Links August 27th

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Global Macro:

  • Chart: World stock market recovery since 2007/2009 NYT
  • Samsung infringed on Apple patents Reuters, Jury didn’t want Samsung to get off easy Reuters
  • Apple patent victory boosts Microsoft as asian vendors scramble Reuters
  • But, did Samsung win? Gigoam , either way they will appeal BBC

United States:

Europe:

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  • Greece not lost, says Merkel and Hollande FT
  • But they side step requests plea for breathing space Telegraph
  • Merkel backs Wiedman, warns allies on Greek rhetoric Reuters
  • Merkel urges Greece to stick to commitments to stay in Euro Ekathimerini
  • Germany’s secret ‘Plan B’ on Greece FT Deutschland (via Translate)
  • Merkel pushes new EU treaty Speigel (via Translate)
  • IMF advises UK to delay austerity until growth returns Telegraph . Should I laugh or cry?
  • Portugal’s deficit unreachable without further cuts Economico (via Translate)
  • Cyprus too EurActive
  • From hero to nave. The fall of Norway’s PM The Economist

Asia:

  • China launches ‘Triangle debt’ probe China Daily
  • Desperate steel traders forge documents for credit in China Want ChinaTimes
  • Japan tough but weary on Sth Korea, China row Asahi Shimbun
  • Korean key credit delinquency index surges 24pct over past year Yonhap News
  • Willing wrinkled workers help defuse pension time bomb in Japan Bloomberg

Local:

  • Mining boom alive and well, says Emerson ABC , and Swanny
  • Commodity prices on the way down:BHP BusinessDay
  • It’s Olympian payback time in SA AFR
  • The only way is up for Tax reform Gittins!
  • What next after the boom ends? Peter Martin
  • CLP claims victory in NT abc
  • Upmarket homes face spring sale woes AFR , an example here
  • Mish froths at the mouth on Oz

Other:

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  • Niel Armstrong dead at 82 Reuters
  • But the guy in the picture with a space suit on probably isn’t him ACES