WHY OBAMA SHOULD PLAY TO POPULISM / THE FINANCIAL TIMES COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS ( VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READING )

Why Obama should play to populism By Simon Schama Published: January 19 2010 22:36 We are about to find out what Barack Obama is really m...

HOW TO PROTECT OUR NUCLEAR DETERRENT / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL OP EDITORIAL ( VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READING )

OPINION JANUARY 20, 2010. How to Protect Our Nuclear Deterrent . By George P. Shultz, William J. Perry, Henry A. Kissinger, And Sam Nunn The...

CHINA TIGHTENS, STOCKS CAVE / ETF DIGEST

CHINA TIGHTENS, STOCKS CAVE CLICK ON : http://www.etfdigest.com/index.php?option=com_davedaily&publicpage=public&utm_source=Dave%27s...

THE GREEK TRAGEDY DESERVES A GLOBAL AUDIENCE / THE FINANCIAL TIMES COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS ( VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READING - A MUST READ )

The Greek tragedy deserves a global audience By Martin Wolf Published: January 19 2010 22:22 The Greek government has promised to slash i...

LED MAKERS PROMISE TO TRIP LIGHT FANTASTIC / THE FINANCIAL TIMES ( RECOMMENDED READING )

LED makers promise to trip light fantastic By Chris Nuttall in San Francisco Published: January 18 2010 19:36 LEDs , once confined to the t...

US BANKS / THE FINANCIAL TIMES LEX ( VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READING )

US banks Published: January 18 2010 09:26 Rolling in money sounds like a nice thing to do . But for US banks it is a mixed blessing . A...

HOW THE BIG BANKS RIGGED THE MARKETS / THE FINANCIAL TIMES COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS ( VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READING )

How the big banks rigged the market By Philip Stephens Published: January 18 2010 20:15 When Lloyd Blankfein met politicians in London a ...

A BANK LEVY WILL NOT STOP THE DOOMSDAY CYCLE / THE FINANCIAL TIMES COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS ( VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READING - A MUST READ )

A bank levy will not stop the doomsday cycle By Peter Boone and Simon Johnson Published: January 18 2010 19:59 The last few weeks of polit...