Fracking could ruin German beer industry, brewers tell Angela Merkel

telegraph.co.uk 7 hours ago

German brewers have warned Chancellor Angela Merkel that any law allowing the controversial drilling technique known as fracking could damage the country's cherished beer industry.

 
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Bernanke to Congress: You’re killing us Darrell Delamaide's Political Capital

marketwatch.com 6 hours ago

Not that they listened, but Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke told lawmakers in Congress that they are killing jobs and hurting the economy with their obsession with deficits, Darrell Delamaide reports.

 
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CME Hikes Nikkei-Associated Margins By 33%

zerohedge.com 1 hour ago

Two years ago it was only gold and silver that saw the CME's wrath on a daily, and sometimes hourly basis. Back then, however, it was due to soaring prices...

 
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Phaneesh Murthy scandal 2.0: Why & how iGate made an error in hiring the CEO - The Economic Times

economictimes.indiatimes.com 2 hours ago

Does iGate, which has aspirations of becoming a global services company, have a policy about reputation-challenged managers?        

 
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A Culture Of Fear And Intimidation...

zerohedge.com 2 hours ago

Submitted by Simon Black of Sovereign Man blog , Last week when I arrived to Bangladesh, the immigration officials there were positively ecstatic to see a foreign tourist entering the country...

 
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"Dead Cat Bounce" Or "Pause That Refreshes"

zerohedge.com 2 hours ago

While the off-the-lows mentality of today's market performance was heralded by most as a signal that the BTFD'rs are back, we gently remind them that the Nikkei (futures) did not bounce at all .....

 
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‘Loser’ No More: Tesla Repays $465 Million U.S. Loan

business.time.com 10 hours ago

Tesla Motors has done right by U.S. taxpayers. The fast-growing electric car company has repayed the entire $465 million loan it received from the U.S...

 
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Lock In Mortgage Rate Now?

video.cnbc.com 2 hours ago

Is now the time to refinance and lock in your mortgage while rates are still low? David Stevens, Mortgage Bankers Association president, offers guidance. With CNBC's Diana Olick.

 
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Delinquent Student Loans Hit Record, 30% Of 20-24 Year Olds Are Unemployed And Not In School

zerohedge.com 6 hours ago

Almost a year ago we shared a calculation according to which " Over $120 Billion In Federal Student Loans In Default ", suggesting that the next credit crisis has already arrived...

 
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Full Text And Wordcloud Of Obama's "Don't Drone Me, Bro" Speech

zerohedge.com 3 hours ago

One can read " The Lethal Presidency of Barack Obama " to get a true sense of Obama's "the best defense is a relentless drone everyone offense, ignore collateral damage and take out a few Americans in...

 
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A Huge Discovery About Prime Numbers—and What It Means for the Future of Math

slate.com 22 May

Last week, Yitang “Tom” Zhang, a popular math professor at the University of New Hampshire, stunned the world of pure mathematics when he announced that he had proven the “bounded gaps” conjecture...

 
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Richard Koo Warns Of "Beginning Of The End" For Japanese Economy

zerohedge.com 3 hours ago

The surge in Japanese long-term interest rates is likely causing some lost sleep among bond market participants and policymakers (despite their ignorance of the moves in the BoJ minutes) as Nomura's...

 
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The Gin and Tonic Is the Summer Blockbuster of Mixed Drinks

slate.com 5 hours ago

The restaurant’s main dining room was, like my lunch partner’s expense account, majestically commodious, and the light softly filling its temperate air seemed as buttery as the kitchen’s Dover sole...

 
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Fed balance sheet expands in latest week

reuters.com 1 hour ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's balance sheet expanded in the latest week on higher holdings of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities, Fed data released on Thursday showed.

 
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Nursery reforms could cut childcare costs by 28%, DfE calculates

guardian.co.uk 3 hours ago

New calculations released by Department for Education will boost those seeking to push stalled plans through

 
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Freakonomics » Can You Be Too Smart for Your Own Good? And Other FREAK-quently Asked Questions: A...

freakonomics.com 9 hours ago

Our latest podcast is called “Can You Be Too Smart for Your Own Good? And Other FREAK-quently Asked Questions.” (You can download/subscribe at  iTunes , get the  RSS feed , or listen via the media...

