Thursday 12 April 2012

Thurday 12th April


The Imbalances in China's Economy - NYTimes.com {http://nyti.ms/IJynCK}

Bumitama Agri Ltd. (BAL) , an Indonesian palm-oil producer, jumped 29 percent to 97 Singapore cents. The company raised S$222 million ($176 million) via DBS!, selling 297.6 million shares for 74.5 Singapore cents each in its initial public offering. Bloomberg {http://bloom.bg/IDaley}

Interview with Luxembourg Foreign Minister: 'Grass Is Being Treated Like an Outcast'
Israel as the aggressor and Iran as the victim? Günter Grass got his line of argument wrong in his controversial poem, argues Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn in a SPIEGEL ONLINE interview. But the poem has triggered an important debate about how Germany should approach Israel's decisions, he adds.
International, - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - {http://bit.ly/HJZfCX}

Selling Chinese companies short becomes complex - FT.com {http://on.ft.com/HKcS58}

Spain On The Brink As Italy Commits Fiscal Suicide _ Minyanville.com
Last week, after the failure by Italy's Monti government to repeal “Article 18," I worried out loud (on the Buzz & Banter, subscription required) when Italy’s sovereign bond spiral would begin anew.  By the look of things, it did not take long at all.  Let me expand a bit as to where I think we are and how we got here. Here, by the way, is Italy committing fiscal suicide virtually overnight. {http://bit.ly/HKcWSl}

Eurozone crisis: Why it may not be over yet
Apparently, global investors are having second thoughts about the eurozone crisis. They've decided it might not be over, after all. BBC News - {http://bbc.in/HKdI1N}

The price of gas relative to the price of milk has been trending upwards for the past 40 years: Worthwhile Canadian Initiative: Quantitative Time Travellers http://bit.ly/HKeUCb

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