How QE works

Grocery Store Automats Get a Rise Out of German Bakers

Upcoming civil service exams. The blog post is worthless. The comment section is all about why the IT specialist scores have not been handed out yet.

Fed to Buy $600 Billion of Treasurys

TRIM21: A Cure For the Common Cold? Maybe Not. . . Commentary on the article posted yesterday. Obvious to anyone with reading comprehension, but kind of interesting nonetheless.

China Halts Shipments to U.S. of Tech-Crucial Minerals

French cancer patient wakes up 14 hours after being pronounced dead

Insider Trading is Legal for Congressional Insiders

More proof that Gabe Newell is a genius. It is also proof that genius often displays itself by doing the blindingly obvious.

Freddie Mac: 30 year Mortgage Rates fall to 4.19 percent, lowest since 1951.

Sats Spot 3 Miles of NATO Supply Trucks Bottlenecked in Pakistan

Fake or true?

Muslim Brotherhood Declares War on America; Will America Notice?

Why worry about Iran?

The Final End of Bretton Woods 2?

Illinois Pays More Than Mexico as Cash-Strapped States Sell Bonds Overseas

Professionals study logistics.

“She’s only continuing a longstanding NYT tradition in quoting Thompson — and has become the 78th NYT reporter to do so, in 150 separate stories over the span of almost two decades.”

What combat swimming looks like.