 
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David Cameron reaches out to China after Dalai Lama row

telegraph.co.uk 3 hours ago

David Cameron has attempted to build bridges with Beijing following a row over the Dalai Lama by insisting he is “proud” to have as much Chinese investment in the UK as possible.

 
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The age of smart machines

economist.com 7 hours ago

IN HIS first novel, “Player Piano” (1952), Kurt Vonnegut foresaw that industry might one day resemble a “stupendous Rube Goldberg machine” (or as Brits would...

 
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DISH Versus the Wireless World (CLWR, DISH, S)

fool.com 2 hours ago

The satellite broadcaster could walk away with one or two ready-made wireless networks – or just a handful of licenses to build its own.        

 
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Central banks are stuck on a money printing treadmill

telegraph.co.uk 2 hours ago

Oh what a tangled web central bankers weave when they practise to deceive...

 
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Record High New Home Prices to Grow

cnbc.com 6 hours ago

Supplies are at levels not seen since the frenzy of the last housing boom.

 
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FTSE 100 suffers heaviest drop for a year

telegraph.co.uk 3 hours ago

The blue-chip index tumbled as markets around the world plunged.

 
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Europe’s Lost Keynesians by Kenneth Rogoff

project-syndicate.org 10 hours ago

There is no magic Keynesian bullet for the eurozone’s woes, despite what many commentators and much of the public seem to believe...

 
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Europe’s Clash of Generations by Gene Frieda

project-syndicate.org 8 hours ago

EU leaders are under pressure from a new generation of voters, for whom the original purpose of European integration – preventing war – holds little significance today...

 
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Does Asia Slump Signal US Correction?

cnbc.com 11 hours ago

Market pros analyze whether a slump in U.S. stock futures Thursday is a bump in the road or the start of something bigger.

 
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Return to old-style terror

economist.com 9 hours ago

AN ACT of terrorism does not have to result in large-scale death and maiming to be profoundly shocking and therefore to achieve its aims. The appalling daylight...

 
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The retail revolution is customer-led, and no one knows where it is heading

telegraph.co.uk 3 hours ago

The idea that the most successful businesses are those which simply deliver what people want is misplaced...

 
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Oklahoma Tornado Devastation: Before And After Picture

zerohedge.com 5 hours ago

The biggest story of the early part of the week was the massive 1+ mile-wide Tornado ploughing through a suburb of Oklahoma City leading to dozens of deaths and billions in damage...

 
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U.S. Cities Growing Faster Than Suburbs

blogs.wsj.com 12 hours ago

America’s biggest cities are continuing to outgrow their suburbs as the economy’s plodding recovery makes it harder for city dwellers to move to greener pastures.

 
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How to boost your credit rating

telegraph.co.uk 12 hours ago

The top 5 tips to boost your credit rating, and more easily secure yourself a mortgage.

 
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Housing Hype Is Overblown: Pros

cnbc.com 11 hours ago

Housing is good but not great, according to a group that is one of industry's leading voices.

 
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IMF Rethinking Role in Managing Sovereign Debt in Crises

blogs.wsj.com 1 hour ago

The International Monetary Fund is rethinking its role in how sovereign debt is managed in crises, concerned that recent developments in sovereign debt markets threaten the effectiveness of its...

 
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"Terminal State Of Broken"

zerohedge.com 5 hours ago

Originally posted at Monty Pelerin's World blog , As markets continue to confound, it is useful to reflect on this quote from  Jim Sinclair , particularly the last sentence: The...

 
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Death of a “Dirty War” criminal

economist.com 10 hours ago

JORGE RAFAEL VIDELA, an Argentine former military dictator who ordered the torture, murder and disappearance of thousands of civilians during the country’s...

 
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Pinpointing Europe's Social Unrest Hot-Spots

zerohedge.com 8 hours ago

Following the ongoing rioting in until-now-calm Sweden , we thought it interesting to revisit the increasing chance of more broad-based social unrest in Europe ...

 
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