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Monday, 20 August 2012 14:00

Links 8/20/12

Written by  Yves Smith
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New Family of Spiders Found in Oregon Cave Associated Press (Carol B)

We Shouldn’t Give Up on SETI ieee Spectrum

What’s Lost (And Found) In Machine Translation Big Think

Black Lung Disease: Life-Saving Rules, Technology Stymied By Politics, Experts Say Huffington Post (Carol B)

US Army grants $3 million for anti-suicide nasal spray research RT (Chuck L)

Cartel Pushes Up Rubber Price Wall Street Journal

BIS says Australian banks are too big MacroBusiness

Belize to Skip Payment If Lenders Don’t Relent Wall Street Journal (Joe Costello)

Der Spiegel Says Hydra Residents Besieged Tax Inspectors Greek Reporter

ECB May Set Yield Limits on Euro Sovereign Bonds, Spiegel Says Bloomberg (Ilja). This would be HUGE if this is real (and if they were to set the rates low enough to provide real, lasting relief), but this is also a huge departure from what the surplus countries have said they are willing to back. Waiting for my readers of the German tea leaves to report in, but my guess is that this is a trial balloon and/or a way to keep Mr. Market on board till Sept 12.

A warning from the past: N. Kaldor on the Eurozone Yanis Varoufakis

Web snares Vietnam as bloggers spread protests over land Reuters (Lambert)

Bo Xilai’s Wife Gets Suspended Death Sentence Bloomberg

George Will Makes Fool Of Self While Beating Dead Apocalypse Horse EconoSpeak

An Unserious Man Paul Krugman, New York Times

Poverty in America: Why Can’t We End It? New York Times (Carol B)

Wall Street Sets the Rules for Regulators American Banker

Investors baffled by subdued Vix level Financial Times

Sad But True: Corporate Crime Does Pay Alternet (furzy mouse)

The three Ds of finance and the race to the bottom Nicholas Shaxson

Low-interest locusts: David Cay Johnston Reuters (Carol B). From earlier this

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