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This Week: The Eurobond Coalition Plans To Gang Up On Angela Merkel

Posted: 05/21/2012 - 7:45am

Here are a couple of headlines from Greek newspaper Ekathimerini...

Basically: A Eurobond coalition (headed by Hollande, but backed by Spain's Rajoy and Italy's Monti) are going to push against the increasingly isolated Merkel to really push on the mutualization of debt.

If Merkel bends a little bit, that will be big.

China Is Drowning On Excess Commodities And Canceling Orders left And Right

Posted: 05/21/2012 - 7:45am

The evidence of a China slowdown which is somewhat worse (perhaps much worse) than what the market was expecting continues to pile up.

10 Things You Need To Know This Morning

Posted: 05/21/2012 - 7:44am

Good morning! Here's the news:

This Week Obama Will Shred Romney Over Private Equity

Posted: 05/21/2012 - 7:33am

The Obama campaign has been picking one message each week and hammering on it.

And right now team Obama is picking Romney's strongest selling point, his experience in the private sector, and undermining it.

They're trying to portray Romney as a vampire capitalist, sucking all the profits up from smaller companies and leaving them for dead.

10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell (BARC, JPM, NDAQ, YHOO, LOW)

Posted: 05/21/2012 - 7:16am

Good morning. Here's what you need to know.

NASDAQ Admits It Botched Facebook IPO: 'This Was Not Our Finest Hour'

Posted: 05/21/2012 - 7:15am

Facebook's stock was supposed to begin trading at 11:00 am on the dot Friday, but instead it was delayed for a full half hour. Now NASDAQ is admitting it screwed up and offering an explanation as to what happened.

Google Chrome Just Passed Internet Explorer To Become The World's Most Popular Web Browser

Posted: 05/21/2012 - 6:43am

After months of chipping away at its lead, Google Chrome has finally overtaken Internet Explorer to become most popular web browser worldwide.

GOLDMAN DIRECTOR'S DEFENSE: Someone Else Leaked All That Secret Inside Information To Rajaratnam

Posted: 05/21/2012 - 6:26am

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barely a day went by at the insider-trading trial of multimillionaire hedge-fund founder Raj Rajaratnam a year ago without mention of Rajat Gupta, a boldface name in business and charity circles.

Republicans Declare War On Accurate Economic Data

Posted: 05/21/2012 - 6:14am

The Depression led to an effort to enhance and expand data collection on employment and I was hoping the housing bubble and bust would lead to a similar effort to collect better housing related data. From the BLS history:

This Is The New Conventional Wisdom On Greece

Posted: 05/21/2012 - 6:03am

It's clear from reading various analyst/strategist notes, and listening to investors that a new conventional wisdom is starting to harden on Greece.

Conventional wisdom is often wrong and it frequently changes, but it's useful to know what it is at any given time if for another reason than that you know what is a surprise and what isn't.