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Daily News Roundup 2012: Wednesday 5 December
Including: why Obama is actually a Republican, how outsourcing has become a nuisance for Wal-mart and Gap, and why they won’t care, and is it just me but Apple seems to be maturing… Good morning The headlines: Obama tweets. Link: America misinterprets. I feel a bit sorry for BO at the mo. Mostly because he […]
read moreMysterious algorithms.
Link: ready, set, arbitrage. 4% of last week’s trading “activity” on the US stock markets was the result of a mysterious algorithm whose motive is “still unclear”. Conspiracy theory, anyone? And to be clear, what we mean by “trading activity” is that the algorithm was putting in bids then cancelling them in 25 millisecond bursts. This […]
read moreDaily News Roundup 2012: Tuesday 4 December
In which: Ernst & Young has a really really bad Monday, Anna Wintour may be US Ambassadoring to the UK, Mr Boehner presents a plan, and Greece launches a debt repurchasing program Good morning Note: to sign up and receive these posts in your inbox, you can sign up at the top of the sidebar […]
read moreDaily News Roundup 2012: Monday 3 December
In which: Australia makes all cigarette packaging a traumatic experience, the Fiscal Cliff talks hit a theatrical pause, the DSM gets topical, and hello again, Mr Zuma. Good morning The headlines: Gangrene. Link: An Australian response. My eyes are still burning: In a freshly-disgusting new dawn, as of Saturday (1 December), all cigarettes sold in […]
read moreDaily News Roundup 2012: Friday 30 November
Involving: the Palestinian Authority turning into the Vatican, China protesting in favour of human rights, a triple negative, and ECB beating Bloomberg opaquely. Good morning Note: to receive these posts in your inbox, you can subscribe at the top of the sidebar on the home page. The headlines: Palestine gets a birth certificate. Link: almost […]
read moreDaily News Roundup 2012: Thursday 29 November
Including: the demise of BP, the Fiscal Cliff is still there, more Muddy Waters, and meet the new Pharaoh Mursi of Egypt Good morning The headlines: BP gets closed out. Link: that, and it sells off the North Sea. BP has been temporarily banned from winning new contracts from the US Federal Government – although […]
read moreDaily News Roundup 2012: Wednesday 28 November
In which: Muddy Waters is still mudding the waters, the US says China isn’t a currency manipulator, and HP gets sued for Autonomy but it sounds like they’re missing the point… Good morning The headlines: The Muddy Waters saga ramps up! Link: what he said, what she said. So when this came up on Monday, I […]
read moreDaily News Roundup 2012: Tuesday 27 November
[Where: Greece gets a deal, the BOE replaces King with Canada, Goldman now owns the world, and Warren Buffett gets his ridicule on] Good morning Note: to receive these posts in your inbox, you can sign up at the top of the sidebar on the home page The headlines: The Greek deal. Link: relief. Finally […]
read moreDaily News Roundup 2012: Monday 26 November
Good morning Note: to receive these daily posts in your inbox, you can sign up at the top of the sidebar on the home page. The headlines: Black Friday. Link: we are not serious. Online sales on Black Friday were 26% higher than last year. But we should all look out for Cyber Monday (today) […]
read moreDaily News Roundup 2012: Friday 23 November
Good morning Note: to subscribe and receive these daily posts in your inbox, please sign up at the top of the sidebar on the home page. The headlines: Mining in India. Link: the damage caused by over-regulation. Maybe it’s because we’re getting to the end of the week – but a lot of today’s news […]
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