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Full-Fledged European Bank Run; ECB Deposit Insurance is Not the Answer; How FDIC Played a Part in t...

# 2012-05-20 21:00:20, Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis
One chart is all it takes to prove a full-fledged European bank run on the banks is well underway in the Club-Med countries and Ireland. click on chart for sharper image The above chart is from the Financial Times article The anatomy of the eurozone bank run by Gavyn Davies. A bank run is now happen...

Monday Watch

# 2012-05-20 21:00:05, BETWEEN THE HEDGES
Weekend Headlines Bloomberg: Spain May Have to Revise Its 2011 Budget Deficit. Concern grew for the stability of Spain's place in the fragile eurozone economy after reports of a rise in the level... [[ This is only a summary. Visit Between the Hedges at http://hedgefundmgr.blogspot.com for full content. ]]

Facebook Stock May Tank This Week As Banks Run For The Hills (FB)

# 2012-05-20 21:00:15, SAI
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Newly issued shares in Facebook Inc may have a hard time in the coming week if lead underwriter Morgan Stanley stops supporting the stock and managers lower down in the IPO book who were hoping for an early surge decide to get out before going underwater.Facebook on Friday sold...

Don't Write Windows Phone's Obituary Just Yet, Samsung's New Focus 2 Is A Winner [REVIEW] (T, MSFT)

# 2012-05-20 20:06:00, SAI
The Samsung Focus 2 4G LTE pleasantly surprised me. I've had it for about a week now and I don't want to give it back. That's how much I like it.And that says a lot about Windows Phone. This was my first time using one for an extended period of time.The 4-inch Super AMOLED screen makes it easy to re...

FINALLY: Yahoo Officially Announces Plan To Monetize Alibaba Stake

# 2012-05-20 20:52:00, SAI
At long last, Yahoo has announced a plan to monetize its stake in Chinese internet company Alibaba.It's complicated, and it will be in stages, but the process has begun, and Yahoo says it will get about $7.1 billion in short order, via Alibaba's repurchase of half of Yahoo's stake in the company.The...

Motorola, Google's New Smartphone Company, Is Having A Huge Problem Upgrading Android Phones (MMI, G...

# 2012-05-20 20:57:52, SAI
Motorola announced in a brief blog post that some of its smartphones won't be eligible for upgrades to the newest version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich.That's because Motorola says the update won't "improve" the devices. It doesn't give much more detail than that.We first came across Motorola's ann...

Shareholders Shouldn’t ‘Like’ Zuckerberg’s Wedding (FB)

# 2012-05-20 18:05:57, 24/7 Wall St.
 

Are concerns over a Greek Euro exit overdone ?

# 2012-05-20 16:33:45, The Big Picture
The press and the market continues to speculate about the negative impact of an exit of Greece from the Euro (expectations seems to be over 50%) and both the financial consequences of such an exit on the EZ (indeed everyone else) and, in particular, on the adverse contagion issues in respect of t...

REPORT: Traders Are Flipping Out Over Facebook SNAFU, And Want $100 Million From The NASDAQ

# 2012-05-20 15:10:25, SAI
Glitches, delays, and confusion on Facebook's first day of trading reportedly have traders livid, and they're taking their anger out on the NASDAQ.Charlie Gasparino reports:Angry traders and investors are bombarding Nasdaq officials with demands that the exchange make good on losses they say were in...

Designs for Nintendo Wii U leaked

# 2012-05-20 12:07:11, Bharat Entrepreneurs
The next gen Nintendo console called Wii U at the moment is Nintendo’s last resort to revive it’s dying  and once thriving game business that had dominated markets during the 80s and 90s.  This console is also Nintendo’s first ever HD capable console and the company is betting a lot on the s...

Fear vs. Anger: Door-to-Door Fear-Mongering in Ireland on Merkozy Referendum; Expect Fear-Mongering ...

# 2012-05-20 12:07:00, Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis
Door-to-Door May Drive Irish Towards Yes Vote in Referendum on Merkozy Pact. In a hard-fought battle to convince Irish voters to back Europe’s unpopular fiscal discipline treaty, Ireland’s deputy finance minister has the task of convincing the leafy Dublin suburb of Templeogue. Going door-to-do...

Google Can Finally Own Motorola And The Deal Will Close Imminently

# 2012-05-20 13:05:23, SAI
Google can officially acquire Motorola Mobility.Chinese regulators have approved the $12.5 billion purchase of the mobile company and Google emailed a statement to Bloomberg Businessweek yesterday:“We are pleased the deal has received approval in all jurisdictions. We expect to close imminently."T...

The Facebook IPO Was Reverse Quantitative Easing

# 2012-05-20 13:48:04, SAI
Check out this from Fox Business:“I have seen several hedge-fund-type accounts liquidating various positions to make way for Facebook,” says John Glasmann of Precision Securities, a San Diego firm that specializes in IPOs.

