Weekend Links 25-26th April 2015

Global Macro / Markets / Investing:

• Need for better commodity regulation deepens – FT
• Opec Oil Supply/Demand balance charted – @MauroIppolito
• Africa and commodity prices – no longer the kiss of death – The Economist
• Trader Tied to Flash Crash Says He Simply Changed His Mind a Lot – Bloomie
• Google Caps Costs as Growth Slows – WSJ … stocks jump
• Oil prices trade near 2015 highs on Yemen worries – Reuters
• Oil at $65 Seen Freeing 500,000 Barrels From Shale Fracklog – Bloomie

Americas:

• Obama: Liberal trade critics ‘don’t know what they’re talking about’ – The Hill
• Consent of the Governed: Stop the Emerging TPP Tyranny! – Corrente
• We Can’t Let John Deere Destroy the Very Idea of Ownership – WIRED
• Obama’s Drone-Strike Rules to Be Reviewed – WSJ
• Pentagon Announces New Strategy for Cyberwarfare – NYT

Europe:

• EU Frustration Mounts as Greeks Try to Bypass Aid Process – Bloomie
• Varoufakis Said to Take Hammering From Frustrated Euro Ministers – Bloomberg Business
• A New Deal for Greece by Yanis Varoufakis – Project Syndicate
• Hedge funds place big bets on Sterling after the election – FT
• No agreement expected at Eurogroup today, but Tsipras still confident of deal this month – Open Europe
• Two hurdles stand in the way of Greece moving forward – MarketWatch
• ECB adjusts to life amid the protests – FT
• ECB’s Draghi May Examine Greek Collateral Haircuts – Bloomie
• Deutsche Bank to Pay Record $2.5 Billion to Resolve Libor –  Bloomberg
• Deutsche Bank Trader Bittar’s Libor Messages Revealed – Bloomberg

Asia:

• If China Sees Capital Outflows Now, What Happens in Crisis? – Bloomie
• Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Chinese Fugitives – FP
• China says to increase policy support for cooling economy – Reuters
• Why Beijing is watching firms go belly up – Business Spectator

Terra Ironoria :

• No new penalties for Australian internet pirates under Trans-Pacific Partnership – SMH
• Anzac mythology in focus for Australia’s Gallipoli Centenary – FT
• Budget cuts are harder if people know the benefits of research – The Conversation
• Brand revamp for NBN Co – The Oz .. $700k WTF ! , AFR
  
• Iron ore’s shifting sands move again – AFR
• RBA’s May rate cut under doubt – AFR
• Negative gearing is changing already – Pascoemeter
• Academic likens Lomborg appointment to putting Brian Burke in charge of economy – The Guardian

Random/Interesting:

• Another Gallipoli – The Monthly
• Hubbles 25 years of Stellar vision – The Economist
• A Drone Program That Has Killed Hundreds Of Civilians Finally Killed Some That The White House Regrets – Huffington Post
• China Says Please Stop Hiring Funeral Strippers – WSJ

Weekend Face-Palm:

• Gina Rinehart says ‘nobody was predicting the ore price crash’ – SMH

For Laughs:

• Entire Treasury Department Competing For Same Goldman Sachs Job Opening – Onion