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  1. #Facebook's initial public offering may have a big effect on California, the world's ninth-largest economy econ.st/KcYTHd half a minute ago via SocialFlow
  2. This week's cover preview: Worldwide ex UK, Europe. The endangered public company. May 19th – 25th 2012 twitter.com/TheEconomist/s… 33 minutes ago via web
  3. This week's cover preview: UK, Europe only. The Greek run. May 19th – 25th 2012 twitter.com/TheEconomist/s… 35 minutes ago via web
  4. François Hollande's first meeting with Angela Merkel saw the two put on a good show of Franco-German unity econ.st/IYYS67 about 2 hours ago via SocialFlow
  5. Bankia is only part of Spain's problem. Lender forbearance is widespread, disguising the extent of bad loans econ.st/IYCHga about 3 hours ago via SocialFlow
  6. It's been a long time coming, but America's housing market finally seems to be normalising econ.st/IVXUqZ about 5 hours ago via SocialFlow
  7. How much effort should be put into critiquing what presidential candidates actually stand for versus their propaganda? econ.st/IYRxmT about 7 hours ago via SocialFlow
  8. A rare slip-up by lawyers has helped to shed some rather interesting light on a high-profile legal battle econ.st/Lb2wPe about 8 hours ago via SocialFlow
  9. Officials in Islamabad will reopen roads leading into landlocked Afghanistan to NATO supply convoys econ.st/LaWsGG about 10 hours ago via SocialFlow
  10. Fears that prolonged political instability in Greece could trigger a "Grexit" are increasing econ.st/LcjgWp about 12 hours ago via SocialFlow
  11. Twenty-six countries have opposed a move by the EU to charge airlines using its airports for their carbon emissions econ.st/LaTmm3 about 13 hours ago via SocialFlow
  12. If Global Zero's ideas are to gain traction, they need a committed second-term Obama playing at the top of his game econ.st/LcaqYI about 14 hours ago via SocialFlow
  13. Is the filibuster illegal? A lawsuit against America's Senate suggests that the filibuster is unconstitutional econ.st/IZuXL2 about 15 hours ago via SocialFlow
  14. European leaders have been playing their game with Greece like confidence doesn't matter econ.st/Lb4aAk about 16 hours ago via SocialFlow
  15. Jewellers' chains owned by India's conglomerates are beginning to eat into the local gold sellers' share econ.st/IZoeke about 18 hours ago via SocialFlow
  16. Daily chart: Mapping the world's ecological footprint with data from the Global Footprint Network econ.st/IYNS8F about 19 hours ago via SocialFlow
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  18. What Mr #Sendak's books get so right about childhood is that violent imbalance between narcissism and oppression econ.st/IYsVdT about 22 hours ago via SocialFlow
  19. The growth in demand for platinum and palladium used in autocatalysts fell, from around 40% in 2010 to just 1% and 8% econ.st/Lb5mUu about 24 hours ago via SocialFlow
  20. In Japan, bureaucrats clamp down on mobile gaming expressing worries worries that it may be a form of gambling econ.st/IUUy7G 6:24 AM May 16th via SocialFlow
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