Almost time for Apple to release a new phone?  My siblings made fun of me for still liking my iPhone 5.

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

Lighter Links:

• How to Become a Thought
  Leader. (Mashable)
• Apple's
  Guidance Implies New iPhone in September. (AllThingsD)
• U.S.
  Issues Worldwide Travel Alert. (HuffingtonPost)
• The
  Creator of the Nike “Swoosh” Logo was Originally Paid Only $35 for the Design.
  (FoundOut)
• Do
  People Get Better Looking When the Bar is About to Close? (ScienceOfRelationships)

Trading Links:

• Facebook
  Shares Finally Get Back Up to Their $38 IPO Price. (FT)
• How
  Much Are the NSA and CIA Front Running Markets? (NakedCapitalism)
• For 70 Straight Days, Treasury Says Debt Stuck
  at Exactly $16,699,396,000,000.00. (M)
• “NASDAQ
  is owned.”  Five Men Charged In Largest
  Financial Hack Ever. (ArsTechnica)
• Time
  Warner Cable Drops CBS Network From Lineup. Negotiations Between the
  Companies Failed to Reach a Deal on Fees (Wall Street Journal)