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Motorola’s Value to Google Found in 18 Patents - Bloomberg Among Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc.’s more than 17,000 patents, a group of 18 may prove most useful in Google Inc.’s effort to fend off…

Market sentiment improves ahead of this week’s Jackson Hole speech; Stocks and oil higher. Market focus this week on Jackson Hole; Policy announcement likely to disappointment. Singapore and South African CPI and central bank meetings in…

Sorry for the duplication. I am just switching the source automated links posting feature. China Construction Bank Posts Record $14.5 Billion Profit on Credit Demand China Construction Bank Corp., the…

In Defence of PIGS – Telegraph Blogs Readers have asked for a quick verdict on the Merkel-Sarkozy deal. I have nothing to say. There was no deal. It was a vacuous restatement of clauses that already…

Bond markets signal 'Japanese' slump for US and Europe - Telegraph Why Obama faces an uphill run for reelection - The Washington Post Facebook’s ‘Like’ Button Declared Illegal In Germany…

Schuldenkrise: Griechenlands Wirtschaft schrumpft weiter - Konjunktur - Politik - Handelsblatt tags: Greece economy…

The dollar continues to remain firm against most of the majors; global stocks down sharp. Risk appetite took another turn for the worse; dollar bloc and scandis remain most sensitive. Outside the carnage in EM equities, funding strains are…

The curse of zero - MoneyWeek tags: interest rates banks Global recession…

I will be blogging very sporadically over the next two weeks. But other writers will fill in some of the gaps in my absence. Part-time Britain hits record high as unemployment soars - Telegraph Staatsbank: Hypo…

Markets stable but tone remains fragile. SNB expanded its sight deposit target; no EUR/CHF peg. BoE’s decision to stay on hold was unanimous. New measures announced by China boost CNY internationalization and integration with HK.