Here are my morning reads:
• Japan’s first trade deficit since 1980 raises debt doubts (Reuters)
• Freddie Mac: What it did, what went wrong (CNN Money)
• Amid Attacks on Private Equity, Efforts to Study Its Value (DealBook) see also At Davos, a Big Issue Is the Have-Lots vs. the Have-Nots (DealBook)
• George Soros on the Coming U.S. Class War (The Daily Beast)
• Solar Proving Cheaper Than Diesel in India Making Mittal Believer: Energy (Bloomberg)
• Why Brokers Still Needn’t Put Clients First (Smart Money)
• In Europe, a Conflict Over Bank Capital (DealBook) see also Merkel Becomes Master of Markets With Euro Austerity Mollifying Investors (Bloomberg)
• Obama Urges Tougher Laws on Financial Fraud (NYT)
• 1984: The Swinging Days of Newt Gingrich (MoJo) see also Gingrich is Obama’s best surrogate (Washington Post)
• Google announces privacy changes across products; users can’t opt out (Washington Post)
What are you reading?
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Source: WSJ
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