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The Lion in the Grass Mauldin
Risk On, Risk Off and the Spanish/Chinese Tug of War Noland
Global QE Is Coming: Let the Gold Mania Begin! Puplava
American Pie in the Sky Roubini
Worse than pushing on a string - The dangers of a liquidity trap Strategas
AAII Investor Sentiment Shows a Lot of Bears Swenlin
A Mid-Year Update On Market Seasonality! Harding
Silver Undervalued ZEAL
The sinister nature of inflation MyBudget
A Nation That’s Losing Its Toolbox NYT
Who Will Guarantee This Guarantor? Part Two Pollock
California Goes Bankrupt Reason
Private Pension Plans, Even at Big Companies, May Be Underfunded Norris
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Financial Scandal Scorecard Nocera
On Wall Street, They Call Him an Optimist WSJ
Dimon Buys $17M of JPM Shares as Trusts Sell BL
Exclusive: Labor Dept looking into JPMorgan stable value fund Reuters
The LIBOR Mess: How Did It Happen -- and What Lies Ahead? Wharton
For UBS, a Record of Averting Prosecution NYT
Banking suffers another blow as scandals pile up G&M
Chart of the Day: Corn-Crop Damage BL
Guitar maker Fender pulls its IPO AP
Private student loan debt reaches $150B CNN
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ECB's Draghi says euro not in danger Reuters
Bond Rates in Spain Inch Higher Amid Fears NYT
ECB's Coeure says negative bank deposit rate an option Reuters
Here's All You Need To Know About China's $2.2 Trillion Shadow Banking System via BInsider
Loonie on 'full-fledged secular bull run' G&M
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Evidence Of Coming Recession Is Overwhelming Comstock
Stratfor Third Quarter Forecast via Mauldin
Imagining a global crash every two years Saft
Krugmenistan vs. Estonia BW
Pathos of the Plutocrat Krugman Smith - Mish - Panzner - TCrisis
The First World’s Fiscal Follies Frankel
Bair: Two Years After Dodd-Frank, Why Isn’t Anything Fixed? Exchange
Austerity is unavoidable after a bout of profligacy Gros
Trump: 'I’ve Never Seen a Mess Like It' CNBC
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Exclusive: Banks in Libor probe consider group settlement-sources Reuters
Analysts have estimated that the scandal could cost the industry between $20 billion to $40 billion
Libor fraud exposes Wall Street’s rotten core Warren
Accounting Detente Delayed Norris
Citi may have been the biggest Libor liar of all Fortune
HSBC Shows Why Anger at Bankers Is Normal Pesek
Invisible' minister who ran HSBC dodges questions over scandal Inde
Ex-Goldman mortgage chief plans foreclosed home fund Reuters
World braced for new food crisis FT
Agriculture Secretary tells White House drought getting worse Reuters
Govt 'set' to resume nuclear projects China Daily
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Euro Crisis: Reading the Fine Print BL
Sell Spain Before Troika Comes to Town: S&P CNBC
Ireland Bulldozes Ghost Estate After Bubble BL
Property loan growth gathers pace in Q2 Shanghai Daily
Chinese bid for US jet maker fuels debate Shanghai Daily
Nürburgring Nightmare - Fabled German Racetrack Faces Bankruptcy Spiegel
Canada slams China, Russia for UN Syria vetoes AFP
Syria Collapse Would Reverberate Throughout Mideast BL
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Sales of Existing U.S. Homes Fall to Eight-Month Low BL
Mid-Atlantic Factory Activity Contracts Again in July Reuters
Weekly Jobless Claims in U.S. Rise BL
Roubini sticks to 2013 "perfect storm" prediction Reuters
Finance’s Crisis of Legitimacy Johnson
The unacceptable behavior of the market Pettis
Making money: Bubbles, banks, and bad behavior Fiscal Times
Retirees hit hard by foreclosures MW
Post Office Might Miss Retirees' Payment WSJ
Ron Paul, fed up with trying to end the Fed WP
-- Ron Paul's Last Stand Against The Fed! via YouTube
Wall Street is ruining America Mirhaydari
Monetary Policy: Why Money Matters, and Interest Rates Don’t FRBNY
Global economic outlook: Headwinds stiffening DB Research
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Britain cannot be trusted to reform Libor by itself, warns US Treasury Inde
Behind Credit Default Swaps Market, a Cartel Left Open to Collusion NYT
HSBC 'sorry' for aiding Mexican drugs lords, rogue states and terrorists Gaurdian
Consumer Watchdog Fines Capital One for Deceptive Credit Card Practices DBook
