Technology
Exclusive: Secret contract tied NSA and security industry pioneer | Reuters
Obama concedes NSA bulk collection of phone data may be unnecessary | World news | theguardian.com
GCHQ and NSA targeted charities, Germans, Israeli PM and EU chief | UK news | The Guardian
N.S.A. Dragnet Included Allies, Aid Groups and Business Elite – NYTimes.com
Why Do People Keep Giving Foursquare Money? | TechCrunch
Poll: If T-Mobile pays for you to switch carriers, will you? — Tech News and Analysis
The Day Google Had to ‘Start Over’ on Android – Fred Vogelstein – The Atlantic
The iPhone forced Google to start over … or not, depending who you believe | 9to5Mac
Clock ticking for Google after EU rejects latest antitrust offer | Reuters
BlackBerry reports $4.4bn loss as sales dive – FT.com
This is how the most famous photo of all time was taken
Amazon bosses petitioned over ‘demeaning’ staff conditions | Technology | theguardian.com
Amazon workers in Germany to continue strikes in 2014 | Reuters
Economics
TheMoneyIllusion » Definitions are not indicators (reply to Carney)
The theory of money entanglement (Part 1) | FT Alphaville
This is the biggest mistake people are making about QE now
Worthwhile Canadian Initiative: E(NGDP) level-path targeting for the people of the concrete steppes
fastFT: Feds new ‘lone dissenter’ laments taper – FT.com
Despite Falling Short of Goals, Fed Suffers From QE-Fatigue – Real Time Economics – WSJ
The long farewell to quantitative easing | Gavyn Davies
New Keynesian macro models — wildly counterfactual stories | LARS P. SYLL
North America
Look who Harvard and Stanford B-Schools just rejected – Fortune Management
Goldman Sachs Said to Ban Multibank Chats Amid Currency Probes – Bloomberg
Prada’s profit rise misses expectations – FT.com
Europe
ekathimerini.com | Greece on track towards current account surplus in 2013, Oct. data show
UK deficit jumps to 24 year high – ONS | Business | theguardian.com
China
Chinese Interest Rates in Money Markets Jump on Friday – WSJ.com
Markets/Economy
Average 30-year mortgage rate moves up to 4.47%
Dow Closes At All-Time Inflation-Adjusted High Crossing Wall Street
Bull vs. Bear: Rosenberg and Yamarone debate 2014 economy | Daily Ticker – Yahoo Finance
High-yield bonds benefit from market rotation – FT.com
How to Measure Corporate America’s Huge Profits – Real Time Economics – WSJ
U.S. GDP Increases 4.1% in Third Quarter; Biggest Gain Since 2011 – WSJ.com