Walter Hutchens’ Blog

• WaPo: Charles River Buys Chinese Drug Research Firm – http://nyti.ms/dbo9tj #
• NYT: The Rise of the Fleet-Footed Start-Up – http://nyti.ms/9Z3cms #
• NYT: Charles River Buys Chinese Drug Research Firm – http://nyti.ms/dbo9tj #
• WSJ.com – Housing to Test Economy's Post-Stimulus Strength http://on.wsj.com/aYMihp #
• WSJ.com – Push for Global Bank Tax Bogs Down http://on.wsj.com/b7AP1U #
• WSJ.com – French Bank Teams Up for Chinese Experiment http://on.wsj.com/cB8YTE #
• NYT Review of 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown http://nyti.ms/9ltGkv #
• Krugman on credit rating agencies & financial crisis: Berating the Raters – http://nyti.ms/c0Caek #
• Comedy Central et al display "cowardice and self-censorship" – Not Even in South Park? – http://nyti.ms/dyw8Xy #
• WSJ.com – China Ponders Imposing New Property Taxes http://on.wsj.com/anrA3V #
• WSJ.com – China's Citic, Spains' BBVA Launch China Auto Finance Joint Venture http://on.wsj.com/bP7q6P #
• Antitrust: WSJ.com – FTC Investigates Oil Firms Over Hiring, Wages http://on.wsj.com/bTqcSi #
• Can opposing financial reg really be a good GOP strategy? WSJ.com – Shelby Expects GOP to Stand Together in Vote http://on.wsj.com/aEinTG #
• WSJ.com – [Fin reform] Deal May Force Trading-Desk Spinoff http://on.wsj.com/aDtxXs #
• FT: " Launch of Chinese index futures, a milestone in the development of the country’s financial markets." http://bit.ly/bVccgT #
• Foreign firms to list inside China? NYT: Shanghai Exchange Finalizing Plans for Foreign Listings – http://nyti.ms/crQZfH #
• Chinese knock-offs beat real products to market – WSJ on fake iPads http://bit.ly/dDlequ #
• Wash Post: China gains clout in World Bank vote shift – share behind US & Japan, but above Germany, Britain & France http://bit.ly/ciiPQt #
• Wash Post: IMF Memo to rich nations: You're maxed out. – http://bit.ly/b82QaV #
• Growth industry: Chinese language ed. NYT from back in Jan: http://nyti.ms/7bHQMK & follow-up discussions: http://nyti.ms/aaNYID #
• RT @Legal_Times Supreme Court to Rule on [State reg of] Violent Video Games http://bit.ly/boHXcQ #
• "Paul Krugman and Robin Wells: Our Giant Banking Crisis—What to Expect" http://bit.ly/aAv3VZ from NY Review of Books @nybooks #
• NYT: G.O.P. Readies a Rival Bill on Financial Regulation – http://nyti.ms/9svYop #
• RT @lawjobs Top Beijing Lawyer for Lovells Leaving for Chinese Firm http://bit.ly/aHP1TE #
• RT @nytimes Expo Offers Shanghai a Turn in the Spotlight http://nyti.ms/aP5Fq5 #
• RT @WSJ Federal prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Goldman Sachs. Full coverage: http://on.wsj.com/8YhV2I #
• RT @nytimes As Europe Struggles, China Has Reason to Worry http://nyti.ms/bu177C #
• Jobs doesn't like Flash http://bit.ly/dnmu7L Lots of my pics use Flash nav http://bit.ly/cM1R8Q so not buying iPad & next phone = Android? #
• RT @WSJ Top 1% of Americans increased their share of all national wealth to 35.6% in 2009, up from 34.6% in 2007 http://on.wsj.com/cXhww5 #
• RT @nytimes Goldman’s Shares Plunge on Inquiries and Downgrade http://nyti.ms/cS8PFP #
• Campus paper on my wonderful colleague Tony Clark's public lecture on China last week: http://bit.ly/91EJPy #
• Thanks to everyone who stopped by today's farewell event. Nice to see such a great swath of friends; sad to know I'll see less of them soon! #
• Parting gift from my department: a bow tie with sailboats on it. Awesome! #
• Bought tiny used Sony Vaio P on eBay (Atom Z520, 1.33 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 64 GB HHD). Liking it! #
• NYT: In Shanghai, Preservation Takes Work – http://nyti.ms/aMpIop #
• Ntl Law Journal: The Law Professor Behind the Arizona Immigration Law http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202457530844 #
• Great NYT headline "Greek Wealth Is Everywhere but on Tax Forms" http://nyti.ms/97Ut7X #
• WSJ econ blog: Number of the Week: $132 Billion of Lost Synthetic Mortgage Bets http://on.wsj.com/8Z2gt1 #
• WSJ: "U.S. government's massive share of the nation's mortgage market grew even larger during the first quarter" http://on.wsj.com/cKqbRR #
• PRC stats bureau official: GDP can't capture all aspects of social progress. http://china.huanqiu.com/roll/2010-05/800244.html Amen that. #
• Rainy days are beautiful in their own ways—everything glistens. #
• Chinese paper on

  Chinese paper on Labor Day — origin of this great proletarian holiday in Chicago strike in 1866 http://bit.ly/dbWMog #

• Chinese paper on Labor Day — origin of this great proletarian holiday in Chicago strike in 1886 http://bit.ly/dbWMog (US Labor Day diff) #
• Cute photo of kid who's blissful about noodles, from Chinese website: http://photo.huanqiu.com/whtml/2010-04/745681.html #
• Gadget porn here: http://www.umpcportal.com/allumpcs.html and here: http://products.pocketables.net/ #
• Bought a little Sony Vaio P on eBay. Found previous owner bookmarked JKOnTheRun.com, a gadget site I read daily too. #
• In St. Louis 3.5 yrs; never visited Arch. In Spokane 3 yrs; never ran in Bloomsday. Shame on me. Seattle's Space Needle 1s stop after move? #
• Photos of Spokane's Bloomsday race/mass event from local paper: http://www.spokesman.com/events/bloomsday-2010/ #

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