The Big Picture

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• Magic Content Wand
• Average American Spending
• Rich Countries Lag Emerging Markets in Growth
• 12 (Misguided) Commandments of Gold Bugs
• Twin Turbo McLaren 12C Spider
• 10 Weekend Reads

Magic Content Wand Posted: 21 Apr 2013 02:00 AM PDT Here is Your Magic Content Wand from Tara Hunt Presentation by Tara Hunt to the YES Conference, Saturday, April 13, 2013.

Average American Spending Posted: 20 Apr 2013 01:00 PM PDT How The Average American Spends Their Money Source: Credit Loan

Rich Countries Lag Emerging Markets in Growth Posted: 20 Apr 2013 09:00 AM PDT click for larger chart Source: NYT     Floyd Norris explains why this has not been a good recovery for the wealthy countries. The simple explantion: Growth has lagged the developing economies, and the major reason has been that “government spending has been far more restrained than in past recoveries from major recessions.”

12 (Misguided) Commandments of Gold Bugs Posted: 20 Apr 2013 05:00 AM PDT Click for video Source: Yahoo Finance

Twin Turbo McLaren 12C Spider Posted: 20 Apr 2013 04:00 AM PDT Click to enlarge   McLaren MP4-12C: • 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8 • 616bhp • 0 to 62mph in 3.1 seconds • Top speed 200mph + • lightweight retractable hard top that opens in just 15 seconds     Source: Classic Driver

10 Weekend Reads Posted: 20 Apr 2013 03:00 AM PDT This week’s collection of longer form journalism, expertly curated for your weekend reading pleasure: • Paul Volcker: Hard Money Man (Boston Review) • The Business of Phish (priceonomics) • Terminal Illness: Readers' Best and Worst Airports (Freakonomics) • My Time at Lehman (Thoughts from Brooklyn, NY) • Does BuzzFeed Know the Secret? (NY Magazine) • Peeping Toms: A history of real estate voyeurism (New Republic) • A Point of View: Science, magic, and madness (BBC) • Tomgram: Engelhardt, The Cathedral of the Enemy (Tom Dispatch) • Puzzling Behavior (FA Magazine) • Boomers Push Doctor-Assisted Dying in End-of-Life Revolt (Bloomberg) Whats up for the weekend?   Poor little rich countries: The wealthy economies are in for a tough year Source: Economist

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