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The Trouble with Wall Street | New Republic
Five Companies with boring products and exciting returns

VIX ETF Report: Funds, index diverge during confused week

Did Securitization Lead to Riskier Corporate Lending? – Liberty Street Economics

Econbrowser: Is this a good time to buy stocks?

GTM Guide to Solar Module Testing : Greentech Media

BBC News – Dyson launches all-in-one hand-drying Airblade water tap

Lefty nonsense: When progressives wage war on reason – opinion – 04 February 2013 – New Scientist

Is Alcohol a Performance-Enhancing Drug? – Blog

World May Face ‘Perfect Storm’ on Capital Flows, Carstens Says – Bloomberg

Rove’s Move Into Republican Primaries Enrages Tea Party – Bloomberg

World’s Most Profitable Banks in Indonesia Double U.S. Returns – Bloomberg

Mongolia $1.25/Day Labor Amid $4K Purses Stirs Discontent – Bloomberg