Here are my morning reads:
• A Nation of Suckers (Marketwatch)
• Tiny Rule Change at Heart of MF Global Failure (Bloomberg) see also MF Global Commodity Customers Seek to Form Official Panel (Bloomberg)
• Retailers See a Split in Behavior of Shoppers (NYT)
• JPMorgan Joins Goldman Keeping Italy Debt Risk in Dark (Bloomberg) Whats $708 trillion is derivative exposure between friends? (WSJ)
• Once Wary, Apple Warms Up to Business Market (NYT)
• How Did Jumbo Prime Loans Blow Up? (Eisen Tower) see also N.Y. Fed Asks Primary Dealers for More Margin on Some Mortgage Securities (WSJ)
• The Balanced Budget Amendment Delusion (Economix)
• The 50 Most Influential Management Gurus (Harvard Business Review)
• Marketing Fades, But Products Always Lasts (Fast CoDesign)
• Brutal Review of the Steve Jobs Bio: The Wrong Guy (Hypercritical)
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