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I have a ton of links here since I haven't been able to post since New Year's Eve. I hope to have a bit more link commentary coming forward in upcoming links posts. A few of the Spain links are older articles I thought relevant to today.  …

Here is the last links post for 2012. See you on the other side.

America’s Deceptive 2012 Fiscal Cliff | Michael Hudson "The reality is that when banks load the economy down with debt, this leaves less to spend on domestic goods and services while driving up housing prices (and hence the cost of living)…

Happy Boxing Day! These are the links from the past few days. I will have more to say about individual stories sometime later today. I hope you are enjoying the holiday season. Edward P.S. - I don't agree with the thrust of all of these…

Short commentary today because I think the articles and data below speak for themselves. I have a ton of data from various economies around the world: the US, UK, Germany, Indonesia, Australia, South Korea, Mexico and more. And the data…

Today's links have three major themes. They are the continuing economic and political problems in Europe, the impact of the global growth slowdown on earnings and the escalating mobile war between Apple and Android. First on the European…

Since there are so many Apple stories out there in today's links, I am going to expand upon my feature-length post "The Case Against Apple" from earlier today. The dilemma as I set out early in the year is between margin and share. Apple is…

Europe    Greece to cut wages and pensions further to avoid default - Telegraph "Greece is set to cut public sector wages and pensions, as it agrees terms with its international lenders to release the next tranche of its bailout to avoid…

Technology Apple sets a crowded table for holiday shoppers — Apple News, Tips and Reviews "After Tuesday’s iPad event, Apple now has the strongest assortment of iOS mobile products it has ever put in front of consumers, who are more…

Early today, I wrote a fairly upbeat piece on the European sovereign debt crisis for gold members. The overall gist here is that fiscal union is now coming. And while it remains to be seen who will be a part of that union, the implication…