The Fiscal Cliff Meets the Mayan Calendar … Worried?

 

 

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• Measuring
  an Employee's Worth? Should You Consider Influence. (FastCompany)
• LinkedIn's
  Social Mapping Tool. Who Influences Your Career? (Forbes)
• Are
  You A Psychopath? There is an assessment test if you're curious. (TheDaily)
• 33 Geeky
  Insults You Can Use (Almost) Anywhere. (Wired)
• How
  Machines Will Use Social Networks To Gain Identity, Develop Relationships and
  Make Friends. (TechCrunch)

 

Trading Links:

• Forget
  the Cliff, 3.8% Obamacare Tax Is Coming. (AdvisorOne)
• Mortgage
  Rates Drop To Record Lows. (LATimes)
• If
  Regulators Crack Down on HFT, Does Low Latency Lose Relevance?
  (TelecomRamblings)
• Iran
  Cyber-Attacks Against American Targets On The Rise. (Slate)
• Young
  and Jobless. Unemployment in the U.S. is over 17%. But in Greece 60%; Spain
  55%; Portugal & Italy 35%; and France 25%. (WSJ)