04/04 Links
4:30 pm - April 4, 2012
Links roundup for Wednesday, April 4th (below the jump).
04-04 Wednesday
- Signs of a New Tiananmen in China | The Diplomat
- Flattering News Coverage Has a Price in China – NYTimes.com
- Anonymous Hacks Chinese Government Websites
- China’s Wen says bank monopoly must be broken: state media | Reuters
- China’s GDP likely to have slowed in Q1 | Economy | chinadaily.com.cn
- Why the Fed has taken QE3 off the agenda | Gavyn Davies
- Wall Street drops on fading Fed stimulus hopes, euro zone | Reuters
- Why the Fed Will Intervene If Stocks Fall Too Far – US Business News – CNBC
- DJIA is completing a top | PeterLBrandt
- 2007-09 bear market now totally erased – Mark Hulbert – MarketWatch
- S&P 500 Beating Gold Most Since 1999 on Positive Earnings – Bloomberg
- Is Stock Picking Back? | The Big Picture
- European Central Bank Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged – NYTimes.com
- ECB: Not time yet for an ‘exit strategy’
- The Wolfson Economics Prize and the Euro-Zone Breakup | Business
- Euro Falls to One-Month Low on Spain’s Debt, ECB Views – Bloomberg
- Tepid Bond Sale Adds to Spain’s Woes – WSJ.com
- Euro zone sales disappoint, prospects poor | Reuters
- Greek Man Ends Financial Despair With Bullet – NYTimes.com
- Greece Faces Off With Holdout Investors Over Debt – NYTimes.com
- Chips Forecast a Slowdown Is Coming – MarketBeat – WSJ
- March sales to see continued shopper muscle – MarketWatch
- Fed Signals No Need for More Easing Unless Growth Falters – Bloomberg
- Fed’s Lacker Says Markets Saw Odds of New Easing as Too High – Bloomberg
- Businesses add jobs, service sector growth dips | Reuters
- Services sector slips in March: ISM | Reuters
- England Challenges China by Reviving Strategic Mine: Commodities
- Indonesia mine export tax aimed at curbing output boom | Reuters
- Big rise in US crude stocks deflates price – FT.com
- Cocoa Nears Three-Month Low on Supply Outlook – Bloomberg
- ‘Pink Slime’ Foes in Smear Campaign, Iowa’s Branstad Says – Bloomberg
- John Phelan of MSD Capital on the Economy & Markets ~ market folly
- Yahoo to lay off 2,000 employees | Reuters
- Democrats boycott Coke, Walmart over voter ID laws | Washington Examiner
- Monsanto posts record second quarter, sales jump 15 percent | Reuters
- Petrobras Targeted in Argentina After YPF Lost Licenses – Bloomberg
- For Hybrid and Electric Cars to Pay Off, Owners Must Wait – NYTimes.com
- Auto industry’s higher sales reflect demand for smaller, more fuel-efficient cars
- Twitter heads to Motown to be closer to automakers | Reuters
- Iran Apparently Seeking Other Location for Nuclear Talks Besides Turkey
- Hedge Funds Try New Approach in India – WSJ.com
- Australia’s Surplus Dreams Are Just That – WSJ.com
- Can a Country Have Too Many Millionaires? – The Wealth Report – WSJ
- How Casinos in Macau, China Made Siu Yun Ping Rich : The New Yorker
- Get a piece of my hedge fund! – The Term Sheet
- Analyst-Banker Firewall Weakened in Bill on Obama’s Desk – Bloomberg
- How Investing Turns Nice People Into Psychopaths – Lynn Stout
- Why do jerks get paid more then you?
- Intelligent people take less sick leave, researchers find – Telegraph
- Q: What Stands Between You and Better Performance? (A: You)
- Zap your brain into the zone: Fast track to pure focus
- Vietnam craves rhino horn; costs more than cocaine
- Clothes and Self-Perception – NYTimes.com
- Skipping: You’re Doing it Wrong (youtube)
