags: cars

• The Very Last “Stimulus” Card For Obama To Play

  tags: stimulus taxes

• Debt deal ultimately could squeeze federal workers – The Washington Post

  tags: debt ceiling deficit

• Mom Fined $535 After Daughter Saves Woodpecker – The Consumerist

  tags: animals

• RealClearPolitics – Obama’s Re-Election Support Low in Pennsylvania

  tags: politics election Barack Obama

• oftwominds: You Want to Create Jobs? Here’s How

  tags: small business debt jobs

• Reinhart And Rogoff: The Most Dangerous Economists In The World Today

  tags: government debt sovereign debt crisis

• High-Yield Market May Close to Some Borrowers in 2nd Half – Bloomberg

  tags: high yield bonds

• Analysis: Worsening euro crisis may force bigger rescue fund | Reuters

  tags: sovereign debt crisis bailout Europe

• BBC News – US debt crisis turns focus on yuan as reserve currency

  tags: currency reserve currency China

• GM’s July U.S. sales rise about 8 percent | Reuters

  tags: cars

• Exclusive: Nine Google complainants in EU probe | Reuters

  tags: Google antitrust Europe

• Absolute funds miss the target of positive returns – Telegraph

  tags: hedge funds

• The new Spider-Man: Half-black, all hero – USATODAY.com

  tags: race society

• Barclays to cut 3,000 jobs as profit drops | Reuters

  tags: Britain banks jobs

• BBC News – HSBC set to hire up to 15,000 in Asia and Latin America

  tags: emerging markets jobs

• Italy, Spain 10-Year Bond Spreads Are at Euro-Era Record on Growth Concern – Bloomberg

  tags: Italy Spain government bonds

• Investors Mine the Cusp of Junk- and Investment-Grade Bonds – WSJ.com

  tags: high yield bonds

• China halts offshore yuan borrowing to tighten policy | Reuters

  tags: China credit regulation

• Simon Johnson: Is a Balanced Budget Amendment a Good Idea? – NYTimes.com

  tags: fiscal politics

• Propagandized US Reporting on Recent Developments in Egypt? « naked capitalism

  tags: Mideast journalism protest

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