Author Archives: Claudia Soria

Corn and Drought Conditions – July 17, 2012

1. STOCKS FALL, CORN SURGES: Here’s What You Need To Know – Sam Ro (Business Insider)
2. DJ U.S. CORN: Trading Up On Drought, Worse Crop Condition Ratings – Dow Jones Commodities News (TradingCharts.com)
3. Drought Likely to Hit You Hard in the Pocketbook – Seth Perlman (Wltx.com)
4. U.S. Affected by Drought Conditions: Interactive Maps (U.S. Drought Portal)

 

 

Interesting Links of the Day – July 16, 2012

1. Health information systems in developing countries: Star Wars or reality? Patricio Marquez (World Bank)
2. IMF slashes UK economic growth forecast – Phillip Inman (The Guardian)
3. GOLDMAN SACHS: This Is What The Country’s Biggest Housing Markets Will Do For The Next 2 Years – Ben Duronio (Business Insider)

Interesting Links of the Day – July 13, 2012

1. Green Domestic Product? – Bjørn Lomborg (Project Syndicate)
2. Asia today: China Q2 growth slides to 3-year low; muted reaction – Andrew Robinson (TradingFloor.com)
3. China’s ‘5 apocalypses’ signal global recession – Paul B. Farrell (MarketWatch)

Interesting Links of the Day – July 12, 2012

1. Spain Targets First Cash From Renewables With Energy Tax – Marc Roca (Bloomberg)
2. Spain to follow Ireland’s footsteps – Fiona Maharg-Bravo and Neil Unmack (The Globe and Mail)
3. Brent crude steady above $100 as Fed holds off stimulus – Florence Tan (Reuters)
4. Energy Independence in an Interdependent World – Joseph S. Nye (Project Syndicate)

 

World Population Day – July 11, 2012

1. World Population Day | 2012 Theme: Universal Access to Reproductive Health Services (United Nations)
2. Family planning in South Asia: Improving equity of access – Julie McLaughlin (World Bank)
3. Population Of The World Tops 7 Billion Ahead Of World Population Day 2012 (Huffington Post)
4. Nine population strategies to stop short of 9 billion – (PeakOil.com)
5. World Population Day 2012 – Michael Evans – (Earth Times)

Interesting Links of the Day – July 10, 2012

1. Crop stress mounts, conditions drop | USDA – Jeff Caldwell (Agriculture.com)
2. China’s Trade Surplus Surges To $31.7 Billion, A Three Year High – Eric Platt (Business Insider)
3. Why China Can’t Adjust – Minxin Pei (Project Syndicate)

Interesting Links of the Day – July 9, 2012

1. Teck temporarily withdraws Chile copper project application – Andy Blamey (Platts.com)
2. U.S. corn growers face losses as heat spreads – Jeff Wilson (Futures Magazine)
3. The Economics of Reducing Poverty – Adam Ozimek – (Modeled Behavior)

Interesting Links of the Day – July 6, 2012

1. Latency and the Exchange Ecosystem – Ari Studnitzer (CME Group)
2. Can platinum stocks shine again? Sarah Turner (Market Watch)
3. Here Are The Jobs Report Predictions From Wall Street’s 24 Best Economists – Eric Platt (Business Insider)

Interesting Links of the Day – July 5, 2012

1. Exporting Natural Gas: How Close Are We? Debbie Carlson (CME-Group)
2. Europe’s Winners and Losers – Joschka Fischer (Project Syndicate)
3. Blackfriars station, the world’s largest solar bridge – big picture – (The Guardian)

Interesting Links of the Day – July 4, 2012

1. CHART: The 10-Year US Treasury Note Yield Since 1790 – Sam Ro (Business Insider)
2. Wealth and the endogeneity of behavior – Jed Friedman (World Bank)
3. Stimulate to accumulate? Growth vs. austerity – Neil Staines (TradingFloor.com)