Greece ruling coalition members quit over austerity plan

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Weekly Eurozone Watch: Greece’s Freaky Friday

Greece’s political instability ruined a relatively well behaved week in Euro sovereign spread land.   Italy and Spain wider by 20 + bps today.  France back above 100 bps over Bunds.

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Euro Fracture: “Mutual Resentment” Increasing

Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Monti says the eurozone crisis has revived “old phantoms about prejudices” in North and South Europe.   – PBS Newshour

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Groundhog Day 2.0

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Euro Fracture: Greeks Burn German Flag

This political risk isn’t going away and poses the biggest risk to Europe, in our opinion.   Reform fatigue in the the south and bailout fatigue in the north will only grow and can and will not be pacified with ECB liquidity.

In case you missed it,  click here for the Der Spiegel opinion piece,  It’s Time To End the Greek Rescue Farce.

Here’s the caption from the Youtube video,

Hundreds of protesters chanting “Nazis Out!” clashed with police outside parliament during a general strike rally against austerity. Greek protesters burned a German flag and a flag with a swastika resembling that used by Germany under Nazi rule. The government is beginning to worry over a possible Greek anti-German explosion.

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Greek Debt

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Nonlinear Thinking: Military Robot that Does It All

MIT’s Technology Review reports on iRobot’s Warrior, which is “strong enough to tow a car and dexterous enough to open its trunk using the handle.”    The Warrior rides on caterpillar tracks, weighs 450 pounds, and is designed to be a generalist.

Stunning!

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2012: Sovereign Risk Compression

Great data from Bespoke.  Looks like Portugal is the odd man out as the only government in which its CDS spreads have widened this year.

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Nonlinear Thinking: The Silicon Engine

Great background video.   William Shockley had a difficult personality?  Sound familiar?

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Sign of the Times: Striking Over Right to Strike

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