Links December 10th

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Global Macro:

  • When cheap foreign labor gets less cheap NYT
  • Investors offer about $38.8 billion in Greek debt buyback Reuters , that includes Greek lenders Ekathimerini
  • Calls for street protests continue after Mursi scraps decree Alarabiya

North America:

  • Fed exit plan may be redrawn as assets near $3 trillion Bloomberg
  • Big money bets on housing rebound NYT
  • No news is good news? Tim Duy
  • Schedule for week ahead Calculated Risk

Europe:

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  • Italy’s PM Monti ‘to resign’ as Berlusconi announces return France24 , FT
  • Barclays: Italy to go for early elections, no a big deal eFXNews
  • Is Greece in default again? Felix Salmon
  • Nigel Fargage’s anti-EU message finds fans NYT
  • Cyprus gets report on bank bailout needs Reuters
  • Collapse of Greece’s healthcare system BI
  • Bundesbank’s Weidmann blasts new Greek debt deal Reuters
  • Romanians vote in poll that may reopen political spat Reuters , some more from The Economist

Asia:

  • China sees both industrial output and retail sales climb BBC , Bloomberg
  • Xi Jinping’s Chinese dream The Diplomat
  • India’s South China sea gambit The Diplomat
  • China’s Wanxiang wins auction for US government-backed A123 Reuters
  • The real reason China’s super-rich are packing up and moving abroad worldcrunch

Local:

  • Deficit looms for the next 2 years AFR
  • Shale threatens LNG exports AFR
  • Gas glut slashes export prices The Oz
  • The new normal demands a tough reassessment AFR
  • Fells hails for cab change AFR
  • Rate cut delay: banks expected to net $2 million each day SMH
  • Myer chief blasts ‘unfairness’ of GST-free threshold SMH

Other/Interesting:

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  • They know what you’re shopping for WSJ
  • 35 of the worst headlines you’ve ever seen Poynter
  • Russians are speculating about Putin’s spine Bloomberg
  • Tech guru’s Mark Anderson’s Top 10 predictions for 2013 Forbes
  • Christopher Tolkien hates the movies BI – Interesting read.
  • Explore the london blitz Bombsight.org

and finally, because Christmas is coming… The MakerBot Replicator 2