Samsung Faces Chinese Challenger With Cheaper Smartphones BL
Chanos: This Stock Is the 'Ultimate Value Trap' CNBC
The End of Exorbitant CEO Exit Packages? Don't Hold Your Breath Wharton
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-- IMF Calls on Eurozone to Take Determined Action in Response to Crisis IMF
Germany’s twin euro-martyrs tell Merkel to put up or break up Pritchard
Euro Crisis Means More Power for European Commission Spiegel
Greece Says It Has Found More Areas for Possible Cuts NYT
Spanish banks' profits to be hit by property cleanup Reuters
A weak currency is no panacea, but it sure does help Warner
Economist: Guard against investment fever China Daily
Japan Billionaire Mori Bets $202M on China BL
Tall tales of melting Canadian currency bills MW
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Bernanke: 'We Don't See a Double-Dip Recession' Reuters
Ron Paul: Federal Reserve a Fallacy, Flawed System BL
U.S. Public-Pension Shortfall $4.6T: Group BL
Housing Starts in U.S. Rose in June to Highest Since 2008 BL
Vital Signs: Up and Down Manufacturing WSJ
Hendry – ‘Bad Things are Going to Happen’ FT
Playing to win Price
Fund managers expect more trouble in Germany Pritchard
The not-so-powerful Ben Bernanke La Monica
High Inflation at the Gates? EB Smith - Salmon - Paul Craig Roberts
Money managers growing gloomy G&M
Analysis: Lawyers eye payday in record credit card settlement Reuters
Calif. cities eye plan to seize mortgages AP
Americans Joining Disability Now Outpacing Americans Finding Jobs Weekly Standard
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Great Woman theory of history a bad bet Hulbert
Forget TBTF, banks too big for investors Saft
Intel forecast portends weak PC sales Reuters
Pawn Shops Go Upscale for Affluent Clients USAT
How U.S. Kids Get Dumb and Fat in Summer Orszag
In Shocking Twist, Goldman Sachs Reveals It Is a Bank NYM
The case for a new gold rush G&M
This year’s 120-page report includes such quirky measures as how many litres of beer can be purchased at Munich’s Oktoberfest each year with an ounce of gold.
Corn Prices Headed for Record Highs as Crop Shrinks FT
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The euro graph of doom Warner
Greece’s Highways Are Smoother Than Its Finances BL
So two countries representing 11 percent of the EU's population accounted for 54 percent of the bloc's transport funds...
The Euro's Fate Forsyth
China's Wen vows job creation as growth slows - paper ReutersChina’s Wen Warns of Severe Job Outlook BL
China Braces for ‘Hard Landing’ in Corporate Profits CNBC
Fitch: No hard landing for China China Daily
Paulson sees no hard landing for China CD
China Home Prices Rebound After Rates Cut BL
FDI drops amid economic slowdown CD
New yuan loans in June hit 25-month high Shanghai Daily
Will Canada’s housing boom end with a whimper or a bang? FP
HSBC boss quits for failing to put a stop to money laundering Telegraph
China Raises Treasuries 1st Time in 3 Months BL Treasury
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U.S. Stocks Gain as Bernanke Says Fed Prepared to Act BL
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress FRB
Bernanke Heads to the Hill: 'Only One Bullet Left' CNBC
How Bernanke will cause the next crash before 2014 Farrell
Commentary: Rich will lose 50% in massive wealth destruction
Inflation is a Monetary Phenomenon Paul
"Cognitive Dissonance" Saut
Against the Wind: Stocks Fight Macro Headwinds Sonders
Global banks still seen as risky five years after start of crisis Reuters
Witness the Epic Battle Between Investor Hope and Investor Fear
IMF Cuts Global Outlook as EU Ensnares Emerging Economies BL IMF
Pimco's Gross Says U.S. Is Nearing Recession BL
S&P 500 Nears 'Ultimate' Death Cross: SocGen CNBC
At the Forefront Once Again? Panzner - MB - Summers - Krugman - SL - Climateer
Are California Muni Bond ETFs In Trouble? Zacks
Solutions to the Trading Problem Bear’s Lair
The Cure for Our Economy’s Stationary State Ferguson
This Week In The Great Depression - Summer Unemployment Blues BL
The top 10 threats facing real estate Hoak Baker
Rest in Peace, Barton Biggs Kass
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The companies that determine Americans’ credit scores are about to come under government oversight for the first time.
