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This email is making the rounds and catching most traders' attention:From colleague: trader friend just hit me with the following: There is “Chatter” in the market of a Greek Default this Weekend - and their CDS is over 400 wider…  Soc Gen is off 7% on exposure - German CDS more expensive than UK;s - despite the ballooning in the CDS prices for Lloyds and RBS.In other news, Reuters is reporting that Stark is about to retire; with announcement to come after the German market close according to sources. His potential departure is due to a conflict over ECB bond buying according to sources.Total chaos.Update: ES reaction - Robert D Watkins

If Europe is to avert the worst – a meltdown of the eurozone, if not of the EU itself – it is critical that European leaders distinguish what must be done now from what can be left for later. Indeed, unless they complete three urgent tasks, there will be no reason to discuss long-term reforms. - Robert D Watkins

Date:05 Aug 2011 23:50 EDT Authored By:BEIJING (Dow Jones via eFXnews) The depreciation trend for the U.S. dollar will continue, an adviser to the Chinese central bank said Saturday, after Standard & Poor's removed the U.S. government from its list of risk-free borrowers."The U.S. dollar will be in the depreciation trend i - Robert D Watkins

More Americans than forecast filed claims for unemployment benefits last week, reflecting the volatility of applications during the annual auto-plant retooling period. - Robert D Watkins

Gold and silver are two leading safe havens in times of crisis. However, some investors are taking advantage of the crisis to add a new class of precious and ultra precious metals to their portfolio, metals for the 21st century. - Robert D Watkins

A great number of readers have asked how the euro can possibly be so strong given the existential crisis engulfing Euroland. Let me have a stab at this paradox, noting on the way that the strength of the euro depends entirely on your vantage point: the euro has crashed against the Swiss franc, Brazilian Real, and Japanese yen over the last two years, and is weak against the A... - Robert D Watkins

Eric Lowitt explains the five tactics that can make a company a leader in sustainable business - Robert D Watkins

Learn How To Get Rid Of Belly Fat Once And For All. No Need For A Pricey Gym Membership Or Those Goofy Ab Machines You See On Television. - Robert D Watkins

USD/JPY has just flown to 79.60 before coming back quickly to 7920. No word of intervention. Possible someone has just spoofed the market higher. - Robert D Watkins

The impasse in regards to passing an increase to the debt ceiling and the consequences associated with that have come home to roost as we have Moody's putting the US under review for a credit rating downgrade, a step you do not want as a country. Instead of a "grand bargain" which would have cut $4 trillion from the deficit over the next 10-12 years, may instead be a short term bill worth $1.6 trillion. - Robert D Watkins

European banking stress tests will be a missed opportunity for policymakers to reassure markets unless they come down heavily on undercapitalized banks, analysts and investors told CNBC.com. - Robert D Watkins

Employers want workers with hands-on business intelligence experience, and experience working with large data sets. We've looked at the demand for business intelligence and data skills before, ... - Robert D Watkins

Passion gets a bad rap, especially when the economy is shaky and job prospects are tougher. Many people think that pursuing passion is mere dreaming—idealistic and perhaps selfish or irresponsible. The Atlantic argues, however, that passion is exactly what's needed at these times. - Robert D Watkins

The Securities and Exchange Commission is set to give advisers to hedge funds and other private funds more time to comply with a new mandate requiring them to register with the agency. - Robert D Watkins

Sustainability brings new meaning and possibilities to the Management Arts. Meeting the needs of the community and environment no longer diverges from the profit motive; they can be harnessed together! - Robert D Watkins from Bookmarklet

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Why a global strategy fits and when to take your company to an international level is on the minds of many and a plan being executed by Volvo today. - Robert D Watkins from Bookmarklet

Silver prices have fallen nearly 30% in less than two weeks after several large hedge funds liquidated commodity positions across the board. Are silver prices collapsing? Or is this just a short-term pullback? Analyst Greg McCoach explains... - Robert D Watkins

As it awaits government approval of its slow-moving bid to take control of a Chinese baijiu maker, liquor giant Diageo is focusing on improving its Scotch whisky business in China, where it trails archrival Pernod Ricard. - Robert D Watkins

A U.S. appeals court dealt a blow to Rambus—and its share price—as it vacated the chip technology company's win in a patent case against Hynix Semiconductor. - Robert D Watkins

Accounting rule makers tweaked guidelines for valuing assets based on market prices, a move that will bring U.S. and international accounting rules closer and require firms to disclose more about how they value their most exotic assets. - Robert D Watkins

Last week’s big drop in silver revealed how leveraged ETFs don’t always work the way you may think. - Robert D Watkins

Are there any pitfalls to be aware of as a dual citizen of the United States and Canada? - Robert D Watkins

Social media is embedded in our daily lives. It is no longer the trend, it is the web and continues to weave and wrap itself itself into every corner and crevice of the internet as we know it. So what the 3 big reasons you should be applying social media marketing in your business? - Robert D Watkins

Cisco Systems is expanding on its Borderless Networks vision of network infrastructure with two solutions that enhance security & mobility in the branch office. - Robert D Watkins

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The Russian-born industrialist billionaire, who made his fortune in chemical and natural resource companies after the fall of the Soviet Union, just bought Warner Music Group, the record label that manages Cher, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Waka Flocka Flame. - Robert D Watkins

This is big... real big. - Robert D Watkins