Links for 12/15. Remarkable indeed!

Debt crisis: ECB warns against complacency – live – Telegraph

Banks are ‘too big to prosecute’, says FSA’s Andrew Bailey – Telegraph

BBC News – How ‘point of sale’ became much more than a fancy calculator

BBC News – Viewpoint: The transparent supply chain

BBC News – Why are Swedish women healthier than the British?

Lazy Trade Long & Short: CMG & LPL | SharePlanner

Record US Solar PV Installations of 1.2 GW in Q4: GTM Research : Greentech Media

NewEnergyNews: BIG CHINA SUN FIRM FLOUNDERING

Square COO predicts monster 2013, says Starbucks is just the beginning | Internet & Media – CNET News

Our Hero, Ben Bernanke: Why Central Bankers (Not Politicians) Are Saving the Global Economy – Zachary Karabell – The Atlantic

I gave up iPad for Microsoft Surface

Stocks I’m Watching For Possible Short Plays | SharePlanner

Fusion power at home, or, how small science will defeat big science | ExtremeTech

UnderstandingSociety: Why does social science matter?

Bobby Jindal, Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan, and Chris Christie are among the rising GOP stars who are vying to lead the party toward the next election. – Slate Magazine

Lottery Winner Jack Whittaker’s Losing Ticket – Businessweek

How Older Parenthood Will Upend American Society | The New Republic

Non-bank finance: Filling the bank-shaped hole | The Economist

DailyTech – 3D Printed Gun Fails after Six Shots

Kim Wilde’s drunken rendition of Kids in America | Music | The Guardian