Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.
Business:
- Wall Street’s Need for Trading Speed: The Nanosecond Age. (WSJ)
- Fed Cuts Growth Forecast; No Hint of More Support. (Reuters)
- Ignored Greek Default Risk Makes Bank Stress Tests ‘Irrelevant’. (Bloomberg)
- Firms Sitting on Record $800 Billion Of Cash – But Still Won't Hire. (CNBC)
- Will Google Ventures Disrupt Venture Capital? (On StartUps)
Lighter Ideas and Fun Links:
- Visionaries Need Not Be Mad … But It May Help. (FT)
- CIA Website Taken-Down By Hackers. How Safe is Yours? (Reuters)
- iPads Consume 400% More Wi-Fi Data Than Other Mobile Devices. (Mashable)
- Researchers Nose into the Smell of Sickness. The Clues Are On Your Breath. (Wired)
- The Big Business of Synthetic Highs. Real Profits from Fake Drugs. (BW)