10 Monday AM Reads

February 6, 2012 9:30am by Barry Ritholtz

My post Giants-win the Superbowl morning reads:

• The End of Wall Street As They Knew It (NY Mag) see also U.S. Brokerage Firms Closing Shop After Trading Drop-Off, Capital Squeeze (Bloomberg)
• Facebook Twofer:
…..-Why Facebook is likely to do a face-plant (Market Watch)
…..-The value of friendship (The Economist)
• Most Tech Takeovers Since 2007 Spurred by Data Torrent (Bloomberg)
• Feds Disclose New 401(k) Rules (WSJ)
• Sunken platinum treasure pegged at $3 billion (Petoskey News)
• JPMorgan, BofA Sued by New York Over Use of Mortgage Database (Bloomberg) see also HUD Secretary Expects “Substantial” Payment of Foreclosure Fraud Settlement with MBS Investor Money (FDL)
• China Risks 4-Point Growth-Rate Cut in Case of Europe Worsening: Economy (Bloomberg)
• Listen to Your Community, But Don’t Let Them Tell You What to Do (Coding Horror)
• Second markets Losing a Goose That Laid the Golden Egg (DealBook)
• Forget super PACs. A modest proposal for legalizing bribery (Washington Post)

What are your reading?

Itchy Investors Ramp Up the Risk

Source: WSJ

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