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  1. A new article by N. Taleb: http://bit.ly/5TfBP . An interesting but rather extreme opinion.
  2. More on Google Chrome OS: http://bit.ly/HoV4z
  3. Google to launch PC an operating system! About time!
  4. A good old equation which is always pleasant to see: p(A|X) = [p(X|A)*p(A)] / [p(X|A)*p(A) + p(X|~A)*p(~A)]. Reading on Bayes Theorem.
  5. Skimming through "Probability Theory With Applications in Science" and Engineering by E. T. Jaynes
  6. Additional note: it seems that visualizing correlations circularly is certainly more telling than using a correlation matrix. Nice stuff.
  7. Visualizing correlations circularly: http://bit.ly/ZoZGm
  8. Bayesian Analysis: http://bit.ly/15qgd8 . Some useful information here.
  9. ECB leaves rates unchanged at 1%.
  10. Lots of economic data today. Here's a short overview: http://bit.ly/A5eUd
  11. I feel like reading a bit about new statistical methods. Suggestions are welcome.
  12. Fed keeps rates unchanged.
  13. Will we see competitive devaluations?
  14. Swiss central bank intervenes in the foreign exchange market to weaken franc. Interesting.
  15. A really interesting interview: http://bit.ly/Ngbes
  16. More on Latvia: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2.... The government should accept the inevitable.
  17. The EU is giving Ireland legal guarantees of national sovereignty so that it can hold a second referendum to unblock the Lisbon Treaty!
  18. EUR worries: http://bit.ly/195zqv
  19. A good article on commodity prices: http://bit.ly/eLU7e
  20. I wonder how soon Latvia will devalue its currency. The sooner the better.