Zuckerberg’s Loan Gives New Meaning to the 1% BL
More Evidence That LIBOR Is Hazardous to Economic Health CFR
King tells MPs 'fears of Libor rigging not same as actual fraud' Telegraph
Tim Geithner's Libor Recommendations Came Straight From Banks, Documents Show HP
Ignore Libor scandal at your own risk Weidner
Citigroup still counting credit crisis cost Inde
Peregrine Financial Group's Former Employees Recall A Troubled Workplace HP
Idle cash piles up: David Cay Johnston Reuters
Investors day trading within 401(k)s, IRAs LAT
Billionaire Peltz is selling this stock MW
2012 gold price forecasts cut further: Reuters Poll Reuters
Good Dirt Gone Dry Wilting Corn Crop as Food Costs Rally BL Embry
Lobster Glut Slams Prices WSJ
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Is Italy Just Spain With Better PR? CNBC
Moody’s downgrades 13 Italian banks on weak govt credit profile IANS
ZEW Investor Confidence Declines to Lowest Since January BL
Chancellor Schröder's Legacy - Germany's Leading Role in Weakening the Euro Spiegel
In Spain, a Thrifty Olympics Bid WSJ
World economy heads for another perfect storm Warner
China Slowdown Stymies Plan to Curb Shadow-Banking Risks BL
Wage growth falters amid slowdown China Daily
June FDI inflow drops 7% on slowing economy Shanghia Daily
North Korea's Unreported Economic Figures Asia Sentinel
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Fewer U.S. companies planning to hire; Europe looms - poll Reuters
Fed fiddles as America slides back into recession Pritchard
The Third Law of Randomness Hussman
When bankers get nervous, watch out Fleck
Treasuries Doomsday 4 Years Away for Vanguard BL
“In the absence of a long-term credible plan, we are somewhere around four years away on where the markets are going to say ‘enough is enough”
Faber’s Gloomy China Warning CNBC Is QE3 coming? EB Dr.HB - Psy-Fi - Smith
Are Millennials the Screwed Generation? Daily Beast
Move America’s economic debate out of its time warp FT
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Analysis: Banks behave badly redux: Is it killing confidence? Reuters
The Real Libor Scandal Roberts and Prins
How Hedge Funds Get an Early Peek at Analyst Information NYT
In the darkness, solar industry sees some light G&M
Wilbur Ross: U.S. Coal Faces Years of Headwinds BL
Radical gold bugs vindicated? Brimelow
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A Grimm tale from the euro zone Marsh
Eurozone rescue without growth means Finland could be first to leave Bootle
It’s sunk costs all the way down Fistful of Euros
GMO White Paper - The Pain In Spain via ScribD
Wen warns of economic problems facing China Shanghai DailyThe State Nomura: “Council meeting may help shed some light on specific policy easing measures”
Just how bad is China's economy? Finance Asia
China's Lenovo inches closer to a global tech title Reuters
China’s deflationary growth threatens profit MW
Hardheaded Socialism Makes Canada Richer Than U.S. BL
Japan Inc's foreign forays recall bubble economy Straits Times
Insider trading becomes headache for Japan Majiroxnews
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The Beginning of the Endgame Mauldin
Game Theory and Crowded Trades Noland
Rydex Cash Flow Ratio Overbought Swenlin
The 'Banking Industry/Regulators' Time-Bomb! Harding
Bear Market Watch is On - Weekend Wisdom ZACKS
As Bad as It May Be in the U.S., It’s Worse in Europe Norris
Here Comes the Catch in Home Equity Loans Morgenson
The easy terms of many home equity lines of credit are about to end, as borrowers will have to start paying principal as well as interest
The Effects of Wealth Bubbles on Consumption FRBNY
Research US: Revising down US growth Danske
The Euro and the Dollar Puplava
Global Views Scotia Global Equity BMO
Social Security - The $20 trillion timebomb Kotlikoff
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Goldman Sachs and the $580 Million Black Hole NYT
U.S. Is Building Criminal Cases in Rate-Fixing NYT
California County Weighs Drastic Plan to Aid Homeowners NYT
How Jamie Dimon hid the $6 billion loss Fortune
Hey, San Bernardino, it's a rainy day LAT
Author details end of American dream China Daily
Computer Cowboys Wrestle w/Volatile Commodities & Currencies Dorsch
What a Roman centurion's pay says about gold Mining
