Goldman Bankers Hedge Stock as the Firm Loses http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011... Allows partners to profit even if they tank their company
The Egyptian Tinderbox: How Banks and Investors Are Starving the Third World http://www.truth-out.org/the-egy... via @timoreilly, little old but good read
Paul Buchheit: The two paths to success http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2011...
WikiLeaks: US and China in military standoff over space missiles http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news...
Pimco: Whitney Analysis 'Not Worth Paper It's Written On' http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets... War between Bill Gross and Meredith Whitney over munis
Fed passes China in Treasury holdings http://www.ft.com/cms... $1.1 trillion. Fed monetizing U.S. debt is wrong on every level
‘Minority Report’ May Come to Real World With Iris Recognition http://www.bloomberg.com/news... "Iris on the move" 10 feet, 30 people per minute
China Is Said Likely to Raise Rates Soon to Fight Inflation http://www.nytimes.com/2011... M2 money supply up 53% in 2 years, inflation inevitable
When Irish Eyes Are Crying http://www.vanityfair.com/busines... Michael Lewis on the Irish banking collapse in Vanity Fair
Devil’s Bargain http://www.pimco.com/Pages... Bill Gross(PIMCO) February letter is somewhat surreal lambast of the Fed
Debate Flares Over Israel’s Access to American Secrets http://www.forward.com/article... via @niubi. Narus, Verint spying interesting in China/Egypt too
Where Innovation Is Sorely Needed http://www.technologyreview.com/busines...
Russian Drone RC helicopter caught smuggling heroin http://scandinavianstartups.com/blog...
China could price itself out of all sorts of markets http://www.ft.com/cms...
Xu Tian Decodes Mouse Genome http://www.nytimes.com/2011... vast lab at Shanghai's Fudan Univ. 1/6 the cost of U.S. lab
#ff @bruces (protected tweets but good) @lensassaman @nextbigfuture @25egypt (need translator) @blakehounshell @Richard_Florida
Meet The Man Behind The Liquidating Hedge Fund That Blew Up The Gold Market http://www.zerohedge.com/article... Tiny hedge fund with ... leverage
UK government promoted useless 'bomb detectors' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2... Made for £11, sold for £15,000, radio aerial on a plastic handle.
China, 30 provinces raised minimum wage in 2010 by average 22.8%, many will continue in 2011 http://business.globaltimes.cn/china-e... inflationary sprial a go
Bohai Economic Rim http://bit.ly/ebSYLe Bejing/Tianjin megacity pop could be 260 million. $1 trillion on urban development next 5 years
China’s Rise = Remilitarizing Japan? | The Diplomat http://bit.ly/fwiwRk via @niubi
Fed quietly transfers potential losses from QE on to the backs of tax payers if interest rates rise http://reut.rs/dPPWtC
North Dakota may produce 1.2 million barrels of oil a day, 15% of domestic output by 2015, may surpass Texas http://www.bloomberg.com/news...
Getting Rejected at the Journal of Universal Rejection http://paul.kedrosky.com/archive... via @pkedrosky
The Fantastical Promise of Reversible Computing  - Technology Review http://www.technologyreview.com/blog...
Cory Doctorow review of Morozov's "The Net Delusion" http://www.guardian.co.uk/technol... Wideranging thoughts on the Internet and freedom.
Delta 4-Heavy Keyhole launch http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta... "melior diabolus quem scies." The devil you know Keyhole instead of Boeings new failed FIA
The Inside Story of How Facebook Responded to Tunisian Hacks http://www.theatlantic.com/technol... Tunisia possibly stealing logins at the ISP level.
Italian scientists claim new form of cold fusion http://www.physorg.com/news... Nickel/Hydrogen to Copper, 400W produces 12,400W ... read skeptically
Privacy issues hover over police drone use http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn... Domestic use of UAV's to explode in 2013 with new FAA rules
Introducing The Palestine Papers http://english.aljazeera.net/palesti... Al Jazeera to publish a decade of leaked docs on Israel/Palestine negotiations