03 October 2013

Linkfest: Grand bargain? Shutdown spooks markets; Hot waters for UBS in Puerto Rico; Bitcoin-based black market shut down; Tesla burns stockholders

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StreetEYE.com finds today’s top headlines by following the best ‘curators’ on the Web and on Twitter, and by your votes and social media shares – pick the most important stories you think should appear by voting here.

1. UBS Brokers in Puerto Rico Create Headache for the Bank
New York Times
shared by @abnormalreturns, @ritholtz, @ReformedBroker, @cate_long, @mccarthyryanj

2. Why did Obama try to scare the markets?
Marginal Revolution
shared by @edwardnh, @EconBrothers, @BarbarianCap

3. Greek unemployment rate to reach 34 pct by 2016, study finds
ekathimerini.com
shared by @JacobWolinsky, @wonkmonk_, @JEliasof, @ChrisAdamsMKTS, @EfiEfthimiou

4. The Loss of U.S. Pre-eminence
New York Times
shared by @baselinescene, @MarkThoma, reddit/Economics, @edwardnh, @moorehn

5. Maurice Greenberg: The Regulatory Attack on J.P. Morgan Feels Familiar
Wall Street Journal
shared by @ryanchittum, NYT Dealbook

6. The SEC is weighing an overhaul of how U.S. stock and options exchanges regulate themselves
Wall Street Journal
shared by @ritholtz, @ThemisSal, @IvanTheK, Reformed Broker, @TheIntuitInvest

7. Boehner to GOP: Grand Bargain in the Works
National Review Online
shared by Huffington Post, @tylercowen, @davidmwessel, @ezraklein

8. Mint the Premium Bonds!
Bloomberg
shared by @TheStalwart, @ObsoleteDogma, @IvanTheK, @TheArmoTrader, @jmackin2, @cate_long

9. WSJ analysis shows the U.S. is passing Russia as the world’s largest oil-and-gas producer this year
Wall Street Journal
shared by @JacobWolinsky, @MParekh, @Ian_Fraser, @grossdm, @dkberman

10. Bitcoin Bets Feed Twitter Dreams as Regulators Circle
Bloomberg
shared by @HamzeiAnalytics, @MattGoldstein26, Here Is The City and 5 more

11. (bonus) Tesla Model S Fire Burns Stockholders
jalopnik.com
shared by @firstadopter, @TheStalwart, @pkedrosky, Business Insider and 3 more

12. (bonus) FBI seizes underground drug market Silk Road, owner indicted in New York
The Verge
shared by @firstadopter, @kevinroose, Reformed Broker, @Techmeme, @pkedrosky

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About the Author(s)

Druce Vertes, CFA

Druce Vertes, CFA, is the founder of StreetEYE, a social news aggregator for financial market news. He previously worked as an analyst, consultant, and IT manager at several major sell-side firms and hedge funds.