Storm could be brewing again as gold and the dollar compete for safe-haven status GNews
Next Stop for Oil: $40 or $200? BMO
Always Ask a Banker to Put the Lie in Writing Weil
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Sir Mervyn left to flounder in a Libor can of worms Telegraph
Calculated Deal in a Rate-Rigging Inquiry NYT
Libor: They all knew - and no one acted Inde
Confidence down Shanghai Daily
Final US audit of reconstruction effort in Iraq says billions of dollars likely wasted AP
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Buffett: Muni Bankruptcies Are Set to Climb BL
NY Fed Knew Barclays Was Underreporting Libor BL
JPMorgan loses $5.8 billion on trades; traders may have hidden losses Reuters
Producer prices edge up, consumer sentiment cools Reuters
The Bear Market Is Only Beginning Comstock
Pervasive Gloom About the World Economy PEW
The Fed Manipulates Rates All the Time: James Grant CNBCBen S. Bernanke is no Jesus Russell Inflate or Die
Bernanke to face tough questions from Congress The Hill
UBS AG: They’re not entirely confident that the options they have are good ones Fed Has No Hammer, Uses Handsaw and Chisel... Smith
Can Bernanke Force Banks to Lend...? Mish
Lawsuit: Fed bailing out Europe WMD
Dollar Could Fall Off Fiscal Cliff Into Euro Abyss CNBC
Market Savior? Stocks Might Be 50% Lower Without Fed CNBC
Fed Bet Obama Would Be Fiscally Responsibe—And Lost IBD
CHART: Fed Meetings Best Time For Stocks BL FRBNY
Market wondering where Bernanke put priced MW
Ben Bernanke’s Superpowers Include... DealBreaker
Rising costs push California cities to fiscal brink LA Times
Comeback kid - America’s economy is once again reinventing itself Economist
Hedge funds - Mastered by the universe Economist
Exclusive: Barclays' Diamond turns to top lawyer for Libor scandal Reuters
Geithner Proposed Libor Changes in 2008 Memo BL
Warren Buffett: Libor Scandal Involves 'The Whole World' via HP
JPMorgan Is in a No-Win Situation of Its Own Creation TheStreet
'London Whale,' associates out at J.P. Morgan: WSJ MW
A look at forecasts for peak oil – and the end of civilization Fabius Maximus
The Deleveraging Trap Azizonomics FDL - Krugman - Sheehan
Insight: The curious case of Iowa broker's Romanian property empire Reuters
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UK austerity set to last decades as cost of ageing population rises Guardian
China’s Economic Growth Slows to 3-Year Low of 7.6% BL
Most listed firms see earnings slump China Daily
More than half of the mainland's public companies reported lower earnings or losses...
China Stimulus: Politically Inspired, Wrong-headed Asia Sentinel
Is China Catching the US in R&D? Asia Sentinel
Singapore second-quarter GDP contracts 1.1% MW
Japan's 10-year bond yield hit nine-year low Reuters
Finding the Anti-World - The Next Holy Grail for Physics Spiegel
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Bubble vs. Rubble? Rosenberg Weighs in on Canada-U.S. Housing Divide WSJ
Treasury yields fall toward all-time lows MW Mortgage Rates at a Record-Low BL
Jobless Claims in U.S. Plunge on Fewer Auto Plant Furloughs BL
China’s ‘5 apocalypses’ signal global recession Farrell
Bond Markets Rule? Schwab Bond Insights
Investor flight out of stocks continues CNN Au Revoir, Optimism Kass
Central banks are losing the battle Arora
Problems, but no panic Brimelow Ritholtz - Arends
Fear of Year-End Fiscal Stalemate May Be Having Effect Now CNBC
Buffett: US Growth Slowing, Europe Slipping 'Pretty Fast' CNBC
California bankruptcies are only the beginning CNN
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New York Fed to Release Libor Documents Friday CNBC
Why Hasn’t the LIBOR Scandal Blown Up? No Victims New Republic
I'd Run Barclays For $1 Million Forbes
Recipe for Success: Pick 30 Stocks, Then Just Sit Back for the Next 77 Years WSJ
Further Fed Easing to Drive Gold to $2000: Merrill Lynch CNBC
Asteroid Mining Startup Planetary Resources Teams With Virgin Galactic Forbes
Falling Food Prices May Not Last, Report Says Asia Sentinel FAO
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The language used in the statement left the door open for more rate cuts
Bank of Korea Cuts Rates for First Time Since 2009 Reuters
Only three of the 26 analysts surveyed predicted a cut...
