Thursday Breakfast Links

Intel discovers new chip.  The internet will only get better.

UBS caught with it’s hand in the cookie jar.  All the I-banks do this.  It’s standard operating procedure.

Are you following the flooding in Cairo, IL?  Farmgate is.

If you run a business and think you save money by trading directly with an I-bank or Hedge fund and they give you a no margin/no commission deal, read this.  TINFL.  Probably cheaper to hedge your currency risk yourself at an exchange.

What a conservative majority means for Canadian business.

Why the left needs racism, good WSJ series.  Part 1, Part 2

Market expects no change in rates from ECB.

tip of the hat to Instapundit for this link, Mama doesn’t want to see photos.  I’d release one photo showing bin Laden dead.  Although, the survivors in the compound have told Arab news agencies he was killed. So, maybe we don’t need a photo.

Yet another mini flash crash.  Happens all the time.

Probe of banks are getting deeper.

This article on social media is interesting.  A study by Forrester said it had no influence on online purchasing.  Bad news for Facebook and Twitter.

Notice those “like” buttons everywhere.  This tracks them.

HFT traders head for the exits.

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