Mercenary Links Roundup for Monday, March 7 (below the jump).
03-07 Monday
- Portuguese Bond Yields, Greek CDS Both At All Time Wides
- Portugal edges closer to crisis – Business – NZ Herald News
- Spain’s savings banks race to find funds by Thursday
- Moody’s downgrade tips Greece closer to brink | Reuters
- Trichet: Central Banks Eyeing Inflation – WSJ.com
- Currency-Based Hedging Gains Favor – WSJ.com
- Calm forex markets defy political turmoil
- Traders build up record bets against the dollar
- Euro Rally Masks Growing Political Discord as EU Leaders Battle Over Debt
- Saudis mobilise thousands of troops to quell growing revolt
- Saudi Arabia’s `Day of Rage’ Lures Record Bets on $200 Oil: Chart of Day
- Oil at $110 May Trigger Pain U.S. CEOs Weathered at $100 – Bloomberg
- Government posts biggest monthly deficit ever – Washington Times
- Fed Officials Signal Little Need Now for Further Bond Purchases – Bloomberg
- Doubt on Bank Valuations – WSJ.com
- Barclays trio in $110 million pay day | Reuters
- Consumer Debt Rises, but Credit-Card Use Falls – Real Time Economics – WSJ
- Revolving credit contracts again, nonrevolving at new high | The Big Picture
- Russian Oil Pays Off Nicely Amid Fears in Mideast
- Russian Government to Set Up $10 Billion Fund to Attract Buyout Firms
- Opec members rush to raise oil output
- Oil Prices Continue to Pressure Equity Markets – NYTimes.com
- Oil Jump Presents Conundrum for Fed – Real Time Economics – WSJ
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- Tesla Discloses Plans for Second Electric Car – WSJ.com
- American Airlines Plans Debt Sale as Jet Fuel Costs Rise – Bloomberg
- Oil Firms, Wall Street Banks Stop Trading With Libya – WSJ.com
- U.S. Defense Chief Apologizes Over Afghans Killed in Strike
- China Tracks Foreign Journalists, Unnerved by Mideast Tumult
- Knives, petrol bombs return to Cairo streets | News by Country | Reuters
- Egypt Swears In Cabinet Following Demonstrators’ Demands – Bloomberg
- U.S. Farmers Head Into Key Stretch for Harvests – WSJ.com
- Fears of Wheat Crisis in China Recede as Drought Eases – NYTimes.com
- Made in America: small businesses buck the offshoring trend
- MERS, the Mortgage Holder You Might Not Know – NYTimes.com
- Florida lawmakers want to allow bigger, Vegas-style casino hotels
- Subway Passes McDonald’s – WSJ.com
- Leather Costs Hit by Supply Squeeze – WSJ.com
- American Eagle Looking for New CEO – WSJ.com
- Barbie Packs Her Bags as Mattel Closes Shanghai Dream House
- Drug Firms Face Billions in Losses as Patents End
- Microsoft Is Said to Pay Nokia More Than $1 Billion in Accord
- Galleon Case Poses Steep Risk for Raj Rajaratnam – NYTimes.com
- Rajaratnam’s Plan to Take the Stand May Be His Biggest Bet Yet – WSJ.com
- David Tepper Gets Off To A Good Start | March 2011
- Tepper may invest in other hedge funds Hedge Funds – MarketWatch
- Sheen Is a TV Star Surrounded by a Coterie of Enablers – NYTimes.com
- Warner Bros. Fires Charlie Sheen from ‘Two and a Half Men’ – WSJ.com
- The Billionaire Who Is Planning His 125th Birthday
- Twitter Was Act One | Business | Vanity Fair
- The Worst Restaurant In the World
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Nothing to do with the post but 1 of the best feature of the website is the quote window on the top right hand corner. I have to admit, sometimes I just press refresh to see a new quote…