Lazy Boys Shakedown Chinese Furniture Makers
North Korea’s food stocks running dry, UN warns People have been crying wolf over the instability that North Korean food shortages will likely cause for a long time. But it seems likely that one day there will really be a wolf.
War. And this is also worth reading.
Some thoughts on the effect of the Sendai Earthquake on the technology supply chain
Fukushima on Thursday: Prospects starting to look good. This kind of thing is what the smart money has been saying all along. The problem is, the smart money has not been very predictive so far. Still, the people who know the most say this sort of thing so it is worth keeping in mind.
Portrait of Edouard and Marie-Louise Pailleron. Those interested in painting should watch the embedded clip.
China’s holdings of US debt jump 30 percent. Not really news. Just something that we would already know if Brad Setser was still blogging. Also falsifies all those stories about China unloading US debt.
Fernando Alonso has criticised his government’s decision to lower the national speed limit to 68mph, warning that it will be “difficult to stay awake” at that speed. A silly story, but we sympathize. Of course, we have trouble staying awake at any speed so what do we know?