Weekly Outlook

# 2012-05-20 13:27:58, BETWEEN THE HEDGES
U.S. Week Ahead by MarketWatch (video). Wall St. Week Ahead by Reuters. Stocks to Watch Monday by MarketWatch. Weekly Economic Calendar by Briefing.com. BOTTOM LINE: I expect US stocks to... [[ This is only a summary. Visit Between the Hedges at http://hedgefundmgr.blogspot.com for full content. ]]

Microsoft's Social Network And Google+ Rival, So.cl, Is Officially Live

# 2012-05-20 12:48:00, SAI
Microsoft just launched its Google+ and Facebook rival, So.cl.

The Facebook ‘Share’ Tax ….No Free Lunch

# 2012-05-20 12:15:54, Howard Lindzon
Everything has now been written…twice…about the Facebook ($FB) IPO. It was awful, rigged, great, bad, evil etc…. It’s over though. Monday is a new day. [...]

Top Viral Videos Of The Week: The Most Embarrassing Car Crash Ever Recorded

# 2012-05-20 11:20:00, SAI
This week's most watched video on YouTube comes from an amateur videographer, who decided it would be wise to film the loud and flashy Lamborghini revving its engine at the stoplight in front of him.Our very own car expert Travis Okulski sums up the entire situation quite nicely here:"If you're driv...

This Ad Exec Thinks Mobile Marketing Will Turn Us Into Cyborgs

# 2012-05-20 11:31:00, SAI
As the world prepares itself for a future filled with Google glasses and augmented reality, digital strategists sat down Thursday to discuss "The Future of Mobile Marketing" at an Internet Week panel.When asked what mobile marketing would look like in five to 10 years, the experts gave an array of j...

9 Years Of Mark Zuckerberg And The College Sweetheart He Just Married, Priscilla Chan

# 2012-05-20 10:43:00, SAI
Yesterday Mark Zuckerberg tied the knot with his college sweetheart, Priscilla Chan.The wedding was a surprise for all of the guests, who thought they were attending a med school graduation party for Chan.The couple met in line for the bathroom at Zuckerberg's frat party nine years ago.Here's a summ...

Nassim Taleb: Bad Risk Management & Poor Models Creates Systemic Risk

# 2012-05-20 10:28:48, The Big Picture
BBC Interview with Nassim Taleb on JPMorgan Hat tip Jesse’s Cafe Americain

Four Years After AIG, Wall Street Back to its Old Tricks

# 2012-05-20 09:00:17, The Big Picture
> My Sunday Washington Post Business Section column is out. This morning, we look at the JPM debacle: Has the Economy been made safe from Wall Street? The short answer is not very. The print version had the full headline Four short years after AIG, Wall Street is back to its old tricks (The online ...

Well, Now Everyone Who Hates Wall Street Can Just Root For Facebook's Stock To Crash...

# 2012-05-20 08:23:00, SAI
Facebook's lead banker, Morgan Stanley, appears to have bought a huge amount of Facebook stock on Friday to try to stop the price from falling below the IPO price.If Morgan bought all the shares sold near $38 in the final 20 minutes of trading, Reuters calculates, the firm might now be the owner of ...

Merkel Will Turn Her Back On G8

# 2012-05-20 07:53:45, 24/7 Wall St.
 

Forget Diamonds, Mark Zuckerberg Married His Long-Time Girlfriend With A Ruby Ring

# 2012-05-20 07:39:00, SAI
Yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg shocked everyone, including the wedding guests, when he and his long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan wed yesterday.No one even knew the couple was engaged; less than 100 guests attended the event but thought they were being gathered to celebrate Chan's recent med school gra...

When Guests Showed Up At Mark Zuckerberg's House Yesterday, They Were Completely Stunned To Find The...

# 2012-05-20 07:57:53, SAI
Yesterday, fewer than 100 people showed up at Mark Zuckerberg's Palo Alto home.They thought they were attending a graduation party for Priscilla Chan, Zuckerberg's girlfriend of 9 years who had just finished medical school.Instead, they found themselves at a wedding, AP reports.Upon arriving they we...

10 Of The Fastest Super Cars In The World

# 2012-05-20 07:00:22, The Big Picture
Bugatti Veyron Super Sport ˜˜˜ Gumpert Apollo ˜˜˜ Hennessey Venom GT ˜˜˜ More after jump Koenigsegg CCX ˜˜˜ Koenigsegg Agera R ˜˜˜ Saleen S7 Twin Turbo ˜˜˜ SSC Ultimate Aero ˜˜˜ McLaren F1 ˜˜˜ Zenvo ST1 ˜˜˜ Noble M600 Source: Market Watch

More On J.P. Morgan’s Losses

# 2012-05-20 07:30:52, The Big Picture
The Financial Times - JPMorgan unit has $100bn of risky bonds The unit at the centre of JPMorgan Chase’s $2bn trading loss has built up positions totalling more than $100bn in asset-backed securities and structured products – the complex, risky bonds at the centre of the financial crisis in 2008. These holdings are in addition to [.....

10 Sunday Reads

# 2012-05-20 06:30:47, The Big Picture
Good morning. Its time for some reads to start your Sunday: • The Market Is Starting To Recognize Reality (Comstock Partners, Inc) • Greece’s predicament: Lessons from Argentina (VOX EU) • What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets (B&N Review) • 11 Brilliant Insights From Wall Street Legend Barton Biggs (Business Insid...

Sunday links: unwanted allocations

# 2012-05-20 06:07:42, Abnormal Returns
Quote of the day Invictus, “Retail investors should be circumspect (to put it politely) of any offering they’re able to get their hands on. If [...]

Alibaba To Buy $7 Billion Stake From Yahoo!

# 2012-05-20 06:54:05, 24/7 Wall St.