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Best slapdowns of 2012 | Life and style | The Guardian
The Hilarious Comedy Behind John Boehner's "Plan B" – Money Morning - Only the News You Can Profit From
BBC News - The hum that helps to fight crime
China’s Princelings Build the Wrong Kind of Capitalism - Bloomberg
Americans' Household Debt Burden Hits 29-year low
Goldman Bets on Japan: 'Fundamentals Are Getting Better'
Porsche wins dismissal of hedge fund lawsuit over VW | Fox Business
Why Stocks Will Rally in 2013
BBC News - Gracie, 10, feeds the homeless in memory of her dad
Spain's house prices to fall another 30pc as glut keeps growing - Telegraph
The world's most powerful economies - Telegraph
Doubts remain over Spain's austerity miracle - Telegraph
Air-Conditioners Cause Global Worry - Video - The New York Times
Understanding the wedge between productivity and median compensation growth | Economic Policy Institute
Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics Could Increase Solar Cell Efficiency to Over 50 Percent | MIT Technology Review
Five Technologies to Watch in 2013 | MIT Technology Review
Econbrowser: Metrics for the “Ever Expanding Government”
Robert Reich (Cliff Hanger: Why Republicans Don't Care What the Nation Thinks)
Simon Johnson: The S.E.C. at a Turning Point - NYTimes.com