A Bison So Rare It’s Sacred New York Times

The Gentleperson’s Guide To Forum Spi es Cryptome (Lambert). Be sure to read “Seventeen Techniques for Truth Suppression”

Chinese GDP growth slows to 7.6% Financial Times

More shadows surface for Chinese banks MacroBusiness

German Constitutional Court Wants to Help Berlin Der Spiegel

Euro tumbles as Asian funds shun EU chaos Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, Telegraph

We are not ‘risk nutters’ stifling the recovery Andrew Haldane, Times (Richard Smith)

Olympic security chaos: depth of G4S security crisis revealed Guardian (YY)

Liborfest!

Exclusive: Barclays’ Diamond turns to top lawyer for Libor scandal Reuters (Richard Smith)

At Least Three Other Banks in Rate-Fixing Mess CNBC (Richard Smith)

Bob Diamond calls in Maitland to handle Libor fallout PR Week (Richard Smith)

Follow-On Civil Litigation Emerges as LIBOR Scandal Continues to Unfold D&O Diary (Deontos)

Neil Barofsky, the Democrat Taking Digs at Obama Bloomberg. Ha, the administration must be worried! I have an advance copy and am partway through, and they OUGHT to be worried. The book isn’t even out (the writer clearly has not read it) and they are already trying to go after Barofsky.

Wall Street Journal Publishes Hit Job on Union Political Spending Dave Dayen, Firedoglake

Mitt Romney Bain Mess Shows Stonewalling Consequence s Huffington Post

Who’s Very Important? Paul Krugman, New York Times

Sorry, Mitt Romney, You Can’t Be Chairman, CEO, And President Of A Company And Not Be Responsible For What It Does… Clusterstock

At Peregrine Financial, Signs of Trouble Seemingly Missed for Years New York Times

City Bankruptcy Could Raise Hurdles for Mortgage Seizure Plan American Banker (Richard Smith)

Geithner Wrote Libor Memo in 2008 Wall Street Journal. Better headline: Geithner writes CYA memo rather than calling
Eric Holder.

Picking On the Job Creators Barry Ritholtz

Wells Fargo Will Settle Mortgage

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