BOJ Refrains From Adding Stimulus, Spurring Stock-Market Decline BL
The euro dropped below the $1.22 level... MWECB Overnight Deposits Fall to Lowest This Year BL
Merkel breaks German law on ESM rescue Pritchard
Italian Debt Still Hangs in the Balance WSJ
Just another scary Spanish capital flight chart FTA
Proud Spain again humbles itself to the euro’s demands Warner
Blood, debt and fears: crowds rise up as Spain agrees new 65bn cuts Inde
China Q2 growth likely around 7.5 pct - govt think tank Reuters
Direct currency conversion mulled Shanghai Daily
Consumption collapses amid prolonged downturn Korea Times
Japan told to respect sovereignty over islands China Daily
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Trade Deficit in U.S. Narrows BL Wholesalers Lift Stockpiles at Slower Pace
Too fat to fail Kohler
Insiders betting on a correction Hulbert
Gold to Outshine Dollar? Merk Embry
ECRI's Achuthan Says U.S. Economy Is in Recession BL Video
Looking for cheap stocks? You won’t find them in the U.S. G&M
Goldman Sachs: Stock picking isn't paying off CNN
Labor Market and Sales News Remains Unsatisfactory Bangalore
Fitch affirms U.S. AAA credit rating, outlook still negative Reuters
Third Californian City Files for Bankruptcy Reuters
How Long Will This Go On? Sheehan Panzner - FM - Paul - Fry - Rithotlz - Smith - EB
The Puzzling Pre-FOMC Announcement “Drift” FRBNY
A Four-Chart Lesson in Spotting Trade Setups EW
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Barclays Affair Rocks European Banking Industry Spiegel
A number of other banks are suspected of having manipulated interest rates, and Deutsche Bank has already suspended two employees. Experts warn of a wave of lawsuits that could ruin some institutions.
US Cities Scramble for Damages as Rate Scandal Escalates NYT
Baltimore has been leading a battle in Manhattan federal court against the banks that determine the interest rate...
Peregrine files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Reuters
Aubrey Lee Price, Missing Georgia Bank Director, Left Behind Confession, Possible Suicide Note HP
What Alcoa's Stock Drop Is Telling Investors CNBC
Chevy offers 60-day money-back guarantee USAT
Living Cells Show How to Fix the Financial System BL
Bulls Lift Wagers by Most in Two Years After Rally: Commodities BL
What’s Iran doing with Turkish gold? FT
U.S. Corn-Crop Forecast Cut as Drought Dims Supply Outlook BL
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Watching France BCA Research
Spain Hikes Sales Tax to 21%, Deepens Austerity Pain Reuters
The eurozone impact: What’s in store for Asian sovereigns? Finance Asia
Bubble warning on property despite signs of a cooldown Standard
Canada's housing market at 'tipping point' G&M
Russia Sending Warships on Maneuvers Near Syria NYT
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Fed Knew of Libor Issue in 2007-08, Proposed Reforms Reuters
Fed Should Raise Interest Rates to 2-3 Percent: Einhorn CNBC
Top Fed officials set table for more easing
Economists See 70% Likelihood of QE3
Small Business Swoon: Confidence Index Drops CNBC
All the world needs now is a deflationary shock in China Pritchard
All engines of the global economy are sputtering at the same time.
Is this all the recovery we get? Jubak
So why is the Great Recession so much worse than a run-of-the-mill business-cycle recession?
Four fiscal cliffs ahead, and a jobs war Farrell
The Fiscal Cliff: A Hard Landing Becomes More Likely Brookings
"One Way Pockets" Saut
The US Economy: 'Things Could Get Much Worse' CNBC
A Crumb of Comfort for Investors FT
This month, the US broker is quietly circulating a memo which tells its affluent clients to reposition themselves — and their portfolios — for a fundamental geopolitical shift.
Preparing for negative rates Saft
Should you sell a dull market short? Hulbert
Economic Indicators Review NB Financial
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Buffett: “I don’t like any currencies over time...”
Lessons from the Barclays Debacle Bear’s Lair
Paulson Funds Fell in June Amid Euro Wager BL
Einhorn's Call on 'The Best Growth Company We Have' CNBC
Broker Missing $220 Million; Founder Attempts Suicide Reuters
Barclays' Agius faces lawmakers over rate-rigging scandal Reuters
Bankrupt Alabama county asks for second look at lawyer fees Reuters
Patriot Coal files for bankruptcy protection Reuters
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The government is expected to take measures to boost growth...
Chinese Imports Miss Forecasts, Exports Slow BL Yuan dips under lowest parity rate
Small firms in Zhejiang confront 'life or death' struggle to survive Shnaghai Daily
ECB pledges action as southern Europe buckles Pritchard
EU gives Spain more time on deficit, sets bank aid Reuters
Embattled fraud office reopens inquiry into hedge fund Inde
Shanghai makes it easier to set up company HQs Shanghai Daily
Japan, World's Third Largest Economy, In The Stranglehold Of A Recession IBT
A Disaster Made in Japan Pesek
Tokyo prostitution prices going down as stagnation stiffens Tokyo reporter
Russia's Putin says the West is on the decline Reuters
The South China Sea: Roiling the waters Economist