FRIDAY, 30 MARCH 2012

6 Huge Questions That Traders Are Discussing Right Now {http://read.bi/H22wft}

Why fracking and coal can’t get along - The Washington Post {http://wapo.st/H21gbX}

Saudi oil minister wants lower prices - Overheard - WSJ
Ali Naimi is not fond of extremes. The Saudi Arabian petroleum minister is so worried by high oil prices he felt compelled to pen an Op-Ed in today’s Financial Times
{http://on.wsj.com/H220xV}

11 Disgusting Ingredients That Aren't Advertised In Food {http://read.bi/H22CDz}

.. Govt and more on the US pink slime debate
{http://www.businessinsider.com/governors-tour-pink-slime-plant-2012-3}

Total Weighs Options As Explosion Fears Mount North Sea Gas Leak: Total Weighs Options As Explosion Fears Mount - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International http://bit.ly/HvncNl

Heavy going... mainly macro: Is Eurozone Austerity Self Defeating, and is it all Germany's fault? {http://bit.ly/H7AMan}

"China’s Struggle to Slow" by Yu Yongding | Project Syndicate http://bit.ly/H087Wg

Democracy | Special Reports | The Browser
Are Western states true democracies? Has democracy become a casualty of the financial crisis? Can you have too much democracy? Read on to find out {http://bit.ly/GYV8xI}

Econbrowser: A rational reason for high oil prices {http://bit.ly/H09Cni}

Will China Redefine The Digital Landscape? | The Big Picture
Audio recording of a presentation at SXSW 2012. Around 35 minutes excluding the Q&A. {http://bit.ly/GX7aJD}

*Greece's Fringe Parties Surge Amid Bailout Ire
ATHENS—Weeks after agreeing to an agonizing bailout deal with Europe, Greece is splintering politically ahead of national elections, raising the risk that it won't be able to make the economic sacrifices still needed to keep it in the euro. WSJ.com http://on.wsj.com/HcDrvf

*Jamie slamming - Benign pink slime
Here's a feather in Jamie Oliver's cap: With ample help from the media, the increasingly insufferable British celebrity chef's long campaign against a perfectly safe food product has at least temporarily cost some 600 people their jobs.
http://natpo.st/HcF8sC

*Spain to slash spending as economy slumps back into recession. Spain’s fragile economy has fallen back into recession and the country faces a year of grinding economic decline as premier Mariano Rajoy slashes spending yet further to meet EU demands.
Telegraph http://tgr.ph/HcNHDG

Mitt Romney's hedge fund kingmaker - *Argentina owes me 2 Billion http://bit.ly/HcOiVO

 Where is this?

Tuesday 27th

3BBC News - UK asks China to probe man's death in Chongqing
The British government has asked the Chinese authorities to look again into the death of a UK citizen. {http://bbc.in/H8Vo2E}

Economist's View: "Global Warming Close to Becoming Irreversible"
"Global Warming Close to Becoming Irreversible"
The skeptics have decided that evidence isn't really evidence -- it's a grand conspiracy of thousands to fool the public -- so no amount of evidence will matter. Nevertheless, this is worth noting: {http://bit.ly/H8XmQA}

Emerging Asia: Two Paths through the Storm
The overall effect of the global financial crisis on emerging Asia was limited and short-lived. However, the crisis affected some countries in the region more than others.
{http://bit.ly/H8XHTt}

China Adjusts
Views on the Economy and the World
The world is waiting to see whether China has successfully achieved a soft landing, slowing down the economy from its overheated state of a year ago to a more sustainable rate of growth. Some China-watchers fear it could hit the ground in a crash landing as have other Asian dragons before it. But others, particularly American politicians in this presidential election year, talk only about one thing: the trade balance.
{http://bit.ly/H8YvHQ}

"China’s Stability Gambit"  Project Syndicate
' By addressing the interplay between economic and political risks to stability, the government is clearing the way for the next phase of China’s extraordinary development. I would not advise betting against their commitment to achieving that goal.' {http://bit.ly/H8YTX0}

Asian equities: dilution? What dilution? Shareholders are often wary of companies issuing new stock, fearful of the dilution. But Citigroup has found that in emerging Asia, this isn’t necessarily the case. FT.com {http://on.ft.com/GTisyg}

Eurozone debt crisis: how Greece could exit the euro -
As global companies draw up contingency plans for a Greek exit from the euro, we examine the feasibility of Athens’ departure – from new drachmas to illegality and €1 trillion costs.
Telegraph {http://tgr.ph/GTiAxL}

China Financial Markets » I would like to make a bet with The Economist 'I have always been a little skeptical about the 2027 claim' {http://bit.ly/H75y55}

MONDAY, 26 MARCH 2012

**More from the Web**

*Schedule for Week of March 25th
Calculated Risk: Schedule for Week of March 25th http://bit.ly/GQaJ4b

*Debating a “Hard Landing”
Should China be bracing itself for a hard landing?
The China bears grow ever gloomier, while the bulls maintain their confidence. So will the world’s second largest economy see a hard landing in 2012 or can its leaders steer a steady course? Patrick Chovanec of Tsinghua University and Andrew Batson of Beijing-based consultancy Gavekal-Dragonomics debate.
Patrick Chovanec http://bit.ly/GQapCw

Economic Musings - The Case for Remaining Long Risk
Every one is long now.
http://bit.ly/GQmozZ

China: The Next Internship Frontier - Businessweek
James Critelli knew only five words of Mandarin, but he didn’t let that stop him from applying last year for a summer internship in China, a country that’s fascinated him since he accompanied his father there on a business trip as a child.
http://buswk.co/GQqgkD

FRIDAY, 23 MARCH 2012

**More from the Web 23rd March


*All of Europe is heading into recession.
FT Alphaville » A technical recession in the eurozone? http://on.ft.com/GQms75

*Chinese Economy Already in ‘Hard Landing,’ JPMorgan’s Mowat Says - Bloomberg
China’s economy is already in a so- called “hard landing,” according to Adrian Mowat, JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s chief Asian and emerging-market strategist. http://bloom.bg/GIMQvt

*Does The British Business Lady Who Just Felt Really Passionately About Her Clients Having Drinks, Cigarettes, And Pet Names Deserve A Second Chance? « Dealbreaker: Wall Street Insider – Financial News, Headlines, Commentary and Analysis – Hedge Funds, Private Equity, Banks http://bit.ly/GIMAwo

*Car of the day
1991 Porsche 911 C2 Targa 964++no reserve bargain++ | eBay http://bit.ly/GQmBao

*China won’t crash – for now – Business 360 - CNN.com Blogs http://bit.ly/GPD7IN

Should China be bracing itself for a hard landing? | World news |
The China bears grow ever gloomier, while the bulls maintain their confidence. So will the world's second largest economy see a hard landing in 2012 or can its leaders steer a steady course? Patrick Chovanec of Tsinghua University and Andrew Batson of Beijing-based consultancy Gavekal-Dragonomics debate.
http://bit.ly/GPDe7j