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Linkfest: QE confessions; China news upbeat; Financial innovation seen harmful

Today’s most shared: Buyer’s remorse for man who implemented massive QE purchases… China news upbeat as iron market firms, Alibaba sets records, car sales rise… When someone says ‘financial innovation’, hold onto your wallet… President… READ MORE ›

Linkfest: Jobs report beats expectations; Twitter pops, but doesn’t party like it’s 1999; NY Fed chief says banks lack respect for law

Today’s most shared: Jobs report beats expectations: redefining ‘rosy’ downward… Labor force leavers, loss of experience and human capital take long-term toll on potential growth… Food stamps cut, but on the plus side subprime auto loans… READ MORE ›

Linkfest: ECB’s surprise rate cut; Twitter’s IPO; Wall Street bonuses up, except for bond traders

Today’s most shared: Triumph of the doves: reaction to ECB’s surprise rate cut… Triumph of the nerds: Twitter goes public… Wall Street bonuses predicted to rise, except for sell-side bond traders… NYC Police Commissioner to… READ MORE ›

Linkfest: Loeb’s skeletons; Fama v. Santelli; Fink and Greenspan on bubbles; Apple’s cash

Today’s most shared: Dan Loeb profile… Sears’s decline… SAC’s guilty plea… Hilarity ensues when Fama, who thinks markets are uber-efficient, meets Santelli, who thinks that they are manipulated by Fed… Fink sees bubbles… Greenspan thinks there were… READ MORE ›

Linkfest: Strong economic recovery MIA amid financial market recovery; Flawed punditocracy; JPMorgan too big to manage?

Today’s most shared: So far, strong global economic recovery is the dog that didn’t bark amid financial market recovery… Did China kill your dog (literally)? …. Shades of Internet bubble with hot IPOs, raised price targets, silly season…… READ MORE ›

Linkfest: Carl Icahn v. Tim Cook; JPMorgan’s Madoff penalty; Bank settlement battles, footnotes, and criminal liability

Today’s most shared: Activist Icahn targets Apple… Possible Madoff penalty for JPMorgan… Bank settlements and lack of criminal liability… Lawyers battle over footnotes, commas as banks look for ways to sidestep new regs… SEC proposes crowdfunding regs.

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Linkfest: Bank legal payouts pick up; Weak jobs seen keeping Fed on QE path; Shutdown, Obamacare claimed to impact job market

Today’s most shared: Banks shield swaps from prying eyes, seek to sidestep regs as legal payouts climb… China banks hike loan reserves ahead of expected defaults… Politifact calls out Bartiromo on part-time employment claims… White… READ MORE ›

Linkfest: House GOP balks at Senate deal; A financial markets Nobel; China steel binge resumes

Today’s most shared: Tea party faction dislikes compromise deal…Steel boom suggests China maybe not rebalancing so much…Shiller of ‘irrational exuberance’ fame shares Nobel with unrepentant housing-bubble-denying Fama (plus Hansen)…the Nobel committee could have just used Niall Ferguson’s Twitter… READ MORE ›

Linkfest: ETFs strained by Fed aftershocks; Doubling of capital ratios for US banks floated; China cash crunch

Linkfest.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 READ MORE ›