Good morning. Merger and Acquisitions are finally picking up? Or is this just the Whatsapp related spike?
http://soberlook.com/2014/04/6-reasons-us-m-activity-will-see-strong.html

There has been a massive (8.2) earthquake off the coast of Chili, with a tsunami warning

http://qz.com/194419/an-earthquake-in-chile-has-triggered-a-tsunami-that-threatens-south-and-central-america/

The harder they come, the harder the fall…?

http://www.businessinsider.com/hangover-in-china-stocks-worse-than-1929-2014-4

And there is a second default… “China’s first junk bond default highlights risk”
http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2014/04/01/chinas-first-junk-bond-default-highlights-risk/

Mmmm. I get the point, but why should it be because of ‘tips’? The activist self is buying (or selling), right?

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304888404579381250791474792

Apparently, these mountains represent stock market track records…

http://infosthetics.com/archives/2010/03/high_altitude_the_stock_market_trends_as_realistic_mountain_ranges.html

Mmm. I am not sure I am much helped by this way of presenting the results (France is booming? yeah, right…) but here you go…

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-worlds-hottest-economies-2014-4

…and this is the alternative

http://www.businessinsider.com/greek-pmi-2014-4

What?? Bitcoin the worst investment so far??

http://qz.com/193931/bitcoin-looks-like-the-worst-investment-in-the-world-this-year/

Reminds me a bit of Obelix & co: two robots for the price of one slave…

http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2014/04/labour-markets?fsrc=rss

Happiness smiles. Sure. As if there are 95 year old Russians…
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/04/01/the-data-are-in-life-under-putin-is-a-continuous-downward-spiral-into-despair/

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