Friday 10 AM Reads
Posted By Barry Ritholtz On October 21, 2011 @ 10:00 am In Financial Press | Comments Disabled
Some morning reads to end your week with:
• 3 reasons why the EU wants rating agencies to shut op for a while (Econo Shock [1]) see also European debt crisis talks plunged into chaos as leaders announce another summit (Telegraph [2])
• Consumers Most Negative Since Recession (Bloomberg [3])
• Could ‘Twist’ Really Be Working? (WSJ [4]) but see Fed Told Us 2012 Economy is Ugly (Alhambra [5])
• Millionaires Control 39% of Global Wealth (WSJ [6])
• M.B.A.s Seek to Occupy Wall Street (WSJ [7]) see also Advisers split on Occupy Wall Street (Investment News [8])
• Steve Jobs Threatened ‘Thermonuclear War’ on Google (Bloomberg [9])
• New Politics: Secret Cash Baiting Officials Leaves No Trace in U.S. Attack Ads (Bloomberg [10]) see also Price of Power: Congressional Leadership Positions for Sale to the Highest Bidder (AlterNet [11])
• Dropbox Will Simplify Your Life (NYT [12])
• The “Last Place Aversion” Paradox (Scientific American [13]) see also Why We Can’t Let Go of Our Losers (WSJ [14])
What are you reading?
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[1] Econo Shock: http://www.econoshock.be/3-reasons-why-the-eu-wants-rating-agencies-to-shut-op-for-a-while/
[2] Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/8839929/European-debt-crisis-talks-plunged-into-chaos-as-leaders-announce-another-summit.html
[3] Bloomberg: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-20/u-s-consumers-most-negative-on-economy-since-recession-in-bloomberg-index.html
[4] WSJ: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203752604576643373586024088.html?mod=ITP_moneyandinvesting_3
[5] Alhambra: http://www.alhambrapartners.com/2011/10/14/the-fed-has-just-told-us-how-the-2012-economy-will-look/
[6] WSJ: http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2011/10/19/millionaires-control-39-of-global-wealth/
[7] WSJ: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203752604576643492700615456.html?mod=ITP_moneyandinvesting_0
[8] Investment News: http://m.investmentnews.com/article/20111020/FREE/111029991?template=smartphoneart
[9] Bloomberg: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-20/jobs-regretted-not-getting-cancer-surgery-sooner-biographer-isaacson-says.html
[10] Bloomberg: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-21/secret-cash-baiting-officials-leaves-no-trace-in-u-s-attack-ads.html
[11] AlterNet: http://www.alternet.org/story/152763/the_price_of_power:_congressional_leadership_positions_for_sale_to_the_highest_bidder
[12] NYT: http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/20/dropbox-will-simplify-your-life/?ref=business
[13] Scientific American: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=occupy-wall-street-psychology
[14] WSJ: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204774604576631302847